Wilfrid Cubahiro is a computer science student from Burundi building Rurbit, a USSD Bitcoin bridge for rural Africa powered by the Blink API. This is his story.

Most Bitcoin builders start with a problem they cannot stop thinking about. For Wilfrid Cubahiro, it was this: what does Bitcoin look like for someone in a rural village who has never owned a smartphone, cannot afford data, but has a basic phone and a number?

The answer he is building is called Rurbit.

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