Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026

Version 0.9 Jan. 31, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have moved a session around: “Beyond Lagos and Nairobi: Bitcoin Adoption in Africa's Overlooked Regions” by Satoshee (Jan. 30, 2026, 1:35 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 4:40 p.m.)

Version 0.8 Jan. 30, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Orange” by Ricki Allardice.

Sadly, we had to cancel a session: “From Digital Gold to Everyday Money” by Tomas Chojnacki

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

• “The world is still completely unprepared for Bitcoin” by Benjamin de Waal (Jan. 30, 2026, 4:50 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 4:25 p.m.)
• “P2P in South Africa Fireside Chat with Hodl Hodl” by Ricki Allardice, Anna (Jan. 30, 2026, 4:25 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 4:15 p.m.)

Version 0.7 Jan. 29, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

Sadly, we had to cancel a session: “Proof of Work Beyond Mining: Driving Bitcoin Adoption” by Destiny Smart

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

• “P2P in South Africa Fireside Chat with Hodl Hodl” by Ricki Allardice, Anna (Jan. 30, 2026, 4:50 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 4:25 p.m.)
• “Beyond Lagos and Nairobi: Bitcoin Adoption in Africa's Overlooked Regions” by Satoshee (Jan. 30, 2026, 4:25 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 1:35 p.m.)

Version 0.6 Jan. 28, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Setup a Shared Lightning Node ...for Your Community, in Under a Minute!” by Jimmy-Jack Buckstrong.

Sadly, we had to cancel a session: “Building Bitcoin Literacy and Adoption in Underserved Communities of EAC” by Advaxe Ndayisenga

Version 0.5 Jan. 26, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Bitcoin Data, Privacy, and the Real World” by Carel de Jager.

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

• “The importance of running a Bitcoin node” by Martijn van Rooijen (Jan. 31, 2026, 1:55 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 3:50 p.m.)
• “Making Bitcoin Development More Accessible with the Fedimint Web SDK” by Wanjiru Mariru (Jan. 31, 2026, 2:20 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 2:25 p.m.)
• “Bitcoin Freelancing: A Peer-to-Peer Proof-of-Work System” by Corlia Nolte (Jan. 30, 2026, 11:40 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m.)
• “Building Sovereign Private Businesses with Natural Law & Bitcoin Principles” by Jimmy-Jack Buckstrong (Jan. 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 11:40 a.m.)
• “Why Africa Needs a Currency No One Can Control” by Ashley Cleveland (Jan. 30, 2026, 3:50 p.m. → Jan. 31, 2026, 1:55 p.m.)

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.)
• “The world is changing, but should we?” 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.)
• “When states DON'T fail” by Russell Lamberti (Jan. 30, 2026, 11:20 a.m. → Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
• “Why you should state-proof yourself” 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.)
• “The Invisible Infrastructure: Behind the Scenes of Bitcoin and Btrust” 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!

• “Pechakucha-style Presentation” by Maximalist
• “Simplifying Bitcoin Onboarding for the Next Billion” by Fidel Otieno
• “The Invisible Infrastructure: Behind the Scenes of Bitcoin and Btrust” by Sharon Murugi
• “Turning Stranded Power into Extra Revenue” by Jesse Pielke
• “Money Without Borders: Bitcoin and Human Rights” by Judy Imasuen
• “Bitcoin Circular Economies in South Africa” by Josef Tětek, Luthando Ndabambi, Thulisa Sikolpati, Eldry Hill, Retshepile
• “Closing Remarks, Important Announcements, Group Photo” by Kgothatso Ngako, Josef Tětek, Hermann Buhr Vivier, Brindon Mwiine, Maximalist, Ronnie Mdawida
• “Stratum V2: A Step Towards Mining Decentralization” by Simon
• “P2P in South Africa Fireside Chat with Hodl Hodl” by Ricki Allardice, Anna
• “Bitcoin Self Custody Fireside” by Craig Raw, Cole Tuckett
• “Beyond Lagos and Nairobi: Bitcoin Adoption in Africa's Overlooked Regions” by Satoshee

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 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.)
• “The End of This is Fine” 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