Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025

An artist from Seattle. Employed as a freelance consultant managing software development projects. Went through the looking glass while Satoshi was conversant on Bitcointalk. Estudiante de Español. Practitioner of yoga, still rings, and meditation. Burner. Watercolorist. Enjoooyer of SF novels and romantic realism. Competent cook. Swing dancer. Had a long corporate career, have lately been making the most of the self-sovereignty that Bitcoin has afforded me by painting pictures from travels, and working on an audacious project to create a rock opera monumentalizing the origin of Satoshi as a romantic hero's journey.

X: @tj_de_la_playa.

OKIN (Nikolai Tjongarero, MBA) is a dedicated Bitcoin-only Maximalist, digital entrepreneur, published poet, and insightful social commentator hailing from Windhoek, Namibia.
He made history by hosting Africa's first podcast, #FromTheJump, to embrace Bitcoin payments through the Podcasting 2.0 protocol (Value4Value) & serves as the Chief Bitcoin Officer at EasySats and Bitcoin Mining Namibia, leading initiatives that champion Bitcoin adoption and education.

His speaking engagements include notable events such as the launch of Machankura in Kenya (2023), the Adopting Bitcoin conference in Cape Town (2024), Adulting 102 Financial Literacy and hosting pioneering events like the 1st Trezor Academy Namibia Educational Session and the inaugural Bitcoin Only Media Training Event (2024).

OKIN was selected as one of nine individuals from over 500 worldwide entries to join the tech team at Start9, a global leader in Sovereign Computing development. His insights have been sought after worldwide, leading to interviews by various podcasters from Hong Kong to New York, including the distinguished Adam Curry, considered the grandfather of podcasting.

Twitter: https://x.com/OKIN_17
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LinkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/okin/

Christopher MacClements is a trained architect from Pretoria residing in Cape Town.

He completed his master’s degree at the University of Pretoria and works as a
multidisciplinary creative and designer, and self-taught graffiti artist, doing illustrations and large scale murals.

In 2024 he started accepting Bitcoin as payment, converted all his savings into Bitcoin and adopted it as a savings tool for his family in the future.

https://x.com/_MacLemons

Kweks is the founder of Proof of Work Academy, a Bitcoin education project based in Arusha, Tanzania, that empowers individuals with the knowledge and tools to leverage Bitcoin for personal and community growth. Additionally, he’s the founder of Bitcoin Arusha, an initiative aimed at fostering a Bitcoin circular economy by encouraging grassroots adoption and building local ecosystems.

As an artist, he creates music inspired by Bitcoin and Nostr, celebrating the transformative power of these technologies. His work as an advisor at Conscious Music Group further amplifies these efforts, helping musicians from underrepresented communities embrace Bitcoin and freedom technologies to distribute their art through value-for-value platforms.

Socials:
Twitter/X: @manlikekweks
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