whiteafrican
Erik Hersman

http://gridlesscompute.com

Tech, Africa, Bitcoin mining at Gridless. Kenya Relay: wss://nostr-1.nbo.angani.co

Public Key

npub1q0al05h2uvtj0fp8ww7etl0pdjnkum638ynz9tmku3e522fyvlmqjq04mt

NIP-05 Address

whiteafrican@iris.to

NIP-57 Address

afrihash@blink.sv

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsq87lh6t4wx9e85snh80v4lhskefmwdagnjf3z4amwgu699yjx0asvs5szs

Author Public Key

npub1q0al05h2uvtj0fp8ww7etl0pdjnkum638ynz9tmku3e522fyvlmqjq04mt

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Last Notes

2025-12-30 12:03:37

Usually disconnected on these trips, but sometimes you have to be on a call. This setup works very well. Anywhere.
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2025-11-30 12:46:34

Doing some VERY offgrid (potential) site visits with @dannyknowles and Eric Yakes.
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2025-10-28 04:50:27

The road out.
A number of places worse but I couldn’t get a video.
https://video.nostr.build/cfccb07e9707e98408b0785be8ea3ad88a8eff3af449112356aba10a362e646c.mp4

2025-10-28 04:38:49

Cold morning at 8,000 feet. But we’re dry and have food.
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2025-10-23 15:32:10

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Yeah. FJ40.

2025-10-23 11:56:23

One shock down…
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2025-10-22 17:59:59

A lot of wind and sun up here.
And camels. 🐪 Most camels per capita in the world.
https://video.nostr.build/3ccd071d05be3781fca827fbe9ab6093613d37b1e08f535318037a783808f43c.mp4
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2025-10-21 10:53:33

Heading into the northern desert
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2025-10-14 15:15:45

2.6MW “chocolate milk” hydro visit in Rwanda today.
A lot of debris, approximately 3 tons gets pulled out manually at 3 different points in a single day.
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2025-09-20 15:17:36

This “Imagine If” event that @npub1atn…h4x3 has created is something special.
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2025-08-25 05:27:20

Weekend favorites.
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2025-08-20 12:47:51

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Yep. Also saw these little guys.
https://video.nostr.build/8b3054da4a247e052b33bfe091c00d5384e1683475714872fde194c30ded07ab.mp4

2025-08-20 12:42:15

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2025-08-14 14:55:43

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An ASIC double wide!
Three machines worth of hashrate density in the space of two.

2025-08-14 14:53:49

The Proto miner hardware seems like a real step-change for ASICs. The reusable rig is amazing, now just swap out hashboards.
The modularity and openness (software and hardware) will allow everyone to do a lot more with them, and for a lot longer.
The rig is part of the infrastructure. The upgrade path is so much easier
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2025-07-31 18:16:10

Took off for a 15km hike and run with my youngest. Hot and muggy! The waterfall and dip at the end was amazing!
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2025-06-25 14:46:22

Testing the first Bitaxe made in Kenya, from the PCB up!
It’s working. Big thanks to all the guys who made it happen from the community - Simon, Diviter, Kurt, and Gearbox
We call it “Bitshoka”, which is just Bitaxe in Swahili. :)
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2025-06-25 14:22:28

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The police were the big bad boss, then around the corner came…a mob.
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2025-06-25 14:20:39

Nairobi protests are getting bigger. As darkness sets in a couple hours from now it will likely heat up.

2025-06-23 19:08:18

Quad9 (aka 9.9.9.9)
Really amazing service. Needs support.
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2025-06-15 08:02:38

A white browed coucal catching a skaapsteeker snake.
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2025-06-14 05:44:00

There are worse places to live than Nairobi.
“Green city in the sun”
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2025-06-12 10:43:27

The Kenya VASP bill is poor execution on a bad idea.
It’s a gift to rent seekers and a blow to innovation that punishes startups with red tape.
Loose definitions of virtual “assets” and “tokens” increase uncertainty and allows regulatory overreach.
They’d be better off just defining bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies as commodity vs securities and letting the already existing Capital Markets Authority deal with it.
PDF of the bill: http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2025-04/THE%20VIRTUAL%20ASSET%20SERVICE%20PROVIDERS%20BILL%2C%202025%20%282%29.pdf

2025-06-06 05:58:19

Adults need self control.
Powerful adults need it more.

