Wilfrid CUBAHIRO

With Blink/Galoy API for ⚡️faster payment - LN @blinkbtc @GaloyMoney

One Bitcoin is worth $80,000 today.

A Bitcoin school exists in rural Bugiri that should not be possible. 100+ children. 4 classroom blocks. 22 staff. Paid for almost entirely in sats. The story starts with 34 strangers and a single plane ticket in May 2023. I opened a @geyserfund campaign asking 5.9M sats for a flight to @BTCPrague. Thirty-four people sent it in. I got on the plane. At the Circular Economies booth in Prague, I was challenged: bring Bitcoin home. Use it for the things money is actually for. Not slogans. I went back to Uganda looking for the place that test would land hardest. I found it in Bugiri. An orphanage called @orphansofuganda . 77 children. No electricity. No plates. No toothbrushes. The only school within 10 kilometres — Starlight Elementary — was about to close after a district inspector flagged it below ministry standard. We did not buy the school first. We signed an MOU. Administered it for 18 months. Earned the right to be trusted with it. Then acquired the title. Four classroom blocks went up. Every load of cement was paid for in Bitcoin. Every tile. Every can of paint. The older students who plastered and sanded and carried were paid in sats for their hours on site. A muralist(@dennis_kasagga) moved onto the campus and stayed. By February 2026, the school was open. Three videos compress the journey 👇 THE PITCH: the campaign video that started it all: youtu.be/dElKw40qpwY BEFORE: watch the small boy who introduces himself as "Mr. Bitcoin" and defines it on camera as "the digital currency": youtu.be/-v5MKQq0Cls AFTER: the same campus today: youtu.be/VrCJiX5CF8M The long version: brindonmwiine.com/posts/bitcoin-… @Bitcoinbeach @BitcoinBeachBR @Trezor @TrezorAcademy @geyserfund @BitcoinEkasi there is no Starlight without you.

@Barakana_GE @planb_network @giacomozucco @Loicbtc @mehounme 🧡Thank you, my Teacher LET US BRING BITCOIN TO OUR RURAL PEOPLE⚡

Congratulations, my geek! 🎉 A special thanks to @planb_network for designing a program that equips and shapes the skilled technicians our communities need, creating a lasting impact through knowledge and innovation. @giacomozucco @Loicbtc @mehounme

@btcshule @TrezorAcademy Thanks for the shout-out! Proud to be part of the mission.⚡️

Proud to work with @TrezorAcademy and big shout-out to @young2_go for his PoW

"From Trezor Academy to Building in Public" nice personal story of one of the Trezor Academy graduates! Wilfrid went from bitcoin 101 classes to building a bitcoin wallet for rural communities of Burundi. Check out the article by @blinkbtc: blink.sv/blog/building-…

@Barakana_GE I really thank you for the work you've put in since day 1 !🧡

Proud to witness this transformation. Go, go @young2_go 🚀

@Destinysmart_ Happy birthday Mr Destiny🧡

Chapter added: +1 🎂⚡ Grateful for the journey, the lessons, the people, and every opportunity to build, create, and grow. I’m still learning, still evolving, and still pushing the vision forward every single day. This next chapter? We go even harder 🧡

Thrilled to have completed the course Bitcoin Developer Track, taught by @giacomozucco on @planb_network and to have earned my diploma! #PBNDiploma planb.academy/en/course-dipl…

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Thank you @IdrisNdiku12080 ! The mission is to turn the country Orange🧡

Seeing the next generation of Burundians discover Bitcoin via Rurbit is a reminder of why we build. No internet, no high-end smartphones, just the power of the Lightning Network accessible to everyone through a simple USSD code. @giacomozucco @fedimint @geyserfund

The story of Rurbit is live on Blink! ⚡️ See how we’re using USSD to make Bitcoin accessible to every Burundian, with or without a smartphone. Thank you to @blinkbtc & to everyone who made this possible. blink.sv/blog/building-… @btrust_builders @HRF @TrezorAcademy @OpenSats

Building the Bridge to Rural Adoption using USSD. We are raising funds to: 📡 Scale our USSD (Phase 2) 🏠 Launch a local Bitcoin Hub & setup 🌾 Education mission We’re building tools that work where the internet doesn’t. Support the mission on Geyser! ⚡️geyser.fund/project/rurbit

This video is a great demonstration of why people need Bitcoin.

Day 4 of proving you can pay for things in Kenya using #bitcoin only! Paid our Maasai guides in Amboseli with bitcoin and they received Kenyan Shillings instantly. For tourists and visitors alike, you don’t need cash, a local SIM card, or a bank card that may or may not work while visiting Kenya. With just your bitcoin, a Lightning wallet, and the @tando_me app, you can pay across the country as easily as a local using mobile money.

We’ve been on a side-quest, and we have good news from the other side! 40 million Kenyans now have a bitcoin Lightning Address! They didn’t need to sign up for one because they had it this entire time, attached to the phone number in their pocket! Try it: send bitcoin to 0717252303@bitcoin.co.ke (254 is optional). The BTC arrives as KES in their M-Pesa. ⚡ EVERY M-Pesa number works. All 40,000,000. Wallets with LUD-09 support give you a nice clickable link to see your M-Pesa receipt. For example: bitcoin.co.ke/receipt/6528a4…

Solving the same problem here in 🇧🇮Burundi with @rurbit

$81,400 Bitcoin 🐂

@bitdevsgtga Let's Gooo🚀

🔥🔥🔥 Shout out to @young2_go for building this app adapted to local needs.