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Beginning in 2021, we built a working Bitcoin circular economy in a South African township. More than 500 people use Bitcoin daily, weekly, or monthly because of what we've built.

Now we're raising funds to give it a permanent home: the NEW Ekasi Center.

LATEST PROJECT UPDATE: 10 March 2026
Delayed due to a municipal boundary line discrepancy. Subdivision & consolidation needed.
Full update.

The Ekasi Center isn't one thing. It's four:

📚 A place to learn the mechanics, not just admire them.
Workshops, resources and direct access to the people who built Africa's first functional Bitcoin circular economy, for anyone who wants to replicate it, build it, and test tools in the real world. All builders are welcome!

🏄 A venue nobody else has.
Meetups, summits and mini-conferences. Think what we've done with Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town in 2024 - 2026, and imagine what we could do with a venue that's inside a functional Bitcoin circular economy.

🔨 Where the next builders come from.
Kids who come through our various youth empowerment programs are already building real things, see for yourself. The Center turns that from a lucky outcome into a repeatable and necessary one. Not just for our kids, but for anyone that wants to build.

🌍 The township already runs on Bitcoin.
There's been an explosion of interest in BCE projects in Africa but getting vendors to accept sats for one photo is easy. This can all be theater. What matters is keeping people onboard. The building is what makes "today" also true next year.

22 staff · 30 staff dependents · 75 business owners · 112 of their dependents · 126 Painted Shack residents · dozens of thrift shop customers · kids earning rewards · local school staff · movie nights · meetups and community projects...

More than 500 people, using Bitcoin as everyday money.

Watch: The Bitcoin Ekasi Story

The Surfer Kids started in 2010 and Bitcoin Ekasi grew out of it in 2021. We started paying surf coaches' in sats and a local economy formed. It worked.

Highlights since then:

Lekker Feeling (1 million views on X!) and the fundraiser that renovated The Surfer Kids' HQ at Diaz Beach.

The Bitcoin Bowl - now open to the public, and the first real touch-point with Bitcoin for many, including Mossel Bay's own Mayor.

The NEW Ekasi Center land sits in the middle of the township with a 180° view of the Indian Ocean.

It's municipal land made available through a 10-year relationship with the Mossel Bay Municipality, earned by a decade of The Surfer Kids' work.

When we opened our current Ekasi Center in October 2022, it was always meant to be a temporary placeholder.

What we're building now will be permanent, not just for us, but for anyone building a BCE, anywhere, and particularly in Africa.

Big or small, every donation goes toward something physical: land, walls, a roof, a room. This isn't funding an idea — it's funding a building people will actually walk into.

PREVIOUS PROJECT UPDATES

25 September 2025 — Public participation concluded, no objections. Full update
27 June 2025 — Proposal passed to reduce the purchase price by 90%. Full update
7 April 2025 — Mossel Bay Town Council voted YES. Full update
9 September 2024 — Formal proposal drafted. Full update

To qualify your donation for a perk, please email the date, amount (in sats), a screenshot, and a Txid (for on-chain payments) to hermann@bitcoinekasi.com.

Beginning in 2021, we built a working Bitcoin circular economy in a South African township. More than 500 people use Bitcoin daily, weekly, or monthly because of what we've built.

Now we're raising funds to give it a permanent home: the NEW Ekasi Center.

LATEST PROJECT UPDATE: 10 March 2026
Delayed due to a municipal boundary line discrepancy. Subdivision & consolidation needed.
Full update.

The Ekasi Center isn't one thing. It's four:

More than 500 people, using Bitcoin as everyday money.

Watch: The Bitcoin Ekasi Story

The Surfer Kids started in 2010 and Bitcoin Ekasi grew out of it in 2021. We started paying surf coaches' in sats and a local economy formed. It worked.

Highlights since then:

Lekker Feeling (1 million views on X!) and the fundraiser that renovated The Surfer Kids' HQ at Diaz Beach.

The Bitcoin Bowl - now open to the public, and the first real touch-point with Bitcoin for many, including Mossel Bay's own Mayor.

The NEW Ekasi Center land sits in the middle of the township with a 180° view of the Indian Ocean.

It's municipal land made available through a 10-year relationship with the Mossel Bay Municipality, earned by a decade of The Surfer Kids' work.

When we opened our current Ekasi Center in October 2022, it was always meant to be a temporary placeholder.

What we're building now will be permanent, not just for us, but for anyone building a BCE, anywhere, and particularly in Africa.

Big or small, every donation goes toward something physical: land, walls, a roof, a room. This isn't funding an idea — it's funding a building people will actually walk into.

PREVIOUS PROJECT UPDATES

To qualify your donation for a perk, please email the date, amount (in sats), a screenshot, and a Txid (for on-chain payments) to hermann@bitcoinekasi.com.

Custom Amount 21 SATS or more

Donate any amount you like. This is entirely optional — no perk is attached below 10k sats. (If you're donating 10k sats or more, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

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1 BTC 100000000 SATS

Get an entire outside wall at the new Ekasi Center, to decorate with a custom design of your choice. Your input will be welcomed but subject to applicable constraints. Names & company logos may be added, within reasonable bounds. (To claim this perk, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

10 mil sats 10000000 SATS

Have your name (or a company/organization name) individually engraved on a 300mm x 500mm stainless steel plate, along with a personal Bitcoin-related message of inspiration & hope, mounted on an internal wall at the new Ekasi Center. (To claim this perk, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

1 mil sats 1000000 SATS

Have your name (or company/organization name) individually engraved on a 150mm x 200mm stainless steel plate, mounted on an internal wall at the new Ekasi Center. (To claim this perk, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

100k sats 100000 SATS

Have your name engraved on a commemorative plaque, alongside the names of other donors, mounted on an internal wall at the new Ekasi Center. (To claim this perk, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

10k sats 10000 SATS

Have your name listed on a dedicated supporters page on our website. (To claim this perk, please remember to qualify your donation by sending an email. Details are at the bottom of the page.)

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