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 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3bIzNX4co here is some insight. There is a southern Congolese town called Kolwesii, Where the Coltan ore is brought to market. There are Congolese workers negotiating with Chinese buyers. Many locals come to pick the scraps after hours when the mine is closed. The Chinese corporations own the mines, They are purchasing from Swiss owners for supply chain on all technological products. Shenzhen is where almost all tech production takes place. The Swiss and Chinese have owned African resources behind the scenes for a very long time now. Bitcoin is providing an avenue for people to overcome corporate oppression, But actually going to places suffering from extreme poverty and providing resources for Bitcoin education is the first step. There is a Bitcoin mine in the north of the Congo that employs Congolese workers, And somehow drawing a connection between these local bitcoin mine workers and the coltan miners is the missing step.