High level politicians being educated by grassroots projects was a definite highlight of the conference.
"In my life I didn't have hope. But as soon as I started saving in Bitcoin, my savings is what gives me hope. If we don't save ourselves, no one is gonna save us. But if you have some Bitcoin in your hardware wallet, that is the thing that's gonna save your life."
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"I was very moved by Luthando's talk, I must say ... He opened my eyes to what's going on in Ekasi ... I've learned a lot today. Luthando, thank you for that."
Helen Zille - Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance (DA), former leader of the DA, former Mayor of Cape Town and former Premier of the Western Cape. https://m.primal.net/PBbM.mp4
Even if you are specific and name your conference using "Bitcoin" people will still refer to it as a crypto conference.
https://techcentral.co.za/bitcoin-strategic-reserves-helen-zille/258819/
Makes me wonder what we need to do?
Shall we rebrand to 'Adopting Bitcoin (NOT Crypto) Cape Town'?
All videos have now been uploaded to the Adopting Bitcoin YouTube channel:
Check them out here:
Machankura Stage Day 1
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2-dhqIYoj_dr4ZUOJSWAWK7ieQT4ONd&si=NUBjO9vgiUws_jRE
Machankura Stage Day 2
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2-dhqIYoj-EtxXyaRgnkPpT0Cmpoj_6&si=Hh-vTc-ylHGgsGVK
Blink Stage Day 1
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2-dhqIYoj8YejZ8G35R5IaJBv5x5CdI&si=4o3yfTFWw2bKkvTC
Blink Stage Day 2
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2-dhqIYoj-76su-bQJhEqKPz3g4hTeD&si=rsREFBmp16l_lNIR
BTrust Workshop Room
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2-dhqIYoj-UBjZlr92Q8Wzo9EWAHyIy&si=WI4RyHa_hzZGUaSh
Yo, Peter, small correction, the government is not entirely "black-led"...
The ANC lost it's outright majority in 2024 (first time this has happened since 1994) and it is now in a coalition government with the DA, which has been it's primary opposition for more than two decades.
The DA voter base, is about 30% white, 30% coloured (mixed race) and 30% black. It's leader (John Steenhuisen) is white, and it's previous leader, Mmusi Maimane, was black. The DA holds a number of significant positions in the coalition government, for the first time ever.
The ANC still behaves as if it has that outright 60%+ majority it enjoyed in the late 1990's and early 2000's, which allowed it to do whatever it wanted, and the president signing the expropriation act without consulting it's coalition partners is evidence of that, but the reality is that they no longer have that majority, they barely crossed 40% in 2024, and they're likely never getting it back.
Furthermore, somewhat miraculously, only a relatively small part of the population have thus far voted for radical extreme left/communist populism, the type of which would see apartheid being reversed. The EFF have contested 3 elections and never won more than ~10% of the vote, with the numbers slightly declining in 2024.
From the outside, yes, judging by the behaviour of political leaders, we're probably screwed. But, digging deeper, the government is no longer single minded in its approach, as was the case up until 2024.
Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026
Save the date:
January 30th & 31st !!!
(Tickets go on sale on the 1st of March)
Woman in Bitcoin, at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town.
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The only two Mozambican Bitcoiners (that we know of) meet at last!!!
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And in no small part thanks to connections made at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town.
Can't wait to see what happens between now and Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026.
awesome, keep it up!!
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It's not often that someone is onboarded to Bitcoin and Nostr simultaneously.
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Give him a follow!
As a last minute add-on to our post-conference road-trip, attendees visited nostr:nprofile1qqsygy5kdhu5ref4mdv6g8t20te030vug7dxmqkk459q2lvup3cma8sprpmhxue69uhk56twvakx2tnwdaehgunkv4ezuum9qy2hwumn8ghj77newfhjumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6qgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcpch0 today.
Inspiring fact: Bitcoin Loxion emerged as a result of our inaugural conference, Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2024.
Project Founder, Thulisa, attended last year January, and left the 2024 conference with a mission.
A year later, 30 conference attendees visited that same project, building a circular Bitcoin economy in one of South Africa's largest townships, a stone's throw from Cape Town.
We're in nostr:nprofile1qqstg30s553xp64244rv26suushpx4pqdg5p0qy3aqz00ngrpxwayhgpzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghsvf04tq, final stop on the post conference road-trip!
Post conference road trip arrived in Witsand!
Approximately 80 people arrived in Mossel Bay last night, having made the post conference road-trip to Mossel Bay to come and visit nostr:nprofile1qqsptpha27kgrdnpw7cqs7ascrayvheshxy4jjwgjd5rdmz7dngnzvspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a30qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcnmp4zs and nostr:nprofile1qqstg30s553xp64244rv26suushpx4pqdg5p0qy3aqz00ngrpxwayhgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp09qrcrg!!
We unfortunately won't have good weather, lots of rain and wind coming, but will make the best of it none the less.
The Winners and Runner Ups of our AdoptingBitcoin Cape Town Padel Tournament this weekend.
A total of R11 000 in prize money was paid out in Bitcoin via nostr:nprofile1qqsglefmxagcu0d7nw4jdkgj9ysqrk9cst0fg44hkz9kzhu39hyt7jsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0vdff00 to all the finalists. Thank you for a great tournament and we will see you all next year!
Definitely sucks big time.
That wouldn't have happened. The person that runs the AdoptingBTC profile is on our organizing team. Also posted zero ads in any of our videos.
Do normal people stop to think how ludicrous it is that a platform like X can simply suspend a (verified, paid-for) account, because it "broke the rules", without explaining exactly which rule was broken, and how it was broken, and without warning the account that it had just broken a rule, before just suspendig it, causing major disruption to an event that's been planned months in advance?
Sadly, the answer is probably "No."