Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026

Schedule changes

Version 0.4 Jan. 21, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“What I wish teachers taught about money, Bitcoin, and the world” by Samantha de Waal (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:05 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 3:25 p.m.)
“Crossborder Settlements Panel” by Ricki Allardice, Ry Sterling Yennie, Robert Allen, Theophilus Isah, Divan Myburgh (Jan. 31, 2026, 1:55 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:40 p.m.)
“Building the Tools That Make Bitcoin Usable.” by Sabina Gitau (Jan. 31, 2026, 12:05 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m.)
“Bitcoin Circular Economies in South Africa” by Josef Tětek, Luthando Ndabambi, Thulisa Sikolpati, Eldry Hill, Retshepile (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:55 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 1:05 p.m.)
“BITCOIN as The Pan-African Trade Currency” by Robert Allen (Jan. 31, 2026, 1:05 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 4:15 p.m.)
“From Scams to Bitcoin Sovereignty: SA Lessons from Karatbars & GSB” by Louis (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:30 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 3:50 p.m.)
“Autonomy and decentralized governance in South Africa” by Ernst Roets (Jan. 31, 2026, 1:30 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 12:05 p.m.)
“Fix the Money? First, Fix the Motivation” by Noelyne Sumba (Jan. 31, 2026, 2:40 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:15 p.m.)

Version 0.3 Jan. 21, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Building the Tools That Make Bitcoin Usable.” by Sabina Gitau (Jan. 31, 2026, noon → Jan. 31, 2026, 12:05 p.m.)
“Bitcoin Mining as Critical Infrastructure” by Dr Laban Mwansa (Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 12:10 p.m.)
“Africa Bitcoin Corporation” by Stafford Masie (Jan. 30, 2026, 10:30 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 9:40 a.m.)
“Money Without Borders: Bitcoin and Human Rights” by Judy Imasuen (Jan. 30, 2026, 12:10 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 11:15 a.m.)
“Making Bitcoin Development More Accessible with the Fedimint Web SDK” by Wanjiru Mariru (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:05 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:20 p.m.)
“Bitcoin Circular Economies in Africa” by Josef Tětek, Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, Brindon Mwiine, Daniel Ngaywa, Ronnie Mdawida (Jan. 31, 2026, 2:20 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 3:10 p.m.)
“Restoring Economic Order by Resisting State Failure” by Russell Lamberti (Jan. 30, 2026, 11:20 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
“Free Market Foundation” by David Ansara (Jan. 30, 2026, 9:40 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 10:55 a.m.)
“MoneyBadger: Scaling Bitcoin commerce to 650,000 shops” by Carel van Wyk (Jan. 30, 2026, 10:05 a.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 10:50 a.m.)
“Trezor Academy Update” by Josef Tětek (Jan. 30, 2026, 10:55 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 11:20 a.m.)
“Blockchain Surveillance & Privacy” by Carel de Jager, Carel van Wyk, Riccardo Spagni (Jan. 31, 2026, 10:50 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 10:05 a.m.)
“Btrust Keynote” by Sharon Murugi (Jan. 31, 2026, 11:35 a.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 11:40 a.m.)

Version 0.2 Jan. 21, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:

“Bitcoin scaling Panel” by Craig Raw, Veronika Kütt
“Running True P2P with Mostro” by Emmanuel Kufre
“Pick n Pay” by Deven Moodley
“Setup a Shared Lightning Node ...for Your Community, in Under a Minute!” by An Umble Jimmy-Jack Buckstrong

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

“Blockchain Surveillance & Privacy” by Carel de Jager, Carel van Wyk, Riccardo Spagni (Jan. 31, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 10:50 a.m.)
“Bitcoin Sisonke” by Retshepile (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:10 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:05 p.m.)
“Why should we build Bitcoin Circular Economies in Africa?” by Hermann Buhr Vivier (Jan. 30, 2026, 10:05 a.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 10:25 a.m.)
“Bitcoin Circular Economies in Africa” by Josef Tětek, Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, Brindon Mwiine, Daniel Ngaywa, Ronnie Mdawida (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:55 p.m., Machankura → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:20 p.m., Blink)
“Fedi Workshop” by Modibe Matsepane (Jan. 31, 2026, 1:55 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 3:35 p.m.)
“Fedimint” by joschisan (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:55 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:40 p.m.)
“Minmo for Bitcoin Adoption in Communities” by Nombuyiselo Teresa Murage, Jodom (okjodom) (Jan. 30, 2026, 1:35 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 1:45 p.m.)
“The "New 1976": Transforming Soweto’s Economy Through Bitcoin Education” by Michael Rathebe (Jan. 30, 2026, 2:25 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 2:35 p.m.)
“Artists' & Bitcoin” by Nikolai Okin Tjongarero, Melanie Carstens (Jan. 30, 2026, 2 p.m., Blink → Jan. 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m., Machankura)
“Bitcoin Accounting Systems—Enabling Unit of Account Adoption” by Roark Janis (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:15 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:25 p.m.)
“Start9 Labs - Building a Server” by Cryptosquid (Jan. 31, 2026, 3:35 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:45 p.m.)
“Vexl Workshop” by Josef Tětek, Nikolai Okin Tjongarero (Jan. 31, 2026, 2:45 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 1:55 p.m.)
“Why Africa Needs a Currency No One Can Control” by Ashley Cleveland (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:55 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:50 p.m.)
“Scaling Bitcoin - Second Layer Solutions and Tradeoffs” by Ricki Allardice, Veronika Kütt, joschisan, Gareth Grobler (Jan. 31, 2026, 2:20 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 3:55 p.m.)
“Beyond the Bull Run” by Ricki Allardice, Hermann Buhr Vivier, Nikolai Okin Tjongarero, Gavin Green (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:40 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:50 p.m.)
“Consensus Under Attack: When the World Forks and the Screens Agree” by Beverley Schäfer (Jan. 30, 2026, 2:50 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3 p.m.)
“MoneyBadger: Scaling Bitcoin commerce to 650,000 shops” by Carel van Wyk (Jan. 31, 2026, 10:25 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 10:05 a.m.)
“Institute for Race Relations” by John Endres (Jan. 30, 2026, 2 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.)
“Bitcoin Mining as Critical Infrastructure” by Dr Laban Mwansa (Jan. 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
“What I learned spending Bitcoin in South Africa” by Nick Darlington (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:30 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:25 p.m.)

Version 0.1 Jan. 13, 2026

We released our first DRAFT schedule! v0.1