2025-06-04 11:15:53

Doing a Bitaxe giveaway at our monthly bitcoin meetup this evening at Waitabit Coffee.
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2025-06-04 04:29:58

Rose Njeri, a 35 year old software engineer and mother of two, was picked up and held by police for 5 days in Kenya.
Why?
Because she created a site to allow people to easily write an email to their representatives - pushing back on the new Finance Bill 2025.
Back in 2016-2018 we spoke about how bad this “Computer misuse and cybercrimes act of 2018” was for Kenyans, and that it would be used for spurious charges like this against people just like Rose Njeri.
This is wrong and we need to both push back on new bills as well as change old ones.
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2025-05-28 16:09:49

I was able to travel to see the 100MW Penguin bitcoin mine in Paraguay last year.
They didn’t start by wanting to mine.
They had a software academy that they needed money to support. So they took advantage of stranded power, and have used this to fund education to the tune of $1.5M.
The power of bitcoin mining is not just jobs, stable grids, and less expensive power…
it also can be used to finance amazing projects like this!
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2025-05-28 15:25:03

Excellent talk by @npub12rv…85vg
Crypto wars 1.0 “Code is speech”
>>
US Supreme Court says, “Spending money is speech”
>>
Crypto wars 2.0 “Tornado cash and Samurai Wallet founders indicted”
Threatens the notion that we have the right to privacy in our money.
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2025-05-28 13:28:13

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Such a good talk.

2025-05-26 06:17:14

This is more like it. Sun today.
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2025-05-24 13:48:34

Off to Oslo.

2025-05-24 13:21:14

If you’re in Vegas next week for the Bitcoin conference, my co-founder @npub1wat…hfd2 will be there as well.
Ask her about our expansion.
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2025-05-22 19:01:24

Pizza 🍕 incoming.
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2025-05-20 17:54:33

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We do our own software stack for running these sites remotely. Hardest part is the control board.

2025-05-20 16:40:16

In Bitcoin mining, survival comes down to margins and margins come down to energy costs.
While most miners race to secure ever-cheaper electricity contracts, Gridless takes a different route:
we mine exclusively on stranded power, using a revenue share model that eliminates direct energy costs entirely.
This gives us a structural advantage in volatile markets, allowing us to stay online when others shut down, and to profit even at historically low hashprices.
https://gridlesscompute.com/2025/02/07/mining-without-a-bill-the-revenue-share-advantage/

2025-05-11 10:08:49

Getting water flow readings. We don’t always have a bridge to work from!
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2025-05-09 17:52:50

Sundowners. Mt Kenya.
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2025-05-06 10:11:22

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This is better.
🇰🇪 Kenya High Court declares Worldcoin perations illegal, orders deletion of biometric data
Justice Aburili emphasized that Worldcoin’s operations infringed on Kenyans’ constitutional right to privacy.
https://bitcoinke.io/2025/05/kenya-high-court-declares-worldcoin-operations-illegal/

2025-05-05 14:04:31

Worldcoin issues in Kenya. The problem is this is a data technicality so with the right paperwork they can overcome it.
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2025-05-05 07:15:47

Hosting an MBA group from the University of North Carolina today at Gridless.
Love having Anil Patel’s (https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com/) slides and assets to talk through what Bitcoin is.
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2025-05-01 11:50:47

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I detest this World coin thing so much. Takes massive advantage of people here in Kenya.

2025-04-30 03:58:19

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One of the best.

2025-04-13 10:17:40

Bedford. Really do enjoy visiting this town.
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2025-04-11 09:34:20

Really enjoy being back in Bedford, @npub14mc…frlx and @npub16le…ffxj do such a great job with the Cheatcode conference. Small towns make for easier and more conversations, and one-day events mean a lot more signal.
Also, great new coffee shop and wonderful people.
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2025-04-09 12:01:50

“Two very large pools are creating more than 50% of the blocks”
@npub13hk…4u2r on why he started DMND pool based on Stratum V2.
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2025-04-09 11:26:46

One of my takeaways from Bitcoiners working on energy-related projects in the EU is that they seem bound and hamstrung by rules and bureaucracy. Seems harder than it should be.
It’s like a full-time job in paperwork with a bit of mining on the side.
The people at the European Bitcoin Energy Association (EBEA) are doing great work, and when they finally break through there will be a massive growth in decentralized hashing for heat+BTC in Europe.

2025-04-07 06:58:59

Portugal 🇵🇹 for a couple days.
Then to the UK 🇬🇧.

2025-04-04 07:00:52

Minion 3 learning how to replace hashboards.
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2025-04-03 17:45:57

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God, so true.

2025-04-03 17:44:36

Will be in Portugal next week. Good energy conversations incoming.
#note1lzq…ghsx

2025-04-02 18:03:01

Good Nairobi Bitcoin meetup turnout at Waitabit Coffee this evening!
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2025-04-02 07:15:43

A Ross Stevens quote.
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2025-03-28 11:04:55

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Big file!

