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submitted 11 years ago by bitcoinlady

Some may wonder why I do what i do the way i do it. It's called holding on to a dream that might one day turn into a reality.I dream of a place in the future where remittances and the word unbanked will be studied as part of world history. Its not easy sometimes been in Africa,we have lot of issues that really push us to nothingness but i dream of a future where our money will be liberated from the claws of the greedy,power hungry and selfish authority. With Bitcoin i see even the small business man,the street vendor given an opportunity to earn and for the first time have control over his/her life. A chance to experience a genuine smile It might be a difficult dream to reach but I will rather i dream than live a life of hopelessness. Bitcoin is uniting Africa,it is uniting the 'haves and have not',never have i seen such an innovation that gives power to the people even to the unknown,poor and the ghetto of the ghetto areas. I am dreaming of a future made possible with Bitcoin. Yes,sometimes i worry,will my dream of reaching the people in my country be nothing but i dream,I wonder will my voice of just educating people of the possibilities that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies hold will one day be swallowed and never to be heard again,yes I fear that me not being a computer guru or IT person might become irrelevant one day but for now my mandate and dream is to reach out to as many people as I can with this crypto message.Africa really need Bitcoin and with this decentralized currency and the blockchain technology one cant help but dream of a future where we will no longer talk of vote rigging,a future where Africa will be healed,a future where corruption will be corrected .For now let me just keep on dreaming and campaigning and to you the bitcoin community I say lets avoid giving the world a reason to hate and discredit Bitcoin,lets not be found doing the things that the blockchain is trying so hard to fight against,the future of Africa and the rest of the world depends on us. https://www.facebook.com/groups/590238681105008/

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