Fedimint in South Africa: Zero Fees & Community Custody | SLP752 — Key Takeaways
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Fedimint in South Africa: Zero Fees & Community Custody | SLP752
Stephan Livera37mJul 3, 2026
Watch the originalFedimint federations now run on consumer hardware (Start9/Umbrel) with no public IP or domain required, enabling zero-fee intra-federation transactions with community-level custody — a viable alternative to fully custodial lightning wallets for onboarding non-technical users.
Key takeaways
Migrate between Fedimint federations with zero manual fund movement
Migrate between Fedimint federations with zero manual fund movement
- Guardian dashboard lets you set a shutdown date and target federation; users see a banner, tap once to join new federation and migrate funds.
- Recommended: run old and new federations in parallel for 2-3 months so users migrate at their own pace without service interruption.
Fedimint 5-of-7 federation on consumer hardware beats 99% uptime
Fedimint 5-of-7 federation on consumer hardware beats 99% uptime
- Individual Start9 nodes on residential internet hit ~95-98% uptime; 5-of-7 quorum with geographic distribution pushes system uptime to 99.5%+.
- Every transaction is replicated to all 7 guardians in a few hundred milliseconds — users don't notice; hardware failure of any 2 nodes is fully tolerated.
Conduit: minimal Fedimint wallet with PoS, biometrics, local QR support
Conduit: minimal Fedimint wallet with PoS, biometrics, local QR support
- Built specifically for Fedimint payments; supports MoMo QR codes, biometric auth, and a tap-to-launch web PoS that credits ecash directly.
- Distinct from Fedi app — more minimal UI, same federation compatibility, targets emerging-market circular economies.
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In this video
- 1mIntroductions and Fedimint Setup Updates
- 3mRunning the Federation in South Africa: Real-World Usage
- 8mConduit Wallet: Features and User Onboarding Experience
- 14meCash Explained: Zero Fees and Privacy Trade-offs
- 18mFedimint vs Liquid, Spark, and Arc
- 23mGuardian Roles, Technical Requirements, and Federation Setup
- 28mLightning Gateway Model and Business Incentives
- 33mCommunity Custody Use Cases and Future of Fedimint
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