Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town
#AB24CPT
is a Bitcoin education, adoption and use conference, bringing together the builders of parallel institutions and Bitcoiners.
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@marcelorraine
is Founder of
@btc_dada
, focused on educating African women on
#Bitcoin
in order to close the gender gap, eliminate misinformation, and accelerate
#Bitcoin
adoption across the continent.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
We're excited to have Joe Hall, aka
@JoeNakamoto
join us as Master of Ceremonies for
#AB24CPT
next month in Cape Town. Joe is a
#Bitcoin
journalist, filmmaker, and presenter.
Meet Joe, and join us from January 26-28, 2024 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Kgothatso Ngako
@440UrPp
is a software developer born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa. He founded
@Machankura8333
, a transfer solution for
#Bitcoin
linking to the USSD network.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 🇿🇦:
Bitcoin is a tool that can be used to defend human rights against authoritarian regimes, as transacting across the network is censorship resistant.
@arshmolu
will be speaking on this topic at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town.
#AB24CPT
@CowriesKumi
will be presenting on his experience with building circular economies in Ghana and discussing the differences in approach with co-panelists who are building communities in other parts of the world.
#BitcoinBCPT24
The holiday village of Witsand has 26 Bitcoin accepting merchants. For its size, it has one of the highest concentrations of Bitcoiners in the world.
@BitcoinWitsand
will be telling us how they did this at
#ABCPT24
(with zero external funding!)
@btcmap
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Renata Rodrigues
@lobaestrangeira
is Head of Marketing and Community at
@fedibtc
. Her main mission is to advance global adoption of
#Bitcoin
. Renata has over 15 years of experience in global markets.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28 🇿🇦:
Presenting a keynote address and 2 panel discussions
@femilonge
will be representing
@btrust_builders
at the conference. Be sure to catch his panel discussions on the differences between adoption in the global south vs the 1st world with
@bvanhool
and
@lobaestrangeira
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Humphrey Simwinga is one of two teachers from
@BFFbtc
in Zambia who are now helping build
@BitcoinVicFalls
, a new
#Bitcoin
education and circular economy effort in Livingstone, Zambia 🇿🇲.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@nduku_jay
is co-founder of
@GridlessCompute
which deploys distributed, hydroelectric
#Bitcoin
mining in rural communities to support local energy development. Currently operating in: 🇰🇪🇲🇼🇿🇲
🎟️Join us at
#AB24CPT
from Jan 26-28:
#Hodl
is a strong
#Bitcoin
meme. Too strong maybe? Can too much hodl and too little spending decrease the rate of adoption?
@Rikki6ixx
shares his experience from several Bitcoin circular economy projects on this theme.
#AB24CPT
South Africa's first
#Bitcoin
only conference is about to kick off! Shoutout to the team, delegates, sponsors and long suffering spouses for making this happen! We love you all!
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
@Jesse_hodl
is Founder of
@HashrateUp
and host of the
#HashrateUp
podcast. He has a background in energy economics/access and is advocating for more
#Bitcoin
hashrate to come to the African continent.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@LeonJohnson
is an experienced operations manager. He was an early employee at
@FediBTC
where he now manages the company’s finance, HR, fundraising, investor relations, and customer service departments.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@CraigRaw
is the founder and developer of
@SparrowWallet
, a desktop wallet for
#Bitcoin
with a focus on multi-signatures for distributed self-custody and privacy.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
in Cape Town 🇿🇦 from January 26-28, 2024:
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
@BVanHool
, Chief Operating Officer of
@JAN3com
will be presenting on JAN3,
@AquaBitcoin
wallet and
#Bitcoin
adoption by wildlife NGOs in South Africa.
Get your tickets to
#AB24CPT
and join us in Cape Town 🇿🇦 from January 26-28:
If you haven't yet downloaded and played around with
@AquaBitcoin
wallet, now is the time! Plus you can come speak
@bvanhool
about the roadmap for the wallet and how Liquid and Lightning can be used together to reduce fees and improve sovereignty.
You can meet me at
@AdoptingBTCcpt
in Cape Town at the end of the month. I’ll be speaking about
@JAN3com
and
@AquaBitcoin
and I will also be giving an AQUA workshop.
