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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payment on: April 07, 2022, 10:39:11 PM
Jack Mallers made an announcement at the Bitcoin Conference 2022 that the giant Shopify will allow payments through the Lightning Network.

Strike partnered with NCR, the world's largest point-of-sale (POS) provider.

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“If we can help make the Bitcoin network more accessible and usable we believe we can change the world,”

Jack Mallers.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/07/jack-mallers-strike-announces-shopify-integration-for-bitcoin-lightning-payments/


Let's do it!

Definitely, every time this guy makes an appearance at the Bitcoin Conference he brings an important announcement, one more step for the adoption of bitcoin.
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / El Salvador 🇸🇻 Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy 🌋 on: October 01, 2021, 07:58:34 PM
My first impression when reading the headline of this news was:
OMG! 😱 Bukele did it! He is a president determined to continue with his plan to make the country of El Salvador the first country to own bitcoin and he goes with everything.
He studied it with his volcanic energy specialists, installed his equipment and already mined his first bitcoin.
The image he shared on Twitter reads:

Account balance
Payment complete.              0.00000000
Payment in progress            0.00000000
Payment pending                  0.00483976
Mined pending (estimated) 0.00599179

                              Total          0.01083155

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/01/el-salvador-mines-first-bitcoin-with-volcanic-energy/?outputType=amp
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Cuba 🇨🇺 regulates the use of cryptocurrencies for commercial operations on: August 27, 2021, 09:56:53 PM
This is good news for the country of Cuba and its inhabitants.
It is a resolution that will take effect on September 15 and regulates the use of digital assets in commercial transactions. Licenses will also be granted to providers of these services in relation to financial activities throughout the Cuban territory.
In the article that I read, it does not mention more details with which tools they have to educate the population, also as wallets that allow scalability of transactions.
I also do not know if the government of Cuba has any advisor in cryptocurrencies like El Salvador did so that the inclusion of cryptocurrencies in Cuba is the most suitable.
As I read in another article, it is known that unofficially there is a community of 10,000 Cubans that uses bitcoins.

I also wanted to know more about an official announcement from the Cuban government and I did not see it. Only the article mentions that it was a decree on the official Gazette. I went to the website of the Official Gazette of Cuba and I was not able to see the decree either. Perhaps it is not yet available to the public, hopefully it is available.

https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.cu/

For my part, I will be attentive while events unfold to contribute how the Cuban people are receiving the news.
 
https://apnews.com/a5c4dd51375a076945b472dbb824f3d4

Profile on Twitter of Erick García programmer, YouTuber and bitcoiner in Cuba.

https://twitter.com/ErichGarciaCruz/status/1431336263974535182?s=19
4  Other / Politics & Society / Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba 🇨🇺 on: July 12, 2021, 01:10:35 AM
Yesterday #SOSCuba was a trend on Twitter, I shared because I worry about the reasons why Cuba asks for help. It is because there are no medicines, food, medical care is precarious, infection rates are adulterated, so the people who protest say.

Take a look at these images. They are probably Covid19 patients without hospital beds.

https://twitter.com/RosaMariaPaya/status/1414029371057348614?s=19

But today the trend has changed, now the demonstrations are crying out for their freedom. After so many years, the Cuban people take to the streets with the hope of being free.

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HAVANA, July 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of Cubans took to the streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in rarely seen protests, expressing frustration over economic conditions, the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and what they said was government neglect.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who also heads the Communist Party, blamed the United States for the unrest in a nationally televised speech on Sunday afternoon.

Special forces jeeps, with machine guns mounted on the back, were seen in the capital, Havana, and Diaz-Canel called on supporters to confront “provocations."

Thousands of people gathered in downtown Havana and along parts of the seaside drive amid a heavy police presence. There were a few arrests and scuffles.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11/
5  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / El Salvador has become the first country to make #Bitcoin legal tender! 🇸🇻 on: June 05, 2021, 09:41:54 PM
That's how it is! This announcement was left for the end of the 2021 Bitcoin Conference with the participation of Jack Mallers.
Among the most impressive that helped me understand why bitcoin will be the currency that will lead the country of El Salvador is this.

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"Over 70% of the active population of El Salvador doesn't have a bank account. They're not in the financial system." -Jack Mallers

https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinConf/status/1401279373223866369?s=19

At the conference the president of El Salvador makes the announcement.

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President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele: "Next week I will send to congress a bill that will make #bitcoin a legal tender."

https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1401279550538108933?s=19
6  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Tyler Winklevoss Mentions Bitcoin Legend Hal Finney on Twitter on: October 08, 2020, 04:43:06 AM
Dear community.
Tyler Winklevoss has joined a petition for approval of the drug AMX0035 by the FDA that serves to improve the health of patients with ALS.

Let's all sign together for the memory of Bitcoin legend Hal Finney whom we lost to ALS in 2014.

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Attention all Bitcoiners. As many of you know, we lost #Bitcoin legend Hal Finney to #ALS in 2014. Join me in signing this petition to bring AMX0035, an experimental combination of two existing drugs, to ALS patients ASAP. #wecantwait
 
https://twitter.com/tylerwinklevoss/status/1313833493227593732?s=19
7  Economy / Gambling discussion / Some college students in Alabama bet money to see who gets COVID19 first on: July 03, 2020, 05:54:56 AM
Some university students in Alabama were denounced to the authorities for organizing "COVID Parties". The organizers of the party invited people tested positive from COVID19 to transmit the virus to the attendees. It was about betting on who would be positive for the virus first. They put money in a pot and the first one to test positive took the loot.

Alabama has registered to date 40111 positive cases, recoveries 15974, new cases 996 and deaths 841.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/alabama-students-throwing-covid-parties-infected-officials/story%3fid=71552514
8  Economy / Gambling discussion / Iker Casillas When this Nightmare Ends, We will play a Classic Vintage on: April 07, 2020, 11:38:49 AM


While seeing Twitter, Iker Casillas' tweet moved me. Comments to Carles Puyol.
"WHEN ALL THIS NIGHTMARE ENDS, we should gather the mythical ones of years ago and play a CLASSIC VINTAGE !!
Donation to give to the neediest people".

https://twitter.com/IkerCasillas/status/1247091093277233152?s=20

I understand the wishes of the Greats of Soccer, in this case, to go out on the field to give their best and give back to the public what they have given them. Especially to those most affected by Covid19.

Spain is one of the countries most affected by Covid19 it hurts to see the current figures and the clearest expression can not be is a complete "Nightmare".

Please put the team together. Imagine for a moment what that magnificent event will be like. That with God's favor we will enjoy it very soon.
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