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BitcoinEkasi
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Building a Bitcoin circular economy in a South African township | Partnering with The Surfer Kids | Inspired by Bitcoin Beach.
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
"It doesn't seem like a good system if one, you know, South African-born naturalized American is the only thing standing between us and tyranny." Yeah, Tucker. That's right. It's a really thin thread if you're relying on the goodwill of one person for free speech online... The solution is to not rely on just one person. You need Nostr, you just don't know it yet.
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
The Surfer Kids' skill levels are going through the roof, so let's have some fun with that!! Every surfer (from our program) that lands their first successful air-reverse (with video evidence) earns 21k sats for their effort. Offer stands for the first 21 surfers only. (We have over 40 kids active in the program, so this will ignite a healthy competitive drive...) We'll keep posting video updates every time a surfer sticks it for the first time! Feel free to reach out if you wanna sponsor 21k sats towards one (or more) successful air-reverse attempts. Below: Video evidence of the closest attempt thus far.
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
Bitcoin Bowl Skate Comp #2 DONE!! Can't wait for the next one!!
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
Super stoked, epic day at the Bitcoin Bowl for our 2nd ever Skate Comp!! Thanks to @MoneyBadger for sponsoring the coolest first prize ever: a brand new @MoneyBadger Skateboard! If you cannot skate, but still wanna win one of these awesome skateboards, don't worry, and stay tuned..👀
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
Friendly Reminder!! For Sunday's Bitcoin Bowl Skate Comp (21 Sept) our first prize for Skater-of-the-Event is a brand-new @MoneyBadger skateboard!! Proudly sponsored by the good people at @MoneyBadger !! (They're the ones on-boarding thousands of merchants in South Africa to accept Bitcoin as payment!) Pull in, it's free to enter and spectators are welcome too!! image
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
Yo, listen up!! For this weekend's Bitcoin Bowl Skate Comp our first prize (for Skater-of-the-Event) is a brand-new MoneyBadger skateboard! Proudly sponsored by the good people at MoneyBadger!! (If you didn't know, they're the ones on-boarding thousands of merchants in South Africa to accept Bitcoin as payment!) If you (or your friends) are any good at skating a bowl, come down to Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay, Sunday morning, 21 Sept, and enter to win! Entries close at 10am, and it's free to enter! Why wouldn't you? Just a few bruises and you're in with a chance to win this awesome prize! And, off course, spectators are welcome too! image
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bitcoinekasi 4 months ago
There are more than 400 Wimpy restaurants in South Africa... and all of them have been on-boarded to accept Bitcoin as payment by Money Badger !!! And that's just the beginning of it... You can now spend bitcoin at over 30,000 locations with a Zapper QR code. Money Badger instantly unlocks spending bitcoin at tens of thousands of places in South Africa. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=za.co.moneybadger.app&hl=en_ZA iOS: Insane progress for merchant adoption! 🤯🤯🤯
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
The kids just keep ripping!!! Check that air-reverse attempt, 30 seconds in. 🤯 💥 🔥
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
Need welding done to install new burglar bars? Wanna pay in sats? Sure, why not...?
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
The kids are surfing so good! Not to bore you with details, but when watching this, keep in mind that 15 years ago there were zero surfers in this township (slum). And it's taken multiple "generations" to get to this point. These kids in the video are our 3rd of 4th generation, and they're surfing like this because they've had surfing role models from their community to look up to. The thing is, we had to train those role models. They didn't exist when we started. These kids owe their skills to the first generation, the kids that have grown up to become coaches. You only imagine what the next generation is gonna look like...
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
I just set up my own Nostr relay. All my posts are backed up to a device that's quietly humming away in my office. This is insane. Reminds me of my first Bitcoin transaction. So cool!
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
You won't keep up. But go and follow @npub1y77fgz0kqgnj32hjwp732qtzh355nzg2jkjezfzuq6frhs4htrxswadd2m AKA The Orange Rocket anyway
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
Feeding 30 - 45 hungry little surfers, every single day!!
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bitcoinekasi 5 months ago
The Surfer Kids Surf Series, event 3 of 4 is DONE!!! One more event to go for 2024. Judges were paid in sats. Prize money was paid in sats. Lunch was paid in sats. And all the winners received winners' cheques denominated in sats! Stoked!