Ugandan Bitcoiner dreams of the secular economy: BTC Prague 2023
A Ugandan Bitcoiner embarked on a community-funded trip from East Africa to Central Europe after winning tickets to BTC Prague for his adoption-driving efforts in his home country.
Brindon Mwiine, the founder of Ugandan-based Bitcoin (BTC) platform Gorilla Sats, set off on a whirlwind journey from Uganda’s capital Kampala to the heart of Europe on the back of a Twitter competition he never thought he would win.
I still don’t believe itThank you to everyone who voted and contributed to my Fundraising.I made it to @BtcPrague Special Thanks to @BitcoinEkasi and @BitcoinBeachBR #Bitcoin https://t.co/k951Pgajhc pic.twitter.com/k0aBQFwDNo
The official BTC Prague Twitter profile called for individuals to share their stories of building circular economies in their respective countries, with tickets to the BTC Prague conference as the prize for the would-be winner.
Mwiine, who hopes to build a budding Bitcoin community among Uganda’s student population, quickly found his pitch garnering plenty of attention from Bitcoin Twitter users across East Africa.
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Speaking to Cointelegraph journalist Joe Hall at BTC Prague, Mwiine explained how his short Twitter pitch paved the road for a trip across the world.
Mwiine won the competition, which is when the real work began. What followed was a series of firsts for the Ugandan, who managed to secure flights, visas and arrange other logistics in just three weeks.
The wider Bitcoin community also came to the party, donating sats to help fund Mwiine’s travels through BTC-based crowdfunding platform Geyser Fund:
With flights and costs checked off the list, Mwiine finally made his way to Europe for what would be his
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