A grassroots movement in a small coastal village in the Western Cape, South Africa. We focus on #Bitcoin education and awareness. 🧡⚡🇿🇦
Witsand, South Africa
Joined January 2023
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South Africa is splitting into two realities.
One doubles down on bigger government and tighter control.
The other chooses individual freedom, personal responsibility, and self-determination.
These aren’t just opinions.
They’re incompatible worlds, and a choice must be made.
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Thank you for sharing. I have an MBA from Stellenbosch and I also had absolutely no idea about money before I was introduced to Bitcoin in @BitcoinWitsand. Thought I was stupid for “missing” it. Your credentials makes me feel a bit better though…
With the accelerating attacks on South Africans' freedoms and race-based laws, our first line of defence is to stop funding our opponents. It's time to tell your followers about Bitcoin.
@afriforum @Sakeliga @FMFSouthAfrica @solidariteit
We've already proven the tech is ready.
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I made a hundred Lightning payments last month and not a single one left any on-chain footprint or can be traced because of Lightning's onion routing.
It's easy to take for granted that the world's only decentralized L2 (Lightning) also has incredible privacy by default.
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Once you lose someone's trust you're not going to get that trust back without at least some mea culpa.
For me that's the big lesson of what has happened with OP_RETURN.
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🔴 LATEST: Sakeliga has submitted comments to the National Treasury opposing the draft Capital Flow Management Regulations.
The proposed regulations would hand the state sweeping powers over private property, beyond its constitutional limits.
Here's the latest 🧵
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Bitcoin is money.
Bitcoin is information.
Bitcoin is property.
Bitcoin is software.
Bitcoin is a commodity.
Bitcoin is energy.
Bitcoin is time.
Bitcoin is freedom.
Bitcoin is math.
Bitcoin is an asset.
Bitcoin is a currency.
Bitcoin is speech.
Bitcoin is hope.
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‼️ Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the KIDS Act.
If it passes the Senate, it will be the end of the open Internet. Platforms will be forced to implement age verification. You will have to upload your government ID to post on social media.
The goal is to fully track every internet user and to implement global KYC regulation for free speech.
It was never about the kids. It’s about governments having full control over what you do and say on the Internet.
Posted something bad about your government 5 years ago? Liked a post criticizing the regime? Retweeted a post against the official narrative? Watch how protecting the kids becomes fighting terrorism or hate speech pretty soon. You will be found and you will be prosecuted.
There is no free speech in this world without a free Internet. The Internet must remain open for anyone, with or without government identification. You have a human right for privacy and for free speech.
This is a coordinated attack. Age verification laws are being proposed all over the planet, everywhere at the same time.
We must fight back.
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The comment window on @Treasury_RSA and the SARB's draft Capital Flow Management Regulations closed on 30 June. MoneyBadger made a formal submission, contributed to a joint industry submission, and several of our team submitted in their personal capacity. Policy is shaped by those who participate, and we encourage everyone in the industry to keep engaging.
We support the objective: clear rules for cross-border crypto transactions. Our concern is that the draft will not deliver them. It introduces a new category of CASP requiring Treasury permission for many common crypto operations, including activity that never crosses a border.
Our submission proposes a reporting-first framework instead: moneybadger.co.za/blog/we-wa… #digitalassets #cryptoregulations #bitcoinadoption
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Property rights are not a favour from the state — they are a fundamental constitutional protection.
National Treasury’s Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations threaten exactly that. @Sakeliga has just submitted a strong, detailed objection. We stand with them.
Read their submission: sakeliga.org.za/insight/sake…
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If all around the world, institutions are REDUCING their exposure to USD...
Do you see why the USG would be so strongly pushing YOU 🫵 into them via stablecoins? Can you see the propaganda now?
Don't be the sucker. Wake up, Neo. 🐇
Bitcoin is the safe exit out. 📞
Imagine caring about a public servants' opinion on wealth tax.
The fiat world is doomed!
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says that a wealth tax is not in the works in South Africa, with limited evidence of such taxes working across the world. businesstech.co.za/news/weal…
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Blink Wallet @blinkbtc now has non-custodial accounts!!!
Live on iOS and Android today.
🧡🔥
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South Africa’s Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations (2026) drew strong opposition before the 30 June deadline.
Multiple organisations and individuals submitted formal comments to National Treasury.
Here’s what they said and the common arguments that emerged. 🧵
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great chat on the @fedimint being run by @bitcoinekasi on @start9labs home servers in south africa
serve.podhome.fm/episodepage…
