Start early. Train hard. Keep your eyes on the goal.

256 days till Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026! They gave us inflation. We took SHA-256. Join the movement! ⚒️⚡🌍 #abcpt26 #SHA256

GM

GOOD MORNING #NOSTR

Introducing the 3rd edition of Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town ₿ We're returning to Workshop 17 at the V&A Waterfront. Save the date: January 30-31, 2026 Website and ticket sales will launch soon. Here's what happened this year for those who missed it:

Good morning. Friendly reminder: adoption should be voluntary and Bitcoin only. Everything else is a distraction. Stay focused.

"A crypto reserve is the path to the dark side. Crypto leads to gambling. Gambling leads to loss. Loss leads to suffering." Stay focused. Spend, save and earn sats.

It took less than 20min to move several Bitcoin wallets from old phone to new phone. Have now been struggling for half a day trying to access a bank account from the new device. 5 phone calls later, I'm still waiting on the line for permission to access my own money. This system is so broken.

We have some numbers. At Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025 we hosted total 359 attendees over the course of two days, an increase of almost 70% over our 2024 total of 212 attendees! STOKED!

We are so early. People either don't understand it. Or they think it's a scam. There's a lot of work to be done.

I've noticed a major difference between X and Nostr. People here don't seem too bothered when one talks about spending Bitcoin, in fact, here it seems to be encouraged. Whereas on X... Holy shit! People get soooo triggered if one just dare mention that sats may be spent.

If people aren't spending Bitcoin at your Bitcoin conference, is it even a Bitcoin conference? Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town had a total of 356 attendees, including volunteers, staff, organizers, etc. A total of 490 Bitcoin transactions were made, spending 1 601 729 sats. Thus an average of 1.4 transactions per attendee, spending ~3k sats per tx. Enough for 2 coffees. Thanks to @npub1aj9k43cmuqdh23un8f25nzdudpep9vaeumte5v7ran7f697y7dgswjw6h3 for the setup! More details below. 👇👇👇

Bitcoin Only

How we implemented Bitcoin payments at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025

Adopting Bitcoin is an organization that seeks to increase Bitcoin adoption through a global series of independent conferences focused on real worl...

High level politicians being educated by grassroots projects was a definite highlight of the conference. "In my life I didn't have hope. But as soon as I started saving in Bitcoin, my savings is what gives me hope. If we don't save ourselves, no one is gonna save us. But if you have some Bitcoin in your hardware wallet, that is the thing that's gonna save your life." @LuthandoSABTC🇿🇦 - Community Lead at @BitcoinEkasi "I was very moved by Luthando's talk, I must say ... He opened my eyes to what's going on in Ekasi ... I've learned a lot today. Luthando, thank you for that." Helen Zille - Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance (DA), former leader of the DA, former Mayor of Cape Town and former Premier of the Western Cape.

Even if you are specific and name your conference using "Bitcoin" people will still refer to it as a crypto conference.

TechCentral

Keep bitcoin away from South Africa's strategic reserve: Helen Zille

DA federal chair Helen Zille is bullish about bitcoin but has said it shouldn’t be used in South Africa’s strategic reserve.

Makes me wonder what we need to do? Shall we rebrand to 'Adopting Bitcoin (NOT Crypto) Cape Town'?