Found 103 articles
March 26, 2025
Anita Posch spoke at the founding event of the Bitcoins Devs Lusaka about why Bitcoin matters for financial fairness and how developers can shape its future, especially in Africa.
May 20, 2024
Safest options to move your bitcoin from a mobile wallet like Green to a hardware wallet like the BitBox02.
May 14, 2024
Prevent your bitcoin from being wiped out and learn how to save on fees with Coin Control aka UTXO management.
April 15, 2024
Understand the Bitcoin halving: what it is, how it works, and its impact on value, scarcity, and mining.
April 2, 2024
I interviewed Carel van Wyk about why spending Bitcon is important in many African countries and how he implemented Bitcoin Lightning payments at PicknPay, South Africa’s largest retailer.
March 25, 2024
How to Save Small Amounts of Bitcoin Despite High Transactions Fees: Recommended Strategy with Lightning or Liquid.
January 26, 2024
Understand the differences between and use cases of Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid, and E-Cash in this non-technical explainer.
March 11, 2024
I explain the AQUA Wallet, a multi-asset, self-custodial app simplifying Bitcoin, Lightning, USDT, and Liquid payments with integrated swapping functionality.
March 7, 2024
I discuss Bitcoin Spot ETFs, questioning their backing by actual bitcoin, and the impact of financial institutions on Bitcoin adoption and its core values.
March 5, 2024
Why is Bitcoin different than any other cryptocurrency? Hear me sharing my journey to becoming a Bitcoin advocate, focusing on the importance of financial empowerment in African countries and the goals of Bitcoin for Fairness.
February 27, 2024
Alternative operating systems for your mobile phone that increase privacy and security while using Bitcoin.
February 21, 2024
In this interview, I talk about my Bitcoin journey, my work in the Global South, my book, and membership platform.
February 15, 2024
How to upgrade my Phoenix Wallet to activate splicing, the automatic channel management.
February 5, 2024
The differences between Bitcoin and Lightning: a look into Bitcoin on-chain transactions and how they are different from Lightning payments.
January 26, 2024
Testing self-custodial Lightning wallets with results on their payment reliability, speed, user-friendliness, fees and security features.
January 17, 2024
Learn how to set up and use the Phoenix Wallet, a self-custody Lightning wallet and node that runs on your phone.
December 18, 2023
How to tip someone with bitcoin via a website using the GetAlby wallet extension. Here is how you can make it work on your website.
December 14, 2023
The Bitcoin flyer, a two page folder about the basics of Bitcoin and how to use it, is now available in Bahasa Indonesia.
December 11, 2023
What are the different Bitcoin address formats from Legacy to SegWit to Bech32 bc1q and Taproot bc1p with their impact on efficiency and privacy.
December 2, 2023
Anita Posch's talk in Accra, Ghana offered a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Bitcoin, incl. its prehistory, transactions, and PoW mining.
November 30, 2023
How to create and use the Green Wallet, a self-custody Bitcoin and Liquid wallet with advanced security features like 2FA, which makes spending your money without your consent impossible.
November 11, 2023
Anita Posch's talk in Bali offered a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Bitcoin, incl. its prehistory, transactions, and PoW mining.
October 1, 2023
Why are we bullish? was recorded live by BTC Sessions with guests Lyn Alden, Steve Lubka and Anita Posch. It's really worth watching.
March 27, 2023
In times of congestion on the Bitcoin blockchain, your transactions might get stuck and need days to confirm. Here's what you can do about it.
February 1, 2023
My Bitcoin beginners book is available as an audiobook on Audible and many other platforms. It was produced and narrated by Kevin Hanssen a Zimbabwean actor and musician.
December 5, 2022
Around 10 million people are speaking Luganda in the area of Uganda. Now they can learn and share the basics of Bitcoin with BFF's Bitcoin flyer in their own language.
November 28, 2022
This is the most important article I've written for Bitcoin Magazine so far. It outlines how the properties of Bitcoin allow it to protect the human rights of people around the world, as outlined by the United Nations.
November 23, 2022
An early version of a Lightning node running on a mobile browser was presented. Experimental, but huge if it works.
November 18, 2022
Around 200 million people are speaking Swahili. Now they can learn and share the basics about Bitcoin with BFF's Bitcoin flyer.
November 15, 2022
A word of warning! After the recent crypto frauds I find it important to explain that Bitcoin.com doesn't represent the ideas of Bitcoin BTC. Now Bitcoin.com started selling their own token called "Verse" to the public.
November 3, 2022
As a member of C4's Certified Bitcoin Professional Committee I was part of a live streaming together with special guest Jameson Lopp where we busted myths around Bitcoin.
June 29, 2022
Despite the cryptocurrency market decline, it’s clear that Bitcoin can’t be stopped.
October 9, 2022
Africans in 9 countries can send and receive bitcoin without internet now. The service works on any mobile phone and uses USSD code. Millions of Africans are used to it, because it's the way how mobile money works. Here is a demonstration.
October 2, 2022
An outing to the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe with camping, stunning views, ancient rock paintings and in this remote area I wanted to test Bitcoin payments.
September 11, 2022
Speaking and trading freely with bitcoin can make you the target of harassment, arrest or worse things.
September 11, 2022
Massage therapist was very fast in understanding that with the Bitcoin price at 20k and not 60k it is a good time to start saving it.
September 10, 2022
The story of a Zimbabwean friend who has been using bitcoin for the last 2 years.
September 9, 2022
My Zimbabwean friend searched her archive and found 55 Billion Dollar!
September 8, 2022
I used my Zimbabwean SIM card and added airtime to it so that I can do calls and send texts.
September 7, 2022
There are huge price differences depending on where you go to purchase your daily goods.
September 6, 2022
You can pay with USD or the local Zimbabwe Dollar, which is legal tender.
September 18, 2022
Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake have different goals, so the question is: what are you trying to achieve with a blockchain?
September 3, 2022
Anita Posch explains how Bitcoin represents human rights and acts as a tool for civil resistance and empowerment.
June 9, 2022
If the price of bitcoin goes up 5% on one day and down 10% the next day then this up and down is called volatility.
August 20, 2021
Basics of Bitcoin: Central banks as lenders of last resort and money supply inflation
August 13, 2021
Basics of Bitcoin: Understanding the current monetary system. Money is created through debt
August 6, 2021
A short history of money with an early example of a shared ledger.
July 16, 2021
Weekly Nr. 37 - US hegemony powered by the petrodollar, Money used as a weapon - Cuban crisis, "Human B" documentary recording in Venezuela, New report on mining confirms hashrate relocation from China, Bitcoin mining in Africa and Zimbabwe
July 9, 2021
Weekly Nr. 36 - Cypherpunks write code, Chatcontrol: EU parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications, Bitcoin users find ways around government bans, Sending bitcoin offline is possible, Pressure against proof-of-work in Europe, One of the oldest hydro-power stations in the US is mining bitcoin
July 2, 2021
Weekly Nr. 35 - China's crackdown on cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin mining council discloses energy mix, Bitcoin users called "de-facto participant in a criminal conspiracy", Banks stormed in Lebanon, Buy bitcoin without fees, the debt trap of emerging countries
June 26, 2021
Weekly Nr. 34 - Miners leaving China, Bitcoin custodial banking risks, El Salvador will give bitcoin to the people, Paraguay will vote about Bitcoin, Bitcoin toppling dictators
June 18, 2021
Weekly Nr. 33 - Bitcoin the last 12 years, bullish signs, trading volume in the last year, reactions towards El Salvador's decision to make bitcoin legal tender, fake hardware wallets, Blockstream's Bitcoin strategy
June 11, 2021
Weekly Nr. 32 - Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador and what that means, other countries might follow, Taproot activation
June 4, 2021
Weekly Nr. 31 - Taproot on the way, Bitcoin adoption in Zimbabwe, Inflation hits new records, news from China and India, Bitcoin was on the moon, building a permissionless future
May 28, 2021
Weekly Nr. 30 - Bitcoin privacy improvements, mining developments in China, solar power is bad?, hodlers hodl, state of the Lightning Network, Bitcoin and new art forms
May 21, 2021
Weekly Nr. 29 - Bitcoin dipping, what's next?; volatility is good; where Bitcoin is needed the most; Sub-Saharan Africa's trading volume up in 2021; Bitcoin, NFTS and the arts, US regulatory crackdown will spur decentralization
May 14, 2021
Weekly Nr. 28 - Tesla dismissing bitcoin payments, Tesla's income relying on renewable energy credits, Elon Musk pumping Doge, why Bitcoin doesn't change to proof-of-stake
May 7, 2021
Weekly Nr. 27 - Bitcoin empowers Zimbabweans, Buckminster Fullers' energy and wealth vision, Iran trying to regulate mining, censored mining, mining more decentralized, Taproot activation, Buffett and Munger yelling at Bitcoin, DeFi on Bitcoin, global adoption of Bitcoin
April 30, 2021
Weekly Nr. 26 - Importance of open source software, Tesla contributing to Bitcoin, China banning mining?, bad news for Turkish exchange customers, Bitcoin promotes fairness and works without Internet, hash rate recovery, largest-ever purchase of bitcoin made by a listed company in Tokyo
April 23, 2021
Weekly Nr. 25 - Major hash rate drop, China mining, a trojan horse for freedom, trading volume in Turkey increases, Bitcoin growing faster than the Internet, on-chain volume new record, price drops
April 16, 2021
Weekly Nr. 24 - Turkey bans banks from using bitcoin, Argentina needs Bitcoin, USD deprecation, freedom movement in Congo and Swiss insurer AXA accepting bitcoin, illiquid supply potentially bullish, NYT publishing false assumptions around Bitcoin's environmental costs, Coinbase's direct listing
April 9, 2021
Weekly Nr. 23 - Where Bitcoin will shine, Satoshi Nakamoto's motive, education is key, security of hardware wallets, inflation is a good thing?, fractional reserve banking coming to Bitcoin, the energy debate will never end, Bitcoin transforms lost energy into value
April 2, 2021
Weekly Nr. 22 - India and Nigeria fail to ban Bitcoin, trading volumes surges in countries with high inflation, Teletubbies and Bitcoin, how you can increase your privacy, $30 Billion USD sent in Bitcoin daily, Coinbase stock to begin trading
May 2, 2021
How to update your RaspiBlitz Bitcoin and Lightning node.
April 30, 2020
My guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos, a leading Bitcoin educator, discussing Bitcoin adoption, its use in Zimbabwe, censorship, fake news, and why the 'left' struggles to embrace Bitcoin.
June 23, 2020
Anita Posch's slides from the Lesbians Who Tech Virtual Pride Summit in 2020, speaking about the uniqueness and importance of Bitcoin.
November 27, 2020
Is Bitcoin dying or thriving? Bitcoin adoption from 2017 to 2020
July 16, 2020
Centralized platforms will always be the target of hackers. On July 15th 2020 Twitter was severely hacked.
September 6, 2020
The Tinkerer's Anthem is a reminder that as a Bitcoin enthusiast you are an early-adopter, a misfit. Throughout history inventors, visionaries, entrepreneurs were laughed at.
November 11, 2020
You can listen to my podcast episodes and at the same time send some sats to show your appreciation.
November 11, 2020
Streaming money is coming to content creators. That means no paywalls, but the possibility to receive donations.
April 22, 2020
Learn about the history of failed currencies in Zimbabwe and Bitcoin adoption in Botswana in this six-part podcast documentary from 2020.
February 15, 2020
Bitcoin introduction: What is Bitcoin? Use-cases for bitcoin BTC, how to prevent scams, how bitcoin works, bitcoin mining, what is a blockchain, install a bitcoin wallet, the lightning network explained
September 7, 2020
What are all those different Bitcoin versions that can be found on exchanges or Coinmarketcap?
December 30, 2020
Value 4 value and Podcasting 2.0: How to earn bitcoin with content creation
June 20, 2019
My guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos, addressing common misconceptions and FUD surrounding Bitcoin, including volatility, energy consumption, wealth distribution, and risk of failure.
April 11, 2019
My guest is Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash, cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and CEO of Blockstream, discussing his contributions to cryptography and building future internet infrastructure.
March 21, 2018
The Bitcoin Whitepaper as published by Satoshi Nakamoto on Oct 30, 2008