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Luthando Ndabambi is doing extremely important work.

He's teaching the youth of a township in South Africa how to do two very difficult things: understand Bitcoin and surf.

He does this work two programs that compliment one another — Bitcoin Ekasi and the Surfer Kids non-profit.

In this interview you'll learn about how Luthando helped developed Bitcoin's Ekasi's circular bitcoin economy, how Bitcoin Ekasi and the Surfer Kids non-profit are bringing hope to a small township in Mossel Bay, South Africa, and how Bitcoin and surfing can catalyze personal growth.

Luthando's story is inspiring to say the least.

What he's doing has captured the hearts and minds of many far beyond the parameters of the township in which he lives and works.

For more on Bitcoin Ekasi and the Surfer Kids non-profit check out:

The Bitcoin Ekasi website: https://bitcoinekasi.com/

Lekker Feeling: A Bitcoin Ekasi Story (short film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vlzaDSNY0

Donate to Bitcoin Ekasi here: https://bitcoinekasi.com/donate/

Follow Luthando on Twitter ("X"): @LuthandoSABTC

Follow Bitcoin Ekasi on Twitter ("X"): @BitcoinEkasi

Email Luthando: [email protected]

Show breakdown:

0:00 Pre-interview intro

1:48 Introductions

4:51 Why create a Bitcoin circular economy in Mossel Bay?

13:29 How many shops and people are using Bitcoin in Bitcoin Ekasi?

17:09 Why problems does Bitcoin fix in Bitcoin Ekasi?

20:28 How Bitcoin changes people and how it changed Luthando

24:36 How will Bitcoin change the Bitcoin Ekasi community long-term?

29:59 Is BTC's volatility an issue?

32:45 What does Bitcoin Ekasi plan to do with its 2 BTC?

35:09 Surfing changes lives

37:58 The importance of doing difficult things

40:05 Will members of the Bitcoin Ekasi community stay or leave?

43:17 Good and bad influences/forces in the township

47:05 Will Bitcoin Ekasi expand over time?

48:31 Will some surfer kids go pro?

49:44 What changes have you seen in the Bitcoin Ekasi youth?

54:41 Find Luthando and Bitcoin Ekasi online

Intro music: "Yours" by correspondents : https://open.spotify.com/track/45u2rj38rllskHPnIRUTl3?si=e9df3500314b4fcb

Kemal ' El Flako' Yaşar is an model Bitcoiner.

He discovered Bitcoin almost 10 years ago when he began using the network for remittance payments.

Not long after, he began participating in a Bitcoin meet-up in Munich, Germany (one of the oldest Bitcoin meet-ups; it started in 2010).

After years of educating people in Germany's Bitcoin scene, Kemal and his family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where they currently reside.

In Turkey, Kemal helped found and educates people through the Yirmibir ("21", in Turkish) Bitcoin Community.

And most of his time is dedicated to his work for Galoy — a Bitcoin-focused company that provides banking services to Bitcoin users. Galoy is well-known for creating the Blink Wallet (formerly called the "Bitcoin Beach" wallet), which is the primary wallet used by those in the El Zonte ("Bitcoin Beach") community in El Salvador, as well as Stablesats, which allows people to hold synthetic US dollars on the Bitcoin network.

Kemal is also the co-organizer of Adopting Bitcoin, a Bitcoin/Lightning Network summit in which Bitcoiners from around the world come together to educate one another, brainstorm and collaborate in efforts to help foster greater Bitcoin adoption. The next Adopting Bitcoin conference will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 7th to 9th.

Attend Adoption Bitcoin: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2023/#ticket

As Kemal puts it in the interview, and as you my have assumed from reading these show notes, he works 24/7 on Bitcoin. We salute him for his work.

Support Kemal, Galoy and Adopting Bitcoin via the following links:

Follow Kemal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_pretyflaco

Galoy: https://galoy.io/

Follow Galoy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaloyMoney

Download the Blink wallet: https://www.blink.sv/

Follow Blink wallet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blinkbtc

Follow Yirmibir Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yirmibirbitcoin

0:00 Introduction

6:47 Inflation in Turkey

16:02 Bitcoin in Turkey (& Germany)

32:32 Becoming a Bitcoin Beacon

37:04 Bitcoin & Global Cooperation

43:59 The Concept of Money & Financial Inclusion

53:23 Bitcoin Catalyzes Growth

59:28 The CFA Franc 1:02:36 Galoy, Blink Wallet & Stablesats

1:18:18 Restrictions in the US & New York

1:23:38 Adopting Bitcoin

1:26:22 Outro

Kumi Nkansah is an inspiration.

Using his skills as a professional radio broadcaster and a digital marketer, he's in the process of orange-pilling the nation of Ghana.

Inspired by those he met at the first ever African Bitcoin Conference (https://www.afrobitcoin.org/) in December 2022, Kumi took to the streets and started educating everyday Ghanaians as well as members of the Ghanaian government alongside the others on his educational team — the Bitcoin Cowries.

Check out the Bitcoin Cowries website here: https://bitcoincowries.com/

And don't forget to follow Kumi and the Bitcoin Cowries on social media:

Twitter: @CowriesKumi @BitcoinCowries

Instagram: @BitcoinCowries_

00:00 Intro music

00:17 Introduction

02:31 How Nkansah found Bitcoin and became a Bitcoin educator

06:33 How the African Bitcoin Conference motivated Nkansah

07:56 Why is the Ghanaian government okay with Bitcoin?

09:38 Bitcoin volatility vs the Ghanaian cedi

11:20 Do Ghanaians really know what Bitcoin is?

12:11 Nkansah's preferred Bitcoin wallets

14:18 What is Machankura?

15:27 Why are Bitcoin circular economies important?

18:13 What problems does Bitcoin solve in Ghana?

23:13 What is a cowrie and who are the Bitcoin Cowries?

25:31 My Sats Farm

28:16 The biggest challenges to Bitcoin adoption

30:25 Earning sats

35:29 What does a day in Nkansah's life look like?

36:55 How does Nkansah answer everyone's questions?

37:48 Educating government officials

43:16 Once people have Bitcoin, the education starts

47:08 Where to find Nkansah

48:08 Final thoughts/inspiration

Thank you for listening!

Nikolai 'OKIN' Tjongarero began using the Bitcoin network for remittances out of necessity.

A few years after he first used the network, he fell deep down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.

Now, he orange pills everyone from everyday Namibians to members of the Namibian Central Bank about Bitcoin.

Learn more about OKIN here: https://tnnbtjongarero.wixsite.com/ok…

00:00 — Introduction

01:08 — Black Vulcanite

2:38 — Re-introduction/OKIN in the Bitcoin rabbit hole

11:05 — Becoming a public Bitcoin figure in Namibia

21:25 — EasySats

25:58 — Orange-pilling the Central Bank of Namibia

30:33 — How to approach Bitcoin's volatility

37:48 — Is Bitcoin taxed in Namibia?

42:07 — Do banks in Namibia feel threatened by Bitcoin?

42:24 — The Bank of Namibia consults a Bitcoiner/Educating central bankers

45:17 — Access to government officials in Namibia

51:36 — Bitcoin mining in Namibia

01:02:43 — A vision for Bitcoin

01:07:01 — Where to find OKIN

Thank you for listening!