This discussion between Arthur Hayes, Sinclair Skinner and John Wainaina Karanja covers multiple topics related to cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, and its role in both developed and developing economies. The text first highlights the potential for Bitcoin to act as a decentralized currency that gives ordinary people, not just the political elite, a means to trade…
Africa is leapfrogging traditional and legacy banking payments systems in use in much of the developed World through fast adoption of mobile and internet based technology. Cutting edge blockchain technology such as Bitcoin has great potential in creating efficiency and disrupting traditional mechanisms for international trade, resource management, and governance where current transaction costs are…
BitMari, a Pan-African blockchain start-up, revolutionising remittances throughout the African diaspora through the use of blockchain technology has been successfully used to test a Bitcoin Lightning transaction with Tim Akinbo, co-founder and CTO of Tanjalo, a bitcoin startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. Tim was able to send $15 dollars from Nigeria to a recipient in…
On Saturday, 22nd April 2017, BitHub Africa hosted a Bitcoin and Android meetup dubbed Bitdroids. The goal of the meetup was to discuss Bitcoin developments on the Android platform. The event was sponsored by BTC.com a leading Bitcoin Wallet platform operating in emerging and developing countries. Every attendee was trained on how to download, install, secure…
In this video John Wainaina Karanja C.E.O Melanin discusses the African energy market has untapped potential worth $2 trillion. With Africa’s fast-growing population, technologies like blockchain, IoT, machine learning, and AI can revolutionize access to energy. However, the high cost of solar systems and renewables, particularly when compared to oil and nuclear energy, poses a…
We are thrilled to announce that BitHub Africa was awarded as the, Most Promising Blockchain Accelerator, at the Global Blockchain Congress 2018 that was held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on July 16 & 17, 2018. The Global Blockchain Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievements in the adoption of Blockchain technology. The congress…
This guide was written by Edwin Kiaraho, a Community Member at BitHub Africa. Reach Edwin at ekairu(at)alumni.cmu.edu. Prerequisites This guide was pieced together from several other online guides including: http://dev.lightning.community/overview/ https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md https://medium.com/@stadicus/noobs-guide-to–lightning-on-a-raspberry-pi-f0ab7525586e Port Forwarding Unless your Raspberry Pi is hosted on the network DMZ with a public IP address, you will need to forward incoming…