2025-03-27 04:25:28

Mountain retreat (Kenya).
Discussing whether small scale energy + bitcoin mining can support conservation.
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2025-03-26 04:24:07

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Some day we’ll be in TZ!

2025-03-26 03:26:42

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Useful when you have a river with lower head. You choose your turbine based on the river.

2025-03-25 19:09:00

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They were a good journalism team. Were a bit skeptical, but traveled to see it and had an open mind to what the reality of the ground was.

2025-03-25 19:08:11

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They are.

2025-03-25 18:33:28

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It’s tough and expensive to build energy. But it’s worth it if you can do it.

2025-03-25 18:32:25

Busy day.
Checking out a hydro site this evening that was delayed due to come civil works having to be redone.
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2025-03-25 06:36:18

Biomass bitcoin mining site in Kenya.
It’s a finicky source compared to the simplicity of hydroelectric.
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2025-03-25 05:23:28

Lifeblood of the land. Above Kenya.
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2025-03-18 19:17:26

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Just Kili.

2025-03-17 17:01:28

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Amboseli. In Kenya

2025-03-17 04:02:43

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Correct circa 1990. Amazing vehicles.

2025-03-16 15:04:21

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Thanks, and have a good trip later this year.

2025-03-16 14:55:09

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It is. We were lucky to have it visible all morning.

2025-03-16 14:54:44

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This was in Amboseli, Kenya.

2025-03-16 13:16:50

Safari shots to finish the weekend. https://image.nostr.build/a2e55f9f3b2d93f12f6eeb0e31ff459260866722187ca63cfe567ce8de9f9ef9.jpg https://image.nostr.build/aad7d3e1cd375ec3881ed0f127e732a14131c6c1bdaed070c405e7205ddf11ce.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b0df33103c5f934f80f7f6cd09362aa0befc7b1453064f4963e659e719ae3a97.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7d7d4bb67a57e032ef6ae856026e6e720b0f0bdad223cc6c078e658d06740de7.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3df7b4742e2e8bf94a4c9296c8e2ec3d0efb3eb9f109465f0695fab5f0e1b403.jpg https://image.nostr.build/86362092c5504f418058627cf086b36e8bbb13fb5762277014d86889cea79007.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9270625d37e9b1b746f5095f6cab137f49eb4fb88556ec8874352d98052796e1.jpg

2025-03-15 03:48:14

Seems legit. https://image.nostr.build/d03ecb17c5660fbe92a65514c76a42d302388cc266a381b36fec048beb2e05de.jpg

2025-03-14 14:47:13

You gotta get to the bush for a bit just to relax if you live in Africa.
Pace is different. https://image.nostr.build/79838cc9d90773dabadbd85f598032d87f6dd0fe511b43a2907e8bf2b5ab6bb6.jpg

2025-03-09 10:15:24

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That’ll be a fun one (I hope).

2025-03-08 07:34:23

Not excited by SBR.

2025-03-07 15:50:09

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Thanks for having me!

2025-03-07 05:51:28

Working from Waitabit on Fridays is chill. https://image.nostr.build/1e987acd89341882ea2ee25d1e33ab1041679700181bd72d5da64bb628184e1c.jpg https://image.nostr.build/30750ba0c0806c5a0b9bbf7c0cf06a3b1bf69b24ccd9c3e161c14dcb3f93b983.jpg

2025-02-28 08:01:10

Staring up a new thing at Waitabit coffee, since we have so many normal people asking about Bitcoin.
Glad Felix, Vlad, and Collin will help! https://image.nostr.build/a5c1973772468c4df33ec0569a9206e2c43d42484c84f91189c568f4beef14ab.jpg

2025-02-10 17:39:03

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For all of 3 hours at the airport. Not sure that counts. :)

2025-02-10 17:38:25

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Not speaking. Just some meetings.

2025-02-10 14:12:09

On to Los Angeles and then Houston this week. The US tour continues.

2025-02-07 19:24:40

NYC trip was made amazing by the invite to @npub1key…lt3h - great community! #note1kuy…nh0f

2025-02-02 14:38:19

By my friend Gado in Kenya.
Foreign Aid is (mostly) bad. Though I can make room for specific disaster relief. https://image.nostr.build/8f5e79424188e2a4f0e080d03ecd444fa029309a1ca2d468ee1fccb8c5fa6d4e.jpg

2025-02-01 15:54:27

NEMS 2025 was excellent.
Signal > noise.
Loved seeing the Pod256 Foundation win a block and now their largest founder is the Bitcoin Network.
Thanks to @npub1atn…h4x3 @npub10m6…tff3 @npub1ql2…rxya and Rob Warren.

