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Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

I could give you somethingand you could trust that that thing had value becausesociety...

I could give you something
and you could trust that that thing had value because
society believed it did

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I could give you something and you could trust that
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that thing had value because society believed it did.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:55
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
Things like dollars and rands, we call those fiat currencies - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:08
Things like dollars and rands, we call those fiat currencies
It basically means that they have value - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
It basically means that they have value
You will accept it as repayment of debt - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
You will accept it as repayment of debt
There was a period where fiat currencies - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:12
There was a period where fiat currencies
Governments, or their central banking authorities, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:07
Governments, or their central banking authorities,
The decision to print money - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
The decision to print money
It's open to flawed decision making and really it's fair - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:07
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 00:14
- For a time, Bitcoin felt like a lot of talk
- If you consume electricity, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
- If you consume electricity,
There's two modes that that meter can be in, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
There's two modes that that meter can be in,
Postpaid is where you just consume the utility - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:08
Postpaid is where you just consume the utility
Now prepaid meters are trying to solve the problem - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:18
Now prepaid meters are trying to solve the problem
The municipalities can't recover - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:04
The municipalities can't recover
So, they're trying to close that gap - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:08
So, they're trying to close that gap
But it then introduces another problem - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:05
But it then introduces another problem
Obviously now, the costs are increased - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:08
Obviously now, the costs are increased
So, although prepaid systems - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:08
So, although prepaid systems
Bitcoin is a payment system, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:06
Bitcoin is a payment system,
Anybody who has an app on their mobile phone, - Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution 00:12
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 00:22
So, it's just a common sense thing if you think about i...