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I am the co-founder and CTO of Kipochi.

This is not an official integration with M-Pesa. M-Pesa users don't automatically have a bitcoin wallet either.

There have been a small handful of good journalists covering the story, but way too many try to fit it into their very tiny world view and invent things that sound cool.

Unfortunately these kinds of sensationalist stories can cause us or anyone else working with Bitcoin problems in the future.