Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution (2020)

Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution: Directed by Tamarin Gerriety. With Simon Dingle, Riccardo Spagni Fluffy Pony, William Frentzen, Lorien Gamaroff. 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.

“You wonu0026#39;t learn much about the technology of the Bitcoin protocol in this film (as other reviewers have mentioned, other documentaries like u0026#39;Banking on Bitcoinu0026#39; (2016) are better fit for that, or watch Andreas Antonopoulosu0026#39; educational Bitcoin videos on Youtube), but it is great to get an insight on how Bitcoin can actually help real people out there to improve their lives – people who often donu0026#39;t have access to banking, or have been gradually dispossessed by the state. With Bitcoin, they are in full control of their money, and can transfer it borderless, uncensorable, and unstoppable. They can receive money from overseas with little or no (Lightning Network) cost.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt also introduces us to a few great individuals who are engaged in educating their fellow countrymen about Bitcoin and itu0026#39;s value propositions to improve their lives and to help them avoid falling for the various scams and failures in the u0026#39;cryptou0026#39; space (like pyramid schemes or so-called u0026#39;altcoinsu0026#39;). They are good examples of the Bitcoin community, which is dedicated to hold up Bitcoinu0026#39;s fundamental values like liberty, freedom, property rights and helping everyone who is genuinely willing to learn.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePretty much the only critique I have is the narrator – hard to understand, sounding annoyed. Maybe an altcoiner (insider joke). ;-)”