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Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

This documentary follows the journey of Bitcoin pioneers as the African continent seeks to leverage cryptocurrency to increase their independency from a banking system that fails them.

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Tamarin Gerriety

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And also, there's gonna be a lot - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

And also, there's gonna be a lot

It's not just a new invention. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It's not just a new invention.

It's something that can
actually help real people. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It's something that can actually help real people.

So, it's fun to do that and exciting. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So, it's fun to do that and exciting.

It gives it all meaning,
not just interest. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It gives it all meaning, not just interest.

- Living at
the bottom of Africa - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- Living at the bottom of Africa

So in 2014, when I heard the
word Bitcoin for the first time - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So in 2014, when I heard the word Bitcoin for the first time

The thing about storytelling though, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The thing about storytelling though,

I reached out to friends to find out - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I reached out to friends to find out

Within four minutes of receiving my email - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Within four minutes of receiving my email

- All it is, essentially, is
a mechanism for being able - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- All it is, essentially, is a mechanism for being able

If you have an MP3, or a digital photo, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

If you have an MP3, or a digital photo,

In 2008, an anonymous
developer, or engineer, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

In 2008, an anonymous developer, or engineer,

In 2011, I read a blog
about an underground website - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

In 2011, I read a blog about an underground website

And then, over the years I've
just seen the usage explode - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

And then, over the years I've just seen the usage explo...

- There are thousands of
cryptocurrencies out there - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- There are thousands of cryptocurrencies out there

- When you first geek out about Bitcoin, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- When you first geek out about Bitcoin,

- In 2016,
we attended the Bitcoin - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- In 2016, we attended the Bitcoin

There was a woman on stage from
Botswana who educates people - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

There was a woman on stage from Botswana who educates people

After she shared her personal story, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

After she shared her personal story,

This is a very small farm
that I started in 2017, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

This is a very small farm that I started in 2017,

I managed to buy the goats - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I managed to buy the goats

That is why it has got all
these Bitcoin stickers. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

That is why it has got all these Bitcoin stickers.

I'm hoping in the future - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I'm hoping in the future

The piece of land, I got it in 2011, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The piece of land, I got it in 2011,

It's one of my passions - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It's one of my passions

My husband is the one
who is always coming here - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

My husband is the one who is always coming here

People have flooded
Africa with a lot of scams - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

People have flooded Africa with a lot of scams

The whole idea of the farm - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The whole idea of the farm

I'm just educating people - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I'm just educating people

For me, education is very important - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

For me, education is very important

- The original document - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- The original document

In order to understand all of that, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

In order to understand all of that,

And why isn't the way it
works working for us anymore? - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

And why isn't the way it works working for us anymore?

- One of the first things
we figured out to do - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- One of the first things we figured out to do

We could have armies of 100s
or 1000s of individuals, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

We could have armies of 100s or 1000s of individuals,

Language was extremely powerful
as an organizing mechanism, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Language was extremely powerful as an organizing mechanism,

Baboon bones were a popular
form of currency in Africa, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Baboon bones were a popular form of currency in Africa,

I could give you something
and you could trust that - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I could give you something and you could trust that

Things like dollars and rands,
we call those fiat currencies - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Things like dollars and rands, we call those fiat currencies

It basically means that they have value - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It basically means that they have value

You will accept it as repayment of debt - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

You will accept it as repayment of debt

There was a period where fiat currencies - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

There was a period where fiat currencies

Governments, or their
central banking authorities, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Governments, or their central banking authorities,

The decision to print money - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The decision to print money

It's open to flawed decision
making and really it's fair - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It's open to flawed decision making and really it'...

- For a time,
Bitcoin felt like a lot of talk - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- For a time, Bitcoin felt like a lot of talk

- If you consume electricity, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- If you consume electricity,

There's two modes that
that meter can be in, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

There's two modes that that meter can be in,

Postpaid is where you
just consume the utility - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Postpaid is where you just consume the utility

Now prepaid meters are
trying to solve the problem - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Now prepaid meters are trying to solve the problem

The municipalities can't recover - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The municipalities can't recover

So, they're trying to close that gap - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So, they're trying to close that gap

But it then introduces another problem - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

But it then introduces another problem

Obviously now, the costs are increased - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Obviously now, the costs are increased

So, although prepaid systems - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So, although prepaid systems

Bitcoin is a payment system, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Bitcoin is a payment system,

Anybody who has an app
on their mobile phone, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Anybody who has an app on their mobile phone,

So, it's just a common sense
thing if you think about it, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So, it's just a common sense thing if you think about i...

So now, there's a solution, Bitcoin, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So now, there's a solution, Bitcoin,

- I started my journey with Bitcoin - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- I started my journey with Bitcoin

- My son, right here on the wall. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- My son, right here on the wall.

In 2007, I gave birth to a baby boy. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

In 2007, I gave birth to a baby boy.

His name was called
Pako, which means praise. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

His name was called Pako, which means praise.

He was born with a heart defect - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

He was born with a heart defect

I was looking for ways in
which I can raise money - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I was looking for ways in which I can raise money

It was kind of difficult here in Botswana - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It was kind of difficult here in Botswana

One time, the doctor told me - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

One time, the doctor told me

But they said to me, "For us
to be able to help your son, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

But they said to me, "For us to be able to help your so...

Then I remember I got across a survey - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Then I remember I got across a survey

I went through that, worked my heart out. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I went through that, worked my heart out.

I never got any Bitcoins
from the work that I did. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I never got any Bitcoins from the work that I did.

And then in April, on the
4th, my son died, so yeah. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

And then in April, on the 4th, my son died, so yeah.

The first time I heard about Bitcoin - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

The first time I heard about Bitcoin

So when he died, I felt
like I have lost the purpose - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

So when he died, I felt like I have lost the purpose

Something was just nagging me in my head, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Something was just nagging me in my head,

It's no longer about my son, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It's no longer about my son,

I will group together people - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I will group together people

But before the meet-up, I did a video, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

But before the meet-up, I did a video,

I did an old t-shirt
with my Bitcoin address - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I did an old t-shirt with my Bitcoin address

Even by then I don't even
understand what Bitcoin was. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Even by then I don't even understand what Bitcoin was.

Then 2014, my group was growing - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Then 2014, my group was growing

- So why can
we trust that crypto - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- So why can we trust that crypto

- Bitcoin, as a primary
example, has a finite supply, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- Bitcoin, as a primary example, has a finite supply,

It actually in very real
terms is scarcer than gold. - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

It actually in very real terms is scarcer than gold.

There's no central
authority that can decide - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

There's no central authority that can decide

Once the network was set in motion, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Once the network was set in motion,

- Can you tell me about Usizo? - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

- Can you tell me about Usizo?

Anybody from anywhere
in the world could pay - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

Anybody from anywhere in the world could pay

I actually thought instead of
just talking about something, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I actually thought instead of just talking about something,

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This documentary follows the journey of Bitcoin pioneers as the African continent seeks to leverage cryptocurrency to increase their independency from a banking system that fails them.

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Director: Tamarin Gerriety

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 5.4

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Released: 22 May 2020

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