Bitcoin Ekasi
@BitcoinEkasi • 28,969 subscribers
Building a #Bitcoin circular economy in a #SouthAfrican township | Cooperation, Support & Inspiration: @the_surfer_kids, @UnravelSurf, @BitcoinBeach & @abcptza
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Yo, Blink Wallet What's the record for largest number of outgoing transactions from a single wallet within less than an hour? We just did 771 in less 40 minutes. Thanks to Blink Wallet Batch Payments. 2,100 sats each were sent to 771 people, across the African continent. That's 1,619,100 sats sent to more than 700 people across ten different countries, all in about 35 minutes. Oh,and the fees were practically zero. No way that could be done with the fractured fiat system. This is all part of our ongoing efforts to help build circular economies across the continent. Supported by Bitcoin Beach.
Bitcoin Ekasi18,391 views • 1 year ago
WIN 2 FREE SEATS on the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town Post Conference ROAD-TRIP!! 🎉🥳🌍🚍 Proudly sponsored by: Trezor Academy Do you wanna see South Africa and experience grassroots Bitcoin adoption by visiting 6 Bitcoin Circular Economies in 5 days? This is your chance!!! Like, share and comment on the video below. And tag the friend you'd bring with if you won! We'll select one random entry, one week from now. Entries close at 11:59pm UTC on 26th of December. Road-trip details: Valued at $1,200 per seat. Includes: Transport, guide & 4 nights accommodation.
Bitcoin Ekasi10,975 views • 8 months ago
With the recent increase in price, people who fail to understand the utility value of #Bitcoin will make more noise. Saying things like: "But no one is using it!" They can not explain the price going up, but they don't want to re-evaluate. So, they reiterate and reinforce their own position. If you're one of those people, I can only hope this video reaches you. For almost two years, we've been paying kids' rewards using #Bitcoin This would've been completely impossible using the banking system and very impractical (and risky) using cash. I don't think we would've considered doing these rewards if it wasn't for #Bitcoin
Bitcoin Ekasi25,652 views • 2 years ago
A school in Johannesburg (South Africa's largest city) chose to use #Bitcoin as a medium of exchange for its recent entrepreneurs' market. The first school entrepreneurs' market to do so. Thanks to: Cole 🇿🇦 Jabulani Jakes Stephan B ⚡Lightning Art Bitcoin Meet-ups Johannesburg
Bitcoin Ekasi14,307 views • 2 years ago
The Executive Mayor of Mossel Bay, Dirk Kotzé, made his first #Bitcoin transaction yesterday. We didn't just build a skate bowl. We built a reason for anyone (and everyone) from the surrounding community, South Africa, and wherever else to ask (and learn) "Why #Bitcoin?"
Bitcoin Ekasi12,597 views • 2 years ago
Definitely my favourite #Bitcoin wallet! Sparrow Wallet 🐦 And proudly #SouthAfrican too! 🇿🇦🙌🏽🧡 If you haven't tried it, you should. It's powerful but intuitive. Don't be intimidated. It's not only for advanced users. It's for anyone willing to learn a little more while using Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Ekasi13,063 views • 2 years ago
We've been paying kids' #Bitcoin rewards for almost two years now. The idea is simple. Use an easily measurable metric (like recorded attendance at The Surfer Kids Non-Profit daily program) and pay a ~$3/month reward, in #Bitcoin obviously, to those kids who attend most regularly. About a year ago, we implemented a system using Bolt Card and LNbits. Hosted on our own node sponsored by Voltage ⚡. With lots of help from Praia Bitcoin Brazil and Jesse 🟧⛏️🙏🙏🙏 Of course, the kids are free to spend their sats as they wish. It's theirs, they earned it. But they are also encouraged to save. And some do. At the beginning of 2024, we identified the top three savers and rewarded them for saving throughout 2023. Whatever they had saved, we doubled it. Below is the video. (I will also post their wallets' LNURL QR codes further down, if you'd like to give them extra encouragement, to keep saving, by sending them some extra sats.) And, the coolest thing about all of this is that it's only possible because of #Bitcoin. No way this would've worked with cash or traditional banking. It is only because of the open and permissionless nature of #Bitcoin that it's possible to build this sort of thing to begin with. Hopefully, this can serve as a small example of what the world could look like with the mass adoption of #Bitcoin
Bitcoin Ekasi11,716 views • 2 years ago
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