UPDATE: 9 September 2024
https:// x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1833157731899105412
Formal proposal drafted!
Read the full update: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1833157731899105412
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UPDATE: 7 April 2025
htps:// x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1833157731899105412
The Mossel Bay Town Council voted in YES!
Read the full update: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1909276255876472913
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UPDATE: 27 June 2025
Proposal PASSED to further reduce the purchase price by 90%!
Read the full update: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1938578304136511691
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UPDATE: 25 September 2025
Public participation concluded, NO objections.
Read the full update: https://x.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1972282481152815246
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In
August 2021, we set out to create a Bitcoin circular economy in a South
African township, using a well-established community platform in The Surfer Kids Non-Profit, and we've made significant progress toward that goal.
We've continued on-boarding shops in the township, where
our staff of surf coaches, teachers, lifeguards and project leaders spend their salaries, all paid 100% in Bitcoin only. As of April 2025 we pay 22 weekly salaries, 10 full-time and 12 part-time.

The scope of the project has grown significantly and as of April 2025 our best estimates of the numbers are as follows:
DAILY interaction with Bitcoin:
22 - Staff
30 - Staff Dependents
75 - Business Owners Business
112 - Business Owners Dependents
WEEKLY Interaction with Bitcoin:
126 - Painted Shack Residents
20 - Thrift Shop Customers
MONTHLY Interaction with Bitcoin:
50 - Children Earning Rewards
20 - Local Primary School Staff Members
20 - Other (People attending movie nights, meetups, purchasing sats, etc., etc.)
Nearly 500 people are USING Bitcoin.
Watch "The Bitcoin Ekasi Story" for a deeper understanding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5O0kyHwd0

Throughout 2022, 2023 and 2024 there's been too many highlights to name them all, but the release of Lekker Feeling, which led to a very successful fundraiser, and the renovations of The Surfer Kids' HQ, at Diaz Beach, were right up there!

And, of course, Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town in 2024 and again in 2025!
And as part of the conference's core organizing team, alongside the conference host, Machankura, and the original Adopting Bitcoin brand, we're fully committed to bringing South Africa's only Bitcoin-only conference back to the mother city in 2026!

Another major highlight was the construction of the Bitcoin Bowl!
Now fully open to the general public, this project raised the profile of our organization and has helped countless people ponder the existence of Bitcoin. For many people, including the local Mayor of Mossel Bay, the Bitcoin Bowl has served as a first touch-point with freedom money.
Watch: The Bitcoin Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6MMQp54YY