2025-01-30 18:56:44

NEMS is high signal. Great people who are hands-on mining.
Block 881423 hit live yesterday too. https://image.nostr.build/00076d94bc9294087b5d225737f04ee09221c2b46ced8f9b894d82df3fcb452f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6d4d2f05b435198dbf593a89c44258b61201041eaff541054cf899d8c2147d11.jpg https://image.nostr.build/870255a328972546340801cad4d4781a0adead2ca4bf20d842f685e043d593f0.jpg

2025-01-29 03:51:00

Touchdown 30 hours later for the Nashville Energy and Mining Summit!

2025-01-28 20:22:34

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Hadn’t heard of Tollgate yet, but sounds very inter. Will get to Googling. Used to do a lot with OpenWRT.

2025-01-28 20:19:22

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This is well done.

2025-01-28 09:53:59

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🤦‍♂️

2025-01-28 09:49:34

…the problem isn’t that African countries solicit foreign help and expertise. The paradigmatic examples of rapid modernization and economic development in Japan, South Korea, the Gulf, and China all involved a fair amount of local adaptations/deployment of foreign expertise.
This, in fact, is supposed to be a key advantage of being a late developer. In my view, the real problem is how African states use foreign expertise. Instead of helping with questions of “how to get things done,” outsiders are often recruited into the driving seat and tasked with deciding “what is to be done.”
https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/what-explains-the-ambition-gap-among?

2025-01-28 09:47:40

It’s been 5 years.
4 since we knew these weren’t necessary.
Why don’t airports remove them? https://image.nostr.build/89b8536e1bc8475e0b33ab19b5e792baef57069d2733d0c830554b9bce271b27.jpg https://image.nostr.build/89b8536e1bc8475e0b33ab19b5e792baef57069d2733d0c830554b9bce271b27.jpg

2025-01-27 21:12:52

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Should have some available next month. Pick and place machine setup ongoing. Waiting on a few parts.

2025-01-27 21:06:48

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Excellent!

2025-01-27 20:52:29

We setup the first (I believe) Africa Nostr relay 2 years ago here in Kenya - still going strong too.
wss://nostr-1.nbo.angani.co
Big thanks to Riyaz and the Angani team for managing it.
I still remember the late nights talking for hours with @npub1ynf…wfm8 about how this was the first real architectural shift we’d seen on the Internet in decades.
The road is long, but if we work for it, the future can be amazing.

2025-01-27 20:44:24

We’ve been having fun working up a locally made in Kenya #Bitaxe bitcoin miner. First couple designed and testing.
Hii ni shoka yetu
“This is our axe”
Funnily enough the slowest horse has been that we didn’t have any Bitmain machines, but we finally got some S19 chips. https://image.nostr.build/eea4f19a74cdbd7d46ec89de079b2a16ff6f7bf6df98c28c20ce2e09d6b852f4.jpg

2025-01-27 20:13:48

Whirlwind trip to the US. Looking forward to Nashville, NYC, and LA!

2024-12-20 15:01:37

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Thanks for joining us Mags!

2024-12-20 14:56:51

Time for some offgrid family time.
(Kindle synced, Starlink going off in 3, 2, 1…) https://image.nostr.build/415ee432dbe609b9c19b737e8ddd361ea82c069378c83e422332d703c006b690.jpg https://image.nostr.build/19e13bd7d2b2468723d9b031ee6a0ad56b856ac4865572c24e336140eb977722.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1a830aa7b3cc04015426ba10562f88ca4bbed5d0975a74b93c263c9561d2b981.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cde5d3a9458d3b738eea354213d35bbc08f3462e6bfbe61cded24e2fdc7af423.jpg

2024-12-11 06:05:43

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Whoa. Okay that is major progress

2024-12-10 09:00:58

Really glad to hear @npub1sg6…f63m talk about how #nostr is more than just a Twitter clone, but your identity moved across application and service types.
Nostr is a different way to architect the Internet that we’ve known for 30 years.

2024-12-10 08:52:49

I think bitcoin is phenomenal. It’s a base layer.
But I think the most exciting thing today is in media. Every time you interact in social media you feed into an algorithm.
#Nostr is the media protocol layer that is permissionless
- @jack at the Africa Bitcoin Conference with @ojomaochai #abc24

2024-12-09 17:04:35

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Congrats!