Congratulations
@JoeNakamoto
! We're excited and honoured that
@AdoptingBTCcpt
is one of your first official stops on this new chapter of your
#Bitcoin
journey.
Hey world, come meet Joe (our conference MC) at
#AB24CPT
from Jan 26-28 in Cape Town 🇿🇦:
⚡️🏃♂️TL;DR — Joe Nakamoto is going solo🏃♂️⚡️
Hello,
I am kicking off 2024 as an independent Bitcoin journalist and content creator 🎉
After three working in the
#Bitcoin
and crypto space; 7 years as a journo, and five years trying to understand (and stack) Bitcoin, I'm
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
Ben van Hool COO of
@JAN3com
will be presenting on JAN3, AQUA wallet and
#Bitcoin
adoption by wildlife NGOs in South Africa.
#ABCPT
@bvanhool
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Nikolai
@OKIN_17
Tjongarero is a
#Bitcoin
maxi, digital entrepreneur, published poet, and social commentator from Windhoek, Namibia. He is also Chief Bitcoin Officer at
@EasySats_
and
@BTCMiningNam
.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
The first (and only) exchange in South Africa to integrate Lightning is
@capecryptoSA
. Their founder, Leon Kowalski, will be presenting a talk on just how they did it, despite entering the market only in 2020.
#AB24CPT
@megasley
is based in Nigeria, where he plays an integral role in
@FreeRoutingAf
, a business set up to bring Lightning to the African continent. He will be providing insights from his experience in driving Lightning adoption in Africa.
#ABCPT24
Nobody is a bigger champion for P2P
#Bitcoin
in the global south than
@raycivkit
. He will be speaking on how to built a decentralized tool kit to create an Unstoppable, permissionless p2p marketplace so anyone could trade anything with anyone.
#AB24CPT
Huge shout-out to the organizing team (who were all volunteers) and the entire
#Bitcoin
community who came out in full force from all corners of the world to make this event a success. It was pure signal!
#AB24CPT
"Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2024" was a world-class Bitcoin-only conference put together by a few dedicated plebs instead of professional events planners. Unbelievable what they achieved in their spare time. Extremely bullish on SA Bitcoin adoption.
We couldn't have made this conference possible without the support of
@blinkbtc
They have been a phenomenal throughout the entire organizational process. They also happen to have one of the best lightning wallets out there! Check them out!
#AB24CPT
Did we mention that you can buy some of the best steak on earth for $10 per kg (that's $5 per Lb) using Lightning at over 1500 retail outlets with South Africa's largest grocery chain
@PicknPay
? The only Proof of Steak we care about.
#Bitcoin
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@ColeTU
is a South African
#Bitcoin
educator who produces step by step video guides covering popular Bitcoin tools and topics. Find links to his content via his X/Twitter profile.
Meet Cole and join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28:
Did you know that you can shop at over 1500
@PicknPay
stores in South Africa using Lightning? Simply download the
@CryptoConverted
app, link your own LN wallet and scan the payment QR at checkout.
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Frisco d'Anconia
@CryptoTraveler1
is a journalist by profession who discovered
#Bitcoin
in 2011. He's written for several news outlets including Cointelegraph, , KryptoMoney, etc.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@AbhilashNair11
leads various activities for
@Bitcoin4India
, which has connected Bitcoiners across 15+ cities, 30+ meetups and 2 conferences in India. Abhilash also contributes to
@BitcoinKeeper_
.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@carelvwyk
has been working on
#Bitcoin
payment systems for 8 years and is the founder of
@CryptoConverted
, a South Africa based company connecting merchants to Lightning with a Rand-denominated merchant API.
#AB24CPT
🎟️Join us:
We are overjoyed to announce that
@walletofsatoshi
are a sponsor of the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference! The Sats donated will go a long way to making the conference a success! If you are looking for a simple, sleek LN wallet check out
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
@ByronHambly
is a developer interested in Rust, Linux, Cryptography,
#Bitcoin
, and Nix. He is currently working on Liquid at
@Blockstream
.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 in Cape Town 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Hermann Vivier is co-founder of
@the_surfer_kids
(est. 2010) and founder of
@BitcoinEkasi
(est. 2021), both in the Mossel Bay region of South Africa 🇿🇦.
