Cape Town: Our First Bitcoin Conference

We’ve had our fair share of conferences in Vegas during our corporate lives. This, however, was our first Bitcoin conference, and we were speakers! It hit differently. It was exciting to interact with individuals addressing a variety of issues:

• Accessing bitcoin without the Internet - Machankura
• Leveraging wasted rural energy for mining - Gridless
• Helping vulnerable kids with a safe space to learn - Bitcoin Ekasi
• Empowering women through literacy - BITCOIN DADA
• Traveling the world using bitcoin - Run with Bitcoin

As someone vocal about bitcoin within my social circle, I can be seen as a little crazy. It was surreal to meet these dedicated and passionate humans. I guess I wasn't crazy after all. We left the conference inspired to continue on our path of building on bitcoin.

Here are some quotes from the conference that resonated with us:

• "Infinite ways to earn and spend" - Femi Longe(There are plenty of wallets and exchanges, let's focus on earning and spending)

• "Africa is the last to get opportunities" - Okin (Enabling Africans with bitcoin as a monetary infrastructure is vital)

• "Addiction ends in 2 ways: death of the person OR death of the habit" - @vryfokkenou (The addiction to money printing is real and can end in 2 ways.)

• "Stack, spend and f*^king replace" - @Rikki6ixx (Don't HODL, SPEND YOUR SATS!)