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A small island nation in the Atlantic Ocean grapples with a cash economy influenced by tourism, remittances and limited resources. Can Bitcoin help? Cointelegraph recently traveled to Cape Verde, West Africa, to explore whether Bitcoin (BTC) could be a tool for progress. In the latest on-the-ground video documentary from Cointelegraph, global reporter Joe Hall investigates the remittances market, cash economies, and the challenges and opportunities faced by small island nations worldwide. Cape Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island nation in the central Atlantic Ocean. Cape Verde comprises 10 main islands and several smaller islets, sitting 570 kilometers (350 miles) west of Senegal, West Africa. Hall discovers that more Cape Verdeans live abroad than on the country’s islands. Due to its small land mass, it struggles to cultivate and export goods abroad. The islanders of Cape Verde, especially Sal, rely on tourism to stimulate the economy, and relatives living abr...

Rockstar believes that as more quality Bitcoiners join, support, communicate, and collaborate with each other, Bitcoin will continue to rise. The BTC Prague event has recently highlighted that while there remain places in the world where Bitcoin (BTC) adoption is still in its early stages, many continue to be positive about how the community can onboard more BTC supporters despite the new challenges that come in.  In an interview with Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall, pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Uncle Rockstar, the head of Bitcoin at payment platform Strike, shared his thoughts on Bitcoin adoption and his most pressing concerns within the Bitcoin ecosystem in 2023. According to the developer, the BTC Prague event allowed him to talk about his story. He said that while he had less time, he was able to allow people to catch “tiny bits” that he believes would let people “do the same for themselves.” He explained that: “At the end of the day, that's what it's all about. Lik...