Learn more and get your tickets to join us at
#AB24CPT
from January 26-28:
We're grateful for all
#AB24CPT
conference sponsors, including
@fedibtc
. Fedi combines chat, money, and more in one private superapp, run by and for communities and their members. Follow them and learn more!
🎟️Join us in
#CapeTown
🇿🇦 from Jan 26-28, 2024:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Ricki Allardice
@BTCtokoloshe
is host of the South African Bitcoin podcast
@BTHpodcastZA
. He has been involved in numerous Bitcoin startups and projects and has a passion for
#Bitcoin
education.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 🇿🇦:
🚀 Exciting news! 🚀
On January 27, 2024, one of our sponsors, Fedi (
@fedibtc
) will be hosting an interactive Fedi Playshop where they will show how
#bitcoin
can be part of the day-to-day activities of your community with games, challenges, rewards and much more!📱
Longstanding
#Bitcoin
Core contributor
@peterktodd
will be presenting on a solution to Transaction Pinning, known as One Shot Replace-By-Fee-Rate. This proposed improvement to the protocol fixes DoS attacks on std RBF and miner incentives.
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@Luke_Broyles
works at
@TheBitcoinAdviser
, helping clients create secure multi-sig vaults for long term
#Bitcoin
custody and estate planning services.
Meet Luke and join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@AnitaPosch
is a renowned
#Bitcoin
educator, author, and founder of the online academy
@CrackTheOrange
. She is also founder of
@BFFbtc
, a non-profit organization that has a strong focus on Bitcoin adoption, use and empowerment in the Global South.
#AB24CPT
@BitcoinEkasi
joined on BTH to discuss the upcoming
#Bitcoin
conference in from the 26-28th of Jan 2024 in Cape Town. The conference is all about parallel institutions and Bitcoin. Follow the conference
@AdoptingBTCcpt
and grab a ticket here:
John Endres, CEO of
@IRR_SouthAfrica
live now on the Machankura stage, outlining the issues that South Africa faces as well as the promise it holds.
#AB24CPT
We're sending our best wishes to everyone participating in
@AfroBitcoinOrg
2023 in Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭this week.
#ABC2023
promises to be an inspiring, movement-building event. We hope that
#ABC24CPT
in Cape Town 🇿🇦in January 2024 will build on this incredible energy and momentum.
Join us at the Africa
#Bitcoin
Conference for an inspiring discussion on fostering inclusivity and encouraging women's engagement in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
It's time for a more diverse and empowered Bitcoin future! 💪🚀
#ABC23
#Bitcoin
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Emmanuel Mangalashi also joins us from
@BitcoinZambia
@BFFbtc
, where he is now helping build
@BitcoinVicFalls
, a new
#Bitcoin
education and circular economy effort in Livingstone, Zambia 🇿🇲.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 🇿🇦:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Humphrey Simwinga is one of two teachers from
@BFFbtc
in Zambia who are now helping build
@BitcoinVicFalls
, a new
#Bitcoin
education and circular economy effort in Livingstone, Zambia 🇿🇲.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28 🇿🇦:
@BitcoinWitsand
is a
#Bitcoin
circular economy project in the beautiful coastal town of Witsand, located at the mouth of the Breede river in the Western Cape of South Africa. They will be sharing their story and experience in how to kick start a local Bitcoin economy.
#ABCPT24
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@JimmySong
is a globally renowned advisor and
#Bitcoin
developer, educator and entrepreneur. He is the author of numerous books including Programming Bitcoin, Fiat Ruins Everything, and others.
🎟️Join us at
#AB24CPT
from Jan 26-28:
A little under two months until
#AB24CPT
in
#CapeTown
🇿🇦. Learn more at and join us for an inspiring, powerful few days of sessions and networking focused on
#Bitcoin
education, adoption and use in
#SouthAfrica
and beyond!
