I’m a very skeptical person so I have to ask;

I’m seeing a lot of posts about ‘Hausa’, raising money to translate to Hausa, Hausa this Hausa that…
Does anyone know if this is legit? Or a potential / likely scam?

The guy delivered a lot of very nice videos. Also translated whitepaper to hausa. So yes, he is legit.

He also succeeded at his previous flipstarter, delivered the promises too.

I think it's a legitimate guy but he REALLY needs to take the advice I have given him several times to do less shilling and more organic contributions to the community, and also lower his flipstarter target massively to something much smaller and deliver that to slowly build up momentum and reputation. I've explained several times but he doesn't seem to be listening.

Fully agreed. Flipstarters do sometimes fail. I hope he learns from the experience and makes a smaller one first.

I truly appreciate your advice to reduce the number of deliverables in my Flipstarter campaign. Since following your suggestion, I've seen people start donating, including you, This positive response makes me hopeful for the campaign's success. The seven deliverables I've planned is from June to December 2024. With only nine days remaining until expiration, if it's not funded, I'll prioritize two or three deliverables and do the flipstarter for Only that.

Instead of launching multiple Flipstarters every few months, we opted for a single campaign encompassing the entire work plan June to December 2024. However, if the campaign isn't successful, I'll heed your advice and reconsider my approach. I'm hopeful for a positive outcome

That's a good start, but don't cut it down to 2 or 3. Cut it down to 1. Go for the SMALLEST possible amount of funding and project, do an incredible job, then do another one.

I agree with your point, but there's a difference between my project and your podcast. When you gave me advice, you mentioned what works for you is presenting one deliverable at a time, which aligns with how you manage your Flipstarter for episodes. However, I understand that may not work for me if I present a project to the community every month, as seen with my 7 deliverables. Even if I deliver them one by one, with each possibly taking one month, returning to the community frequently might not be well-received. My last Flipstarter was six months ago, and this one spans from June to December 2024. I listed these 7 deliverables because I know I'm capable of delivering them, and I'm concerned that asking for funds every month might make people not take me seriously. That's a valid point to consider. Thank you

You have it the wrong way around. Constantly spamming people about an overly ambitious project with too little proof of work is making people not take you seriously. You might know you're capable, but that only matters if you're funding yourself. If you want other people to fund you, THEY need proof you're capable and reliable and they're not giving you a huge chunk of money which will just disappear as it has many times in the past

Look at how many likes this post got. It's not just my opinion, I'm just the voice telling you what the community thinks

I've already proven myself within the community. I initiated a project in December 2023, and after securing funding, I fulfilled all my promises. You can witness the impact firsthand by observing the engagement with my videos. Furthermore, I've contributed to numerous projects beyond my Flipstarter commitments: 1. Translated the Bitcoin white paper into Hausa. 2. Established a blog where I published educational articles about Bitcoin Cash. 3. Translated the Bitcoin Cash Foundation's weekly news consistently since January 2024. 4. Translated Electron Cash into Hausa via Crowdin, involving the translation of 15,693 words from English to Hausa. 5. Additionally, translated Unspent.cash into Hausa. That's the extent of my contributions.

I'm not doing this without advice, I consulted many members of the community before proceeding and create this flipstarter

That's great. But once again,, it's not YOU that decides how valuable your contributions are, it's the FUNDERS. If your strategy was correct and your previous contributions so valuable, then you'd already have all or most of your proposal funded. But you don't. I've told you why, and instead of listening you're just giving all the reasons you think you deserve more money instead of listening to why you don't

My advice would be to split the translation and promo work into different fund raisers

Yes, I'm considering this option if the campaign expires. While we can end it now, some people have already donated, and we're hopeful about reaching our funding goal