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Mossel Bay Local Municipality, George, Western Cape, South Africa
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Discover the Bitcoin Economy
Bitcoin Ekasi is an extension of The Surfer Kids Non-Profit. The Surfer Kids is a registered non-profit organization, founded in 2010. The NPO is 100% donation-based and works to create youth-empowerment in an impoverished South African township.
Similar to what Bitcoin Beach did in El Zonte, El Salvador, Bitcoin Ekasi aims to use a well established community platform (The Surfer Kids NPO) to create a Bitcoin economy in the township already serviced by that non-profit organization..
The Bitcoin Ekasi - South Africa was founded in 2021 by Hermann Vivier, inspired by the original Bitcoin Beach experiment from El Salvador. It has 05~10 team members, an estimated 01~49 bitcoiners and 11~20 merchants accepting Bitcoin, making 01~49 daily transactions.
Circular Economy Tier₿₿₿ - Established lead organization; Developed financial infrastructure.
Adopted wallets:
Blink, LNBits, Wallet of Satoshi
Adopted tools:
Bitcoin Core, Lightning, Ligning Address, BTCPayServer, LNBits
The Surfer Kids’ existing program operates 5 days a week, all year round, and is run by coaches from the same township community.
Bitcoin Ekasi pays these coaches’ salaries with Bitcoin, while simultaneously on-boarding township vendors to accept Bitcoin as payment. This allows the coaches to spend their SATs buying groceries in the township, thereby introducing Bitcoin into the township economy.
All of this happens over the Lightning Network. Bitcoin’s layer-two scaling solution, designed to expand the transaction throughput of the Bitcoin network to a truly global scale.
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Bitcoin Onchain
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Lightning Address
Verification tweet: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1948017659590627405
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https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/2dEGR9yxk5ynQRKb7oqZoMkVkbDC/crowdfund
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Brindon Mwiine
March 31, 2025 at 4:09 amSpending time at Bitcoin Ekasi Center was really inspirational, I got learn of how hard the team works and their consistent effort to make Bitcoin a reality in the lives of the community.
Phenomenal love and Respect for the whole Team at Bitcoin Ekasi.
pacodelaindia
April 26, 2025 at 8:04 amI celebrated New Year’s Eve 2022-23 right in the heart of the ekasi.
It’s a prime example of how you can kickstart a circular economy with just 10 people — from grocery stores to restaurants to barbers, all accepting Bitcoin.
I had an amazing time in Mossel Bay, just about six hours from Cape Town. Definitely a place that shows how grassroots Bitcoin adoption can thrive!
Thank you Surf for Kids!
Mawufemor Kofi Folivi
April 26, 2025 at 3:15 pmThe community improvement going on at project of Ekasi center I visited, was amazing and it made me believe more in Bitcoin for the transformation it has brought to the whole township and the individual lives the project is transforming. It is inspiring to see the kind focus at work from the Ekasi team. Kudos and great