CEO of Bitcoin Innovation Hub Uganda,
@N_Nyangoma
advocates for
#Bitcoin
use within refugee communities. She also incorporates Bitcoin into her professional life as a real estate agent, where she advocates for spending BTC on large transactions such as purchasing a home.
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
@StudentOfBTC
is on a mission to spark curiosity about
#Bitcoin
, one student at a time. With a background in engineering, he has spent the past decade in customer-facing roles in SaaS and fintech.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
January 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Evgenia (Jenya) Zhivaleva is a Co-Founder of
@UnravelSurf
, a tour operator established in 2010. Based in Mossel Bay, South Africa, the company has been accepting
#Bitcoin
payments since early 2015.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
@AndreKauerauf
is founder of the SA Beef Initiative. He is a full-time regenerative farmer raising chicken, cattle and goats, direct marketing meat to anyone that wants to eat clean, nutrient dense food.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
Conservation of elephants and rhinos in South Africa has been at the heart of
@AdineRoode
's work for over 20 years. She is attending the conference to share her story and learn how
#Bitcoin
can be integrated into conservation to help protect our vulnerable species.
#AB24CPT
A shout to all of our global
#Bitcoin
and
#BTC
curious friends & allies. We encourage you to follow
@AfroBitcoinOrg
and tune in to Day 2 of the conference today from 🇬🇭 via live stream and
#ABC23
. Please also follow and support Bitcoin builders and leaders from throughout Africa!
Where else in the world can you see white sandy beaches, covered in rare and endangered African Penguins? Cape Town has been voted the best tourist destination in the world for the past 7 years running, for good reason. Come join us and see what Cape Town has to offer.
#AB24CPT
SPEAKER ANNOUCEMENT:
@AbeCambridge
is Founder/CEO of
@TheSunExchange
, named one of the 10 Most Innovative companies in Africa for it's disruptive approach to solar finance, utilising
#Bitcoin
to solve Africa's energy crisis.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
Jan 26-28:
Matthew Koning, founder and CEO of Crew For a Cause, will be hosting a talk on how their charity is incorporating
#Bitcoin
as an incentive structure for their students to achieve academic excellence and promote long term thinking.
#ABCPT24
Since the adoption of TCP/IP, open protocols have powered the modern world. This has driven unprecedented innovation and connectivity. Why should money be any different? Join
@PedriOosthuizen
for his talk at
#AB24CPT
on this topic.
Everyone's favorite Bitcoiner,
@RunwithBitcoin
will be telling his story today, of how we traveled through 41 countries using
#Bitcoin
If you have met Paco, then you know this will be an entertaining talk! Find him tomorrow at 14:30 on the Machankura stage.
In 2023, we set out with a goal:
Convince South African parallel institutions to publicly adopt
#Bitcoin
strategies, to help spread the right message and help us state-proof the people of this country against the (likely) inevitable failure of the ZAR.
It's only just begun.
Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town couldn't be possible without our main sponsor
@Machankura8333
. Sending Sats on a feature phone would also not be possible without
@Machankura8333
, who have made Lightning accessible to the unbanked in Africa! The real MVP!
After watching Stranded at the
@filmfestbtc
in Cape Town last night, the enormity of impact that
#Bitcoin
mining can make to the lives of those in the Global South by financing mini-grids, is undeniable. Excited to hear more from
@GridlessCompute
today at the conference
#AB24CPT
“A single light bulb can change a family’s life”
@nduku_jay
speaking about how electrifying rural Africa changes lives and how bitcoin is making that a financially viable option.
Good afternoon from Cape Town.
Remember, peak summer in Cape Town is peak winter in the northern hemisphere.
Sun, Sats and Steaks in January at Adopting
#Bitcoin
Cape Town 2024.
#AB24CPT
Learn more about
@GaloyMoney
, one of our amazing
@AdoptingBTCcpt
conference sponsors. They are building
#Bitcoin
native banking infrastructure globally, including
@blinkbtc
-- the everyday Bitcoin wallet.
Join us at
#AB24CPT
from Jan 26-28, 2024:
"the global oil industry and the military industrial complex are in complete cahoots with each other"
@abecambridge
on how and why he built The Sun Exchange
Have you purchased your ticket to the Adopting Bitcoin Conference?
