Fun Fact Thursday!
🟠Did you know?
Satoshi’s original Bitcoin logo was a gold coin with “BC” on it. The orange ₿ we use today was designed later by the community.
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Today, we celebrate HODL Day!✊️
In Africa, we stack sats to build a bridge to a better financial future.
Happy HODL Day to the true Bitcoiners, the ones who understand that volatility is temporary, but the vision is forever.
We are Holding On for Dear Life!
Happy HODL DAY AFRICAN BITCOINERS!!!🧡


💡Spotlight on Tri Bitcoin
📍Location: South Africa 🇿🇦
About:
@Tri Bitcoin leverages triathlon’s visibility to promote Bitcoin awareness and community engagement. Tri Bitcoin combines fitness and Bitcoin education to foster a vibrant, health-conscious Bitcoin community.
Some Key Objectives:
🔷Promote Bitcoin adoption through athletic events.
🔷Increase Bitcoin awareness in the fitness community.
🔷Encourage healthy lifestyles alongside Bitcoin education.
🔷Build community through shared Bitcoin interests.
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Join us tomorrow as we celebrate amazing women Bitcoiners in the African Bitcoin ecosystem!!!
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🎥Watch Party Wednesday | 2PM UTC
Join us on Discord for our weekly Bitcoin Watch Party!
👇Come through to watch, discuss, and dive deep into fresh Bitcoin insights with the community!
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💻Join us for The Johannesburg Lightning Developer Bootcamp!🇿🇦
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You simply cannot afford to miss this hands-on Lightning developer training.
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🌍Africa is building its Bitcoin future.
Across the continent, entrepreneurs are creating solutions by Africans, for Africans shaping how Bitcoin transforms everyday life.
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💡Spotlight on SimplB
📍Location: South Africa 🇿🇦
About:
Simple Bitcoin Services (SimplB) is a Bitcoin-focused firm specializing in secure self-custody, brokerage, and education.
SimplB empowers individuals, family, and institutions with compliant, transparent Bitcoin services, emphasizing true ownership, risk reduction, and generational wealth protection.
Some Key Objectives:
🔷Educate and empower users with knowledge on Bitcoin basics, best practices, and strategies for long-term holding and volatility management.
🔷Champion Self-Custody: Guide clients to take direct control of their Bitcoin, moving assets off exchanges to minimize counterparty risks and ensure private key ownership.
🔷Provide institutional-grade solutions like multi-signature vaults to protect against theft, loss, and single points of failure.
🔷Offer secure inheritance planning and succession tools to safeguard Bitcoin wealth for heirs and future generations.
🔷Maintain Regulatory Compliance through partnerships, providing a legal and transparent pathway for Bitcoin transactions and custody.
You can connect with SimplB:
Website:
X handle: @SimplBitcoin
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Simple Bitcoin - Buy and Secure Bitcoin in South Africa - SimplB is a Bitcoin only FSCA aligned family office and brokerage helping individuals, ad...

