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Bitcoin village (Sproto Street and the Sproto wells)

The Bitcoin village is the community's name for the places in Nigeria where Sproto Gremlins, the HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu ($BITCOIN) mascots, are painted on walls and water tanks. The two projects are Sproto Street, a run of street walls covered in holders' Sprotos, and the Sproto wells, community boreholes whose tanks carry Sproto and HPOS10I paintings and plaques. Both were organized by Bitcoin Mandela, a Nigerian member of the $BITCOIN community, and paid for by holders who sent ETH. Bitcoin Obama did not run them, but he cheered the 2023 well drive (“I love this project”) and the community often jokes that the wells are his.

Sproto Street

Two Sproto Gremlins painted on a blue wall in Nigeria
Sprotos on the wall, Sep 26, 2023[1]

In September 2023 Bitcoin Mandela began selling spots on a street wall in Nigeria where holders could have their own Sproto Gremlin painted, and said he was buying the street name to call it “SPROTO STREET”[2]. Painting continued through October 2023, when he called Sprotos “the people’s guardian”[3] and the wall “the legendary Nigerian Sproto wall”[4], then spread to other walls and a warehouse. In July 2026 he revived it as the “Sproto Street Chronicles”[5], painting new “Immortals” into the last open spots, and dated Day One to July 22, 2023. Asked by Morelight where else a Sproto Street exists, he answered “Only NIGERIA”.[6][7][8]

The Sproto wells

Two water tanks on a tower painted with Sproto Gremlins, Onipanu village
The Onipanu village tanks, painted with Sprotos, Oct 13, 2023[9]

The water project grew out of the same circle. On Oct 6, 2023 Yannix wrote that the community had helped Bitcoin Mandela raise 2 ETH “to build a DEMON-FREE water pump”[10] (a nod to the Tinubu demons), and that another member, 0xSonicAD, had a separate plan for three mechanical wells in Kano State. Bitcoin Obama replied “I love this project”[11]. A holder billed the drive as bringing water “to everyone in Sproto Village”[12].

The first well was at Onipanu village: on Oct 13, 2023 Bitcoin Mandela posted that a marble plaque had been mounted and the “HPOS10I and Sproto guardian of Onipanu village”[9] painted. The third borehole followed at Igbo ile village in November 2023, with a tank reading “Not the Government”. He set a goal of ten wells and later of beating MrBeast's 100. By March 2024 he listed the villages served and thanked the HPOS10I account, Yannix and others; in October 2024 he celebrated a 50th water project. In December 2025 he went back to the first well and reported it still in use, “All thanks to #harrypotterobamasonic10inu $Bitcoin community”[13].[14][15][16][17]

Later projects

Bitcoin Mandela has kept building wells with donors from other Web3 communities, posting each village by name in April 2026. In October 2026 he wrote that his people had nominated him to represent them in government, crediting “the Ticker $Bitcoin Community”[18], and posted the commissioning of a water well and toilet attended by “our gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulrahman Oriyomi Hamzat”[19]. The posts do not name the state.

Connection to Bitcoin Obama

Bitcoin Obama is not credited in Bitcoin Mandela's posts as an organizer or funder. In the same week as the first well drive he was asking the community for money to “do Available Water in my village”[20] and to buy a water drilling machine. In 2025 the community began attributing the wells to him as a joke: Cryptoiscrack told Kanye West to “get a drink from the sproto well in the bitcoin village”[21] with Bitcoin Obama, and another holder wrote that Obama had “funded the construction of 10 water wells in Nigeria”[22] and was the father of Morelight. Neither claim is supported by the organizers' own posts.

Yannix has also said that the history of the Bitcoin Mandela accounts is “VERY complicated”[23], and that a second Bitcoin Mandela account did water wells for another community. This page follows the posts of his main account only (see Bitcoin Mandela).[24]

