Bitcoin Ekasi
summary
Bitcoin Ekasi launches a township circular economy (2021) where 32–35 local businesses accept Bitcoin, about 400–500 people use it daily/weekly/monthly, and 18 staff earn 100% of salaries in BTC. The project uses NFC bitcoin cards to pay 40–60 surf program kids monthly pocket money, costs roughly $300/month for infrastructure, and processes most tourist payments in BTC. The model is replicable — 14 funded projects in Africa — and aims to scale adoption by showing a working, low‑cost payment stack.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Project introduction
- 1:04Personal journey
- 3:10Surf tourism and nonprofit
- 6:24Bitcoin in business
- 8:29Global debt and Bitcoin
- 10:58Replicating Bitcoin Beach
- 13:26Psychopaths and Bitcoin
- 15:56Project scale and impact
- 17:42Bitcoin for children’s rewards
- 19:06Global Bitcoin adoption
- 20:54Future plans and fundraising
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