Sats2data - Pitch
The Idea
Sats2data is an easy-to-use web application that allows users to purchase airtime and data using Bitcoin lightning within seconds. It has been developed by the team at African Bitcoiners, a peaceful revolutionary group that aims to bring freedom to Africa through Bitcoin.
The Motive
Africa needs freedom, and we believe Bitcoin will help us accomplish this. We began by building a Bitcoin for beginners short course, where we not only teach Africans about Bitcoin, but also reward them with 10,000 sats each for taking and completing the course. While earning sats from our course is one side of the coin, showing people how to easily use it is the other side, which in fact is the most crucial component of the bitcoin adoption process in Africa. So, our solution was to develop a really simple and straightforward web app where Africans can easily buy airtime and data after earning those beautiful satoshis from our Bitcoin course. This is how sats2data was born!
From the Team
This was a challenging project for us, based on the fact that we are a very small team of 5 with limited coding skills. When we called out for makers to join us, no one responded, so we decided to learn and build at the same time! As a team, we're proud of what we achieved, although the user experience might not be as good as we hoped. As time goes on, improvements will be made. In the meantime, we are very excited and hope that our users will be as well.
Tech Stack:
Frontend: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Backend: Python flask
Try it out
Link: https://sats2data.africa/
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1. Choose an option between airtime and data bundle
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2 Select your country
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3. Input your mobile number
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4. Input an amount
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Scan the lightning invoice QR or copy the Ln-URL to make payment
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After making payment, come back and tap the “confirm payment” button
Boom!, your top-up will be credited. We’ve also attached a short video guide that you can follow. Thank you.