See also

References

  1. @MandelaBTC (Sep 26, 2023). “Let's welcome @0xPraxeo and @boppleton to the sproto family🎉 As sproto nft keeps going up, it's the right time for you to paint your sproto on the…”. X.
  2. @MandelaBTC (Apr 21, 2026). “Where else do you have the sproto street? Only NIGERIA. You have no choice, Nigeria is $BITCOIN home”. X.
  3. @MandelaBTC (Oct 3, 2023). “As you all know, the common knowledge now is that Ticker $Bitcoin is the people’s water, likewise Sprotos are the people’s guardian. Immortalize your…”. X.
  4. @MandelaBTC (Oct 11, 2023). “Finally this painting of the amazing piece of art featuring the Exquisite sprotos of @YXorxx , @cryptoalice69 and @Benibachi_eth on the sproto…”. X.
  5. @MandelaBTC (Jul 9, 2026). “Sproto Street Chronicles #001 Every wall starts as concrete. A few believers later, it becomes a landmark. 🟦🟨🟥 ethereum:[CA]…”. X.
  6. @MandelaBTC (Sep 9, 2023). “We got lot of spots for your sproto gremlins to get painted on, don't miss out this opportunity. We're buying the street name as well, we gonna call…”. X.
  7. @MandelaBTC (Oct 2, 2023). “Today's work progress!!! We keep getting more love from the village and I believe they feel the sproto paintings are now a part of them and they are…”. X.
  8. @MandelaBTC (Jul 22, 2026). “Sproto Street Chronicles #012 It’s easy to admire Sproto Street today. Here’s a glimpse of Day One. Exactly three years today The lore wasn’t written…”. X.
  9. @MandelaBTC (Oct 13, 2023). “There you have it, we are 90% done with the demonfree water project for Onipanu Village, the marble plaque has been mounted already, HPOS10I and…”. X.
  10. @Yannix_1337 (Oct 6, 2023). “We've helped @MandelaBTC get 2 ETH to build a DEMON-FREE water pump this week, he's working on that, follow him for updates NOW we are going ALL OUT…”. X.
  11. @BitcoinObama (Oct 10, 2023). “I love this project”. X.
  12. @coyote_bush (Oct 2, 2023). “Sprotos! We’ve supported Abdullah and 2 Nigerian soccer teams. Now it’s time to help AN ENTIRE VILLAGE! Bitcoin Mandela is raising ETH to build a…”. X.
  13. @MandelaBTC (Dec 19, 2025). “I went back for a wellness check on our first water well and it’s still actively serving the community. As the season of gratitude nears, this is a…”. X.
  14. @MandelaBTC (Nov 9, 2023). “Here's a sneak peek of the third borehole at Igbo ile, let's congratulate @coyote_bush for becoming the warrior of the well for Igbo ile village. If…”. X.
  15. @MandelaBTC (Dec 9, 2023). “Our goal is to reach 10 wells in Nigeria and possibly more. We're currently on our 6th well and 4 more to go, I'm using the medium to indulge…”. X.
  16. @MandelaBTC (Mar 2, 2024). “My team and I decided to pay a visit to all the villages we provided wells for. Here’s a list of villages we’ve provided wells to: First slide:…”. X.
  17. @MandelaBTC (Oct 2, 2024). “We are proud to celebrate the completion of our 50th water charity project, marking a major milestone in providing clean, safe water to communities…”. X.
  18. @MandelaBTC (Oct 10, 2026). “I was nominated by my people to represent them in government because of the work we have done together and our commitment to standing for what is…”. X.
  19. @MandelaBTC (Oct 15, 2026). “FROM WEB3 TO REAL-WORLD IMPACT. We successfully commissioned the water well and modern toilet facility we provided with our gubernatorial candidate,…”. X.
  20. @BitcoinObama (Oct 7, 2023). “Hi BITCOIN community try to donate me and do Available Water in my village to help children and pregnant women. #HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu”. X.
  21. @Cryptoiscrack (Mar 3, 2025). “nah you need to link up with bitcoin obama in nigeria and get a drink from the sproto well in the bitcoin village”. X.
  22. @Bl1gga (Mar 15, 2025). “They were created by an artist known as "Bitcoin Obama" a highly talented individual with a deep background in art. He also funded the construction…”. X.
  23. @Yannix_1337 (Dec 29, 2024). “Its VERY complicated. BITCOIN Mandela worked with several. Namely his partner. They had disagreements and things happened one way or another. The…”. X.
  24. @BitcoinObama (Oct 8, 2023). “MY target is to buy Water Drilling machine and use it for drilling water in Nigeria villages . This is so painful when see millions of people die as…”. X.