Date: 2026-01-17 · basis: publication date recorded in the magazine inventory
Dusty Watchman
Dusty Watchman recounts years of international teaching in which his early number-go-up motivation had to be replaced by finding local problems Bitcoin could solve. He covers the US-backed air forces in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan — where cadets prized bitcoin for moving wealth out of the country — Emirati indifference amid Dubai's wealth, and his attempt to make Siargao the next Bitcoin Beach through the Cloud21Siargao Instagram account, bitcoin murals near Cloud 9, and btcmaps.org listings for Shapeshifter Siargao Surf Shop and Pukah Restaurant. He also describes mainland China, where buying bitcoin is illegal but possible, plus social credit concerns and a CBDC path, and points readers to free ebooks at dustinwatchman.gumroad.com and Bitcoin Africa Story's Bitcoin Diploma curriculum in Nigeria.
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The question I attempted to answer quickly became, how can bitcoin help this specific community in their struggles?https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/bitcoin-beyond-borders-localized-learning-strategies/
With English and bitcoin they felt unstoppable.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/bitcoin-beyond-borders-localized-learning-strategies/
As Stephen Covey emphasized, understanding precedes being understood.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/bitcoin-beyond-borders-localized-learning-strategies/
Educator Dusty Watchman on adapting Bitcoin education to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, the UAE, Siargao and China.
Machine-written summary, not an editorial statement.
Stackchain Magazine article, catalogue item 74, category travel-report. Summarised by the archive from the published piece; quotes below are verbatim excerpts. Original: https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/bitcoin-beyond-borders-localized-learning-strategies/