Good evening from Cape Town, South Africa.

Behold. The "free speech" platform. No, Lord Elon, it's not a suspicious login. I just don't use free airport wifi without a VPN.

Proud moment for The Surfer Kids!! Best results ever at the South African Junior Surfing Championships!! Not a single one of our kids were eliminated in the first round of competition! Another small step toward our goal of training a national champion within the next 5 years.

Yo, @Hu We're getting closer every day! Only a matter of time before we land the first air-reverse! Thanks for offering to sponsor the first 21k sats!

Beyond grateful for the past 4 years! Bitcoin Ekasi is the third best thing I've ever done. (Number 1 and 2 were getting married and having kids.) Can't wait for the next 4 years, and the next 40 after that!

These guys are so ready!! 4 of our best surfers are leaving for Jeffreys Bay on Sunday, to compete in the South African Junior Surfing Championships! They're kitted with new boards and wetsuits (first time they've ever had that) thanks to a a Blocks Discovery Grant!! And everything you see in this photo was paid for entirely in Bitcoin, in a way that the merchant received sats! Both our surfboard shaper, and wetsuit importer are accepting, using and stacking sats!

If you've ever wondered whether you should or shouldn't visit us, the answer is... you definitely should!!! It's the only way to verify what's really happening on the ground here. We welcome visitors, any time. 🤩 👐 🤗 😎 And if you don't wanna visit alone, we do have a scheduled road-trip, following @AdoptingBitcoinCapeTown

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It isn't breaking news. It's just another day in the Bitcoin Ekasi township. People are using sats as if there's nothing strange about it.

Imagine being so clueless that you confuse Bitcoin with beef, mutton, and apples... And then, mere months later, claiming that Bitcoin risks global financial stability. Wait, so Bitcoin = Apples = Beef = Global Financial Instability..? 🫤🫠 You best stop eating apples then. Now imagine such confused person being the governor of a central bank. His name is Lesetja Kganyago, and he's the governor of South Africa's Reserve Bank.

"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.

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.

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Below: Video evidence of the closest attempt thus far.

Bitcoin Bowl Skate Comp #2 DONE!! Can't wait for the next one!!

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..👀

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!!

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!

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.

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Insane progress for merchant adoption! 🤯🤯🤯

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The kids just keep ripping!!! Check that air-reverse attempt, 30 seconds in. 🤯 💥 🔥

Need welding done to install new burglar bars? Wanna pay in sats? Sure, why not...?

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...