@fedibtc
is bringing The Fedi Playshop to the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in Cape Town. 🚀Mark your calendars for January 27th! 🗓️
Learn how
#Bitcoin
community custody on fedimints work!
#AB24CPT
If you missed it, don't worry... We're gonna do it again!
Come join us in Jan 2025 at another Adopting
#Bitcoin
Cape Town!
In the meantime, relive one of the best talks from the 2024 event.
@jimmysong
's Destroying Rent Seeking.
In anticipation of Adopting
#Bitcoin
Cape Town 2025, have a look at what went down in January 2024.
Watch
@RussLamberti
, Executive Director of
@Sakeliga
, discuss strategies for developing scalable solutions to state failure.
The organizers of
@AdoptingBTCcpt
are very grateful for the support and participation of
#AB24CPT
sponsors, including ₿trust, a non-profit organization which exists to decentralize development of
#Bitcoin
. Please follow
@btrustteam
and stay up to date with developments!
The Adopting
#bitcoin
Cape Town conference is going to a unique experience. In South Africa, parallel institutions operate in an extremely effective manner to fill the vacuum left by an incompetent state. Check out this interview for details!
@Sakeliga
@afriforum
@solidariteit
Anti-poaching units are the thin blue line protecting Rhino's in SA. Lewyn will be representing the
@blackmambasapu
, and all female anti-poaching unit, telling her story of how she has been driving environmental education locally with the youth
#AB24CPT
GM. Cape Town has been voted the "Best city on earth" for 8 of the last 10 years. Come join us in summer of 2024 for our first
#Bitcoin
conference and experience this amazing city.
#adoptingbitcoinCT
Turns out that
@studentofbtc
are conquering multiple peaks on table mountain today, spreading
#Bitcoin
as they go! Here they are on the highest point of Table Mountain. Cape Town is showing off today!
#AB24CPT
On the eve of Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town, this Thursday (Jan 25th), join us at the Labia Theater, the oldest independent art-repertory cinema in South Africa. Here's your roadmap:
👉 5:30 PM event kickoff
👉 6-8:15 PM screening & discussions
👉 snacks & networking
👇 agenda
Listen to
@LuthandoSABTC
's inspiring story and see the second tweet in the thread from
@BTHpodcastZA
to share some sats with him. Join us at
#AB24CPT
in Cape Town from Jan 26-28, 2024 to learn more about
@BitcoinEkasi
, where Luthando serves as Project Community Lead.
#Bitcoin
🇿🇦
@LuthandoSABTC
tells his incredible story of how he came to learn about
#Bitcoin
and how it changed his life. From building a shack to live in with his own bare hands to being a key mover
@BitcoinEkasi
to speaking at Bitcoin conferences. True inspiration!
Beyond
#Bitcoin
,
@farzamehsani
speaks on disintegration and integration unfolding at every level of society, while exploring the emergence of BTC, the significance, and how
@VALRdotcom
is working to support it & contribute to human progress.
#AB24CPT
D: organizing a
#Bitcoin
conference.
But we digress. Come join us to hear
@VALRdotcom
CEO
@farzamehsani
speak on integration and disintegration, and how it is taking place at every level of society.
@RussLamberti
representing
@Sakeliga
at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town, delivers a keynote on how they are building solutions to state failure in South Africa. Sakeliga is a state-proof vehicle capable of building scalable solutions to state failure.
#AB24CPT
@magattew
is an entrepreneur, speaker, and visionary leader in the fields of African entrepreneurship and innovation and is one of the most popular guests of all-time on both Jordan Peterson and Lex Fridman’s podcasts, with over 10 million views.
@bvanhool
and
@JoeNakamoto
will be at the conference next week, it's a great opportunity for an in person discussion about Layer 2 scaling solutions such as
@Liquid_BTC
and Lightning and how
@AquaBitcoin
brings them together in a simple UX.
#ABCPT24
Did you know that in and around Stellenbosch (which is 45 min from Cape Town) there are over 200 wine farms that you can visit? Is there any better place to be than Cape Town next weekend?