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🪙 Saturday Reminder:
The best savings plan doesn’t need a bank just discipline and Bitcoin.
Stack small. Stack often. Stack freedom. 💪
🚨The countdown is ON for our landmark X Space celebrating the incredible women driving Bitcoin adoption across Africa!
🗓️ Date: Thursday, Dec 18, 2025
⏰ Time: 4 PM UTC | 5 PM WAT | 6 PM CAT | 7 PM EAT
Don't miss remarkable insights that are shaping Africa's economic landscape.
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📚Readers’ Friday Bookclub
Join our weekly Book Club on Discord every Friday at 6 PM UTC for inspiring reads. Today, we will be diving into our starter book, Bitcoin: Africa’s Guide to Freedom Money.🧡
👇Connect. Learn. Reflect.
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How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in South Africa? 🇿🇦
South Africa is a key player in the global Bitcoin ecosystem, with strong momentum in adoption driven by innovation, education, and community growth.
The country is witnessing a surge in merchant adoption, and this shift is transforming Bitcoin from a speculative asset into a widely used functional currency for everyday commerce.
Several thriving grassroots projects and communities contribute to this vibrant ecosystem across education, business, and social impact sectors:
🔷Bitcoin Witsand
Community-driven circular Bitcoin economy in Witsand, Western Cape, promoting Bitcoin acceptance among local businesses as a hedge against economic instability.
🔷Bitcoin Ubuntu @npub1w7lv...85pa
Volunteer organization in Swellendam focused on Bitcoin-only education, merchant onboarding, and community workshops to foster financial inclusion in rural South Africa.
🔷Bitcoin Ekasi @BitcoinEkasi
Non-profit initiative in Mossel Bay townships, inspired by Bitcoin Beach, paying staff in Bitcoin and onboarding vendors to create a local circular economy for empowerment.
🔷Bitcoin Loxion @BitcoinLoxion
Circular economy project in Khayelitsha township building sustainable Bitcoin communities through education, meetups, and real-world use cases like farming and events.
🔷Bitcoin Plett @Bitcoin Plett
Local adoption group in Plettenberg Bay supporting Bitcoin payments at businesses, hosting events, and mapping accepting merchants to strengthen the regional economy.
🔷Bitcoin Johannesburg
Organizes bi-monthly meetups in Johannesburg for Bitcoin enthusiasts to network, share knowledge, and discuss adoption strategies in urban South Africa.
🔷SimplB
Provides advanced Bitcoin security training and multi-signature wallet setups to help individuals and businesses secure their digital assets effectively.
🔷Tri Bitcoin
Promotes Bitcoin awareness and adoption through triathlon events in South Africa, combining fitness with educational sessions on Bitcoin.
🔷SowetoBtc @SowetoBtc
Delivers financial education and merchant onboarding in Soweto, empowering youth and businesses with Bitcoin literacy.
🔷Bitcoin El Zera
Youth empowerment program teaching Bitcoin literacy and financial sovereignty to underprivileged South African teens through interactive workshops and resources.
🔷Money Badger
Enables Bitcoin Lightning payments across South African stores like Pick n Pay via QR codes, settling in ZAR for seamless merchant adoption.
🔷BitcoinOnly
Bitcoin services provider offering payment solutions, hardware/software sales, and consulting to facilitate secure Bitcoin integration for users and businesses.
🔷Bitcoin For Business
Guides South African businesses on Bitcoin adoption, to leverage Bitcoin for growth and financial resilience.
🔷Cardware Wallet
An air-gapped hardware wallet for secure offline storage of Bitcoin and EVM assets, featuring transparent design and QR-based signing.
🔷Orange
SaaS solutions for remittance businesses, integrating Bitcoin for low-cost cross-border transfers and financial services in emerging markets like South Africa.
🔷Bitshack
Fosters a Bitcoin community in South Africa, through education and local economy building to encourage Bitcoin adoption.
🔷Bitcoin Zar
Bitcoin community offering Bitcoin education, meetups, and resources to welcome newcomers and promote widespread use in South Africa.
🔷Proof of Bitcoin
Connects South African businesses for Bitcoin commerce, facilitating networking, partnerships, and adoption to create a robust crypto-friendly ecosystem.
🔷WeDoBitcoin
Maps Bitcoin-accepting small businesses across South Africa via an interactive directory, helping users spend sats and encouraging merchant sign-ups.
🔷Bit-Fitness
Combines Bitcoin education with health and social activities, hosting fitness events to promote wellness alongside Bitcoin awareness in communities.
🔷Simply Sow
Raises Bitcoin awareness, promoting adoption and growing a circular economy through local initiatives, education, and sustainable spending practices.
🔷Bitcoin In The Wild
Drives conservation with Bitcoin, protecting wildlife, spreading education, and empowering communities sustainably.
🔷Bitcoin Karoo
Bitcoin Circular Economy in the heart of the Karoo, onboarding local merchants to Lightning-only payments, Bitcoin education initiatives, spreading adoption.
🔷Bitcoin Sisonke
A Bitcoin circular economy focused on educating individuals and onboarding merchants, providing Bitcoin use cases and its economic benefits.
These initiatives illustrate South Africa’s rich and multifaceted Bitcoin ecosystem accelerating financial inclusion, fostering innovation, and promoting sovereignty.
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📢 We Need YOU! Help Us Make MIAB 2026 the Best Yet!
The Most Impactful African Bitcoiners (MIAB) of 2025 is officially over, and we are incredibly proud of the innovators, educators, builders and communities highlighted.
However this initiative is for the community, by the community and we want to ensure we accurately reflect the true impact and diversity of the African Bitcoin ecosystem in future, and we need your critical insights.
We want to know your honest, unfiltered feedback on every aspect of the list, from the nomination process to the final presentation.
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Fun Fact Thursday!
Did you know? 👀
It is estimated that over 3 million Bitcoin are permanently lost, sitting in wallets with forgotten keys or discarded hard drives.
That is nearly 15% of total supply, making every remaining sat more valuable.
🎙️ Join us for a landmark X Space celebrating incredible women driving Bitcoin adoption across the continent!
We’re gathering pioneering women from around Africa to share their journeys, insights, and visions for how Bitcoin is shaping Africa’s economic landscape.
Amazing Speakers like:
1. Janet Maingi
2. Sabina Gitau (@Sabina)
3. Tebo Makgakga
4. Mary Imasuen
🗓️ Date: Thursday, Dec 18, 2025
⏱️ Time: 4 PM UTC [5 PM WAT | 6 PM CAT | 7 PM EAT]
This is a conversation you need to hear.
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📢ATTENTION AFRICAN BUILDERS!
The African Bitcoin Infographic data will be updated in Q1 2026!
This update will feature more African Bitcoin projects, communities, & circular economies.
👇FILL THE GREAT BITCOINER SURVEY NOW to add your project!


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The Great African Bitcoin Survey - African Bitcoiners
This survey aims to comprehensively understand and document the landscape of Bitcoin organizations across Africa.
🎥It’s Watch Party Wednesday
Join us at 2 PM UTC on Discord to learn by watching Bitcoin videos, sharing insights, and connect with the community. 🧡
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