Dorsey’s star-studded team includes a diverse bunch. According to the businessman, a team selected the following candidates from a pool of 7,000 applicants: Carla Kirk-Cohen, Abubakar Nur Khalil, Obi Nwosu, and Ojoma Ochai.

The individuals align with Dorsey’s mission to promote bitcoin development in Africa, as three out of the four members hail from Nigeria and have played a pivotal role in promoting cryptocurrency within the country. Now they will continue those efforts at a larger scale thanks to the Block platform.

Announcing the ₿trust board: @actuallyCarlaKC, @ihate1999, @obi, & @ojomaochai! I'm so grateful for you all and so inspired. 🧡⚡️🌍

They'll now work towards defining the operating principles as they think about how to best distribute the 500 bitcoin towards development efforts. https://t.co/jwbr4qQUZ2 pic.twitter.com/1MszEPdGKL

— jack (@jack) December 15, 2021

“I’m so grateful for you all and so inspired,” Dorsey said via Twitter. “They’ll now work towards defining the operating principles as they think about how to best distribute the 500 bitcoin towards development efforts.”

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