#SPEDN ⚡️ vanedieume@blink.sv btcmap.org/merchant/28519 Bitcoin is everyday money ⚡️ Phone fixed. Payment made in Bitcoin. This is normal life in our Bitcoin Ekasi community 🚀

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Ekasi Mobile Caterers - BTC Map Merchant

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We use Bitcoin as everyday money⚡️ In our community, you can live on ₿ from takeaways to grocery shopping 🚀

#SPEDN ⚡️ nosihle@blink.sv

Kwallos Shop - BTC Map Merchant

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@The Orange Rocket🚀 Post-race fuel at Kwallos Shop: Powerade sport drink + Amageu, paid with Bitcoin. This is how we use ₿ every day.

#SPEDN⚡️ beta1@blink.sv btcmap.org/merchant/24971 This is what making Bitcoin everyday money looks like Sugar bought at a local shop proudly accepting Bitcoin.

Most people think resistance looks loud. It doesn’t 🤫 Systems don’t collapse because people fight them. They collapse because people stop needing them. Using Bitcoin day to day isn’t a protest or rebellion, it’s opting out of a rigged game while living your life. No permission needed to save 💰 No permission needed to trade 🔁 No permission needed to coordinate 🌍 One Bitcoin coffee means nothing ☕️ Thousands doing it quietly makes control fragile. Real change doesn’t overthrow power, it makes it irrelevant🧱➡️🌱 ______________ The above was shared by the founders of @BitcoinWitsand in their local WhatsApp group.

Watch the Painted Shack owners shopping at our Bitcoin Ekasi Thrift Shop 🧡 They don’t cash out their sats to fiat they use Bitcoin as money. This is Bitcoin education in action: paying with Bitcoin at local spaza shops that accept it. That’s exactly what we teach. We also encourage them to spread the word and invite others, even those without painted shacks, to visit our thrift shop. We’re Bitcoin-only. We’ll keep building Bitcoin education in our community. ⚡️

Bitcoin is everyday money in our community. 🧡 Andries, Head Coach, at The Surfer Kids did shopping for the kids at Jabulani Shop, paid entirely with Bitcoin via the Lightning Network. ⚡️ We’ll keep showing the world what Bitcoin can do at the grassroots level. Paycode: zinyoka@blink.sv Location:

Jabulani Shop 3 - BTC Map Merchant

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Let’s keep using Bitcoin as everyday money ⚡️ The Bitcoin Ekasi community is showing the world that Bitcoin is money. Paycode: uba1@blink.sv Location:

Ebenezer Shop - BTC Map Merchant

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Using Bitcoin as everyday money ⚡️ At Bitcoin Ekasi, employees earn their salaries in Bitcoin and spend it at local shops that accept Bitcoin as payment. This is real, on-the-ground adoption. Paycode: keneth1@blink.sv Location:

Shotrite Enterprises - BTC Map Merchant

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AmaGeu paid in Bitcoin ⚡️ This is what real adoption looks like at Bitcoin Ekasi. Our community leader @LuthandoSABTC🇿🇦 supports local businesses and uses Bitcoin where it matters. Paycode: nosihle@blink.sv Location:

Kwallos Shop - BTC Map Merchant

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In our community, we use Bitcoin as everyday money ⚡️ From fried chips to a bottle of Coke, paid instantly with Bitcoin via Lightning. This is real adoption in Bitcoin Ekasi. Merchant Paycode: beta1@blink.sv Location:

The Meat Station TakeAway & Groceries - BTC Map Merchant

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This is Ama. He's only 7 🤯 💥 🔥 ❤️‍🔥 Insanely talented little boy with a bright future!

Good morning. Spending sats is a gateway to saving Bitcoin. Stablecoins are financial surveillance and exploitation tools. That's all. Thanks!

We have more followers on Nostr than on X but we get significantly more interactions on X; likes, reposts and comments, though I'm sure a lot of those are bots. Anyway, just figured that's kinda interesting.

At our thrift store, community members 'buy' donated clothes using Bitcoin, but nothing is priced higher than 200 sats, and nothing is pricedin fiat. This is how Bitcoin wins: by helping people understand it, through practical application. Once they experience it, they see that Bitcoin is money. And we’re already seeing the shift… Because people are asking how they can start saving in Bitcoin. 🧡₿

The Painted Shacks owners continue to visit our Bitcoin Ekasi Center to learn more about Bitcoin. As part of their agreement, they are responsible for keeping the areas around their shacks clean and attending at least one Bitcoin education session each month in order to qualify for their monthly sats payout.

Stoked to announce that Trezor Academy is onboard as a sponsor for the @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026 Road-Trip! After attending the Trezor launch event for their new Safe 7, in Oct, we returned to Cape Town... with several hundred Trezor Model T devices! We're not saying why, not jut yet anyway, but stay tuned and follow @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town for updates. We'll soon announce the fate of the two pink bags and its contents! Don't hesitate, join us for the Trezor Academy Road-Trip!!! 👇👇👇

Road Trip | Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026

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This afternoon, two young children aged 12 and 14 found themselves caught in a strong rip current, here at Diaz Beach. With lifeguards not yet on duty for the festive season, there was no one on the beach to assist them. Fortunately, our three senior coaches (Sandiso Ntosho, Mbasa Yabo and Lukhangele Tabata, pictured below) spotted the children from our HQ. They reacted immediately, made their way to the beach, and within minutes managed to bring both children safely back to shore. All our coaches are qualified lifeguards, and when our program is not running, we continue to keep a close eye on the beach to help prevent drownings and ensure its a safe environment. This is one of many MANY incidents we’ve responded to over the years. The local government only stations lifeguards on select beaches and only during peak season, about 2 months out of the year. The other 10 months, countless people get in trouble, and other than our surf program, there's generally no one else there to help. All our surf coaches are fully qualified lifeguards and over the years we've battled with local government to contribute towards having lifeguards formally stationed here full-time. But thanks to bureaucracy, that hasn't happened. In the meantime, we'll keep saving lives. It's not about recognition, it's about doing the right thing. These young men are unsung heroes.

Monthly Movie Night! 👀🎬📽️🎞️🍿🤩 🎇

Arriving home to this view, after a weekend away traveling... There are many things I could complain about. But really, I have nothing to complain about.