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Understanding Bitlipa, Kenyan P2P Borderless Remittance Network

What is Bitlipa?

Bitlipa is a mobile application that allows users to transact privately and for free across the globe, Bitlipa leverages on Cryptocurrencies being borderless in order to use Bitcoin (BTC) as a conduit to move value across borders.

Why Bitlipa?

Bitlipa allows users to exchange FIAT* for BTC and vice versa within the app through the following steps;

*Fiat: Fiat money is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver, but rather by the government that issued it e.g Ksh via Mpesa

1. How to exchange Fiat for Bitcoin on Bitlipa

  • Download the app and sign up
  • Open the Fiat wallet
  • Click on deposit and fund your wallet
  • Click on the exchange function inside the Fiat wallet
  • Enter the number of Bitcoins you wish to acquire
  • Wait for the confirmation of the transaction on the blockchain

Note the minimum number of Bitcoins you can acquire on Bitlipa is 0.001 as we are operating with 3 decimal places

2. How to exchange bitcoins for fiat on Bitlipa

  • Download the app and sign up
  • Open your bitcoin wallet and copy-paste your public address from the receive function
  • Provide the wallet address to the person sending you Bitcoins
  • Wait for confirmations of the transaction on the blockchain
  • Click on the exchange function inside the Bitcoin wallet and exchange your Bitcoins for fiat
  • Your money, now fiat, will seat in your fiat wallet
  • To withdraw to Mpesa, open your fiat wallet and click on withdraw
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The acquisition of Bitcoin and liquidation has made this easy, all users are able to move money across borders in the form of $BTC and are able to settle them to fiat(cash) in real-time, thus easing the process of cross-border remittance.

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