Ricki Allardice
Ricki Allardice, is a scientist, entrepreneur and Bitcoin evangelist from Cape Town, South Africa. He has a diverse professional history, including the biological sciences where he conducted research and development on soil and plant health products; asset and wealth management and the fin-tech startup space.
For the past 4 years he has been focussed on Bitcoin only startups, primarily building products and solutions which make self custody simpler and more attainable for the average user.
Ricki is the CEO and co-founder of Orange, a Lightning services company which connects african currencies to the Lightning network to facilitate cross border payments at the speed of light.
He also runs his own consulting service called Bitcoin Only, which assists individuals, businesses and trusts in their respective Bitcoin strategies, distributes sovereignty promoting hardware and Bitcoin key management for the long term.
Twitter: @BitcoinOnlyZA
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Website: www.bitcoinonly.io
Sessions
We were told 2025 would be the year of the 'Mega-Moon,' but the charts stayed stubbornly horizontal. Why was that 'failure' Bitcoin’s greatest success? We’re moving beyond the bull run to look at the real-world plumbing being built right now."
P2P in South Africa Fireside Chat with Hodl Hodl
Cross border payments have dramatically changed over the past decade. The incumbent SWIFT system is being challenged by Bitcoin, stablecoins and alternative settlement networks. Which system will win?
Bitcoin’s base layer prioritizes security and decentralization, but this comes with strict limits on throughput and latency. As Bitcoin adoption grows, second-layer solutions are becoming essential to scale usage without compromising core properties.
This panel explores the current landscape of Bitcoin scaling approaches, including the Lightning Network, transaction batching techniques, and emerging Layer 2 designs. Panelists will discuss architectural tradeoffs around custody, trust assumptions, liquidity, finality, and user experience, highlighting where different solutions excel, where they fall short, and what open questions remain for scaling Bitcoin sustainably.