The #Bitcoin Bowl A mini-documentary

Trailer for the #Bitcoin Bowl mini-documentary. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Full film drops Wednesday 21 August. Stay tuned.

I don't like making future predictions, but I can see this little dude accomplishing big things in surfing. If 10-year-old Avethandwa surfs like this, on his first try at a local reef break, I see a future national champion and maybe even an international one. He's already won a silver medal in the u10 division at the recent regional champs in March 2024, which is the highest level of competition at that age. National champs start with the u12 division. Watch out for Avethandwa at the South African Junior Championship event in 2026. @ChumaBTC95

The money shot🧡 #Bitcoin Bowl Open Day documentary dropping soon, stay tuned!

Yew!!! These kids can surf. Kudos to all our dedicated coaches for putting in the hard work over the years. @LuthandoSABTC🇿🇦 @ChumaBTC95 @npub1y77f...dd2m Like all the kids, Mbasa started at level zero, unable to even swim. And look at him now. Dropping into solid overhead waves and carving it up.

There is no pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. There is only hard work, taking personal responsibility for your own future and Bitcoin. And you don't need to wait for a rainbow to find it. It's available for anyone to use. Right now. That being said... Rainbows are pretty.

And... It is done. The spirit of Bitcoin Ekasi. The first thing you'll see as you drive into this township. Shout-out to @Machankura 📞⚡ 8333.mobi and @kgothatso@8333.mobi for building one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

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One of the most important things we could possibly do right now, is to build platforms that allow us to speak about Bitcoin and Nostr, to people outside of Bitcoin and Nostr. And it's not easy. It's never easy telling someone who doesn't yet know that need something, that they do indeed need that thing.

Opening of Bitcoin Bowl done! Epic day at The Surfer Kids HQ. The skating expo by the professionals was unreal and he kids are stoked! And the artwork... I don't know what to say. That dude is something else. Words cannot describe. Beyond grateful. Block. CashApp. @jack 🙏🏼💥🧡

Kaboom!!!💥

It was a moody weather day in Mossel Bay today.

More and more, slowly but surely, I come to Nostr to do what I would previously have done only on Twitter / X. Not all at once, but little by little.

The professionals have pulled in and we're getting warmed up for the opening day at the Bitcoin Bowl this Saturday!!! 🔥💥⚡️🧡

Sigh... I met with yet another blockchain, web3, crypto enthusiast yesterday... he works for a software development company that does full stack blockchain development, blah, blah, blah... But respect, the dude was curious about Ekasi, and made the effort to come to visit, which is awesome! However, again, he had no idea what lightning is, he operates under the assumption that Bitcoin is too slow for everday transactions, that we need other blockchains to solve that problem, he's entirely unfamiliar with the concept of sats, he thinks only in terms of BTC, he had no idea Bitrefill existed, and he's never bought anything with Bitcoin and was largely unaware that it's possible. Yet he figured that NFTs could solve loads of problems. But we had a great conversation, chatted for more than an hour, and he left with a lightning wallet and some sats, ready to start with the basics. Hyper-bitcoinization has nothing to do with hype. And everything to do with slow, focused and steady progress.

It's Sunday afternoon braai time.

Wish I could skate half as good as this kid, Alfonso, when I was his age. And wish I had that skate bowl then!! (Even if only a quarter the size) 😅😎🛹💥🔥🧡 So stoked for the kids!!! Wanna see it for yourself? Join us, next week Saturday, 20 July, when we're officially opening our newly constructed skate bowl! The day will feature live graffiti artwork, professional skaters ripping it up, and boerewors rolls for sale. So load up your #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork ⚡️wallet, pack your wheels, remember to bring a helmet, and pull in!! And if you haven't got Bitcoin, no stress, we'll exchange your fiat for sats, and assist with your first freedom money transaction! Enabled by a Blocks and CashApp #Bitcoin Discovery Grant. @jack 🧡🙏

I'm positive about the future of South Africa. Not that I have any faith in any politician, not at all. But it's a big deal for a liberation party like the ANC to avoid steering hard left when losing their majority vote. Which is what just happened in the recent election. The conditions were (and still are) ripe for radical far-left communist policies to take hold, and yet, that's not what we're seeing. Instead, we're witnessing a "return to the center" with a coalition between the ANC and their sworn enemies, the DA ... which is pretty miraculous, if you think about it. Many people say the miracle came in 1994 when the country did not descend into all out civil war with the first democratic election. But perhaps 2024 is the real miracle. The transition from an authoritarian apartheid regime to democracy started in 1994. And only now, 30 years later, the final stage is in play. Things could easily have taken a turn for the worse. Rampant poverty, state failure, massive inequality, desperate living conditions for millions. This is the stuff that advocates for communism and total state control breathe and live off. And the already leftist ANC had the option to go that further down that route with a different coalition. And yet, they did not. While the west is in obvious decline, and the East is gravitating toward authoritarian regimes, I feel quite comfortable sitting where I am, knowing that, at least for now, more common sense seems to have prevailed here than in most other places. This not a vote of confidence, it is too early for that. But it is a tentative feeling of positivity. I've always known that there's massive potential here. If politicians allowed it. By applying more common sense, sticking to their job and mostly just getting out of the way, there's no reason that that potential can not be realized. Yes, I'm quite positive about the future of South Africa.

4,865 km later, we're back home in Mossel Bay, South Africa. We left Praia do Tofo, Mozambique, on Thursday, and arrived home today, 4 days later, driving 8 to 10 hours every day to get here. Travelling that far by motor vehicle is something else. Sure, it's slow. You could cover twice that distance with an overnight flight. While doing it by car took 3 weeks, all in all. But there's something else about it. You see things you'd otherwise never see, from a perspective you'd otherwise never have. Especially if you're doing it with a 4x4.