October was another exciting month for Bitcoin Ekasi, with international recognition, continued collaborations and adoption, and opportunities to showcase the circular economy to the world.
Bitcoin Ekasi named in Blink’s recovery bounty!
After a September 19 attack on its custodial service, Blink said every affected customer has been made whole. It also announced a 50% bounty on the stolen funds: 25% of anything recovered goes to whoever supplies the information, and another 25% goes to Bitcoin Beach, Bitcoin Ekasi, Afribit Kibera and the circular economies they choose. Blink says it is not expecting the money back, so any benefit is uncertain. Bitcoin Ekasi amplified the update. → Source
Road Trip 2027: Mossel Bay, Bitcoin Plett and why the group is capped at 20!
Three posts built out the six-day Garden Route trip, which runs 28 February – 5 March 2027, is limited to 20 participants and costs 0.02 BTC. Bitcoin Ekasi is billed as a highlight where visitors meet the people involved, visit the community and still find time in the ocean. Bitcoin Plett in Plettenberg Bay is named as another stop, and a third post explains the small group is meant to feel like a connection with the projects and people visited, not a bus tour. → Source
Back to Lugano Plan B with the Vuselela mini-boards!
Bitcoin Ekasi said it is heading back to Lugano Plan B with its hand-crafted mini surfboards, alongside fairdeeds. The post links to an earlier announcement that describes the boards as part of Vuselela, a Bitcoin Ekasi and fairdeeds partnership. Proceeds go back into Vuselela to create jobs and support the Bitcoin circular economy. → Source
PoW Checkbot: a way to check that adoption claims are real!
Bitcoin Ekasi questioned whether the adoption posts shared by Bitcoin circular-economy projects genuinely reflect real-world Bitcoin usage. In response to this challenge, work began in early 2025 on a solution to help verify and demonstrate authentic adoption. The result is the PoW Checkbot, developed by Bitcoin Ubuntu. It is a real-time, automated proof-of-work verification system designed to help projects demonstrate that their reported Bitcoin adoption is genuine and backed by verifiable activity. → Source
Lugano Plan B: stage time, a keynote and mini-boards!
Hermann Vivier, founder of Bitcoin Ekasi, spoke on the P2P stage at Lugano Plan B on the theme “making Bitcoin everyday money”. It also returned with fairdeeds to sell mini-surfboards handmade by KayDee_Ink from old, damaged-beyond-repair surfboards. Afterwards it thