An Uganda Bitcoiner embarked on a community-funded trip from East Africa to Prague after winning tickets to BTC Prague for his adoption-driving efforts in the country.
Brindon Mwiine, the founder of Ugandan-based Bitcoin (BTC) platform Gorilla Sats, set off on a whirlwind journey from Kampala to the heart of Europe on the back of a Twitter competition he never thought he would win.
I still don’t believe it
Thank 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
— Brindon⚡ (@BrindonMwiine) June 8, 2023
The official @Bitcoin Twitter profile called for individuals to share their stories of building circular economies in their respective countries with tickets to BTC Prague, the prize for the would-be winner.
Mwiine, who hopes to build a budding Bitcoin community among Uganda’s student population, quickly found his individual 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.
“I saw all my community members come together, not just from Uganda. People from Kenya were voting, people from Tanzania were voting, it was overwhelming.”
Mwiine ended up winning the competition, which is where the real work began. What would follow was a series of firsts for the Ugandan, who managed to secure flights, visas and other logistics in the short space of three weeks.
“I had to figure out a way to get from Uganda to Prague and this is where the fun began. I had to create a pitch and a budget, I’d never flown before, never been on a plane, never been in Europe.”
The wider Bitcoin community also came to the party, donating sats to help fund Mwiine’s travels through BTC-based crowdfunding platform Geyser Fund:
“It’s one of the most interesting implementations of Lightning whereby people can crowdfund for you to do something. Ideally you make a pitch to the public and if they find that your project is worth it, they’ll send you some sats.”
With flights and costs checked off the list, Mwiine finally made his way to Europe for what would also be his first ever Bitcoin conference. His first ever airport experience added some stress to the experience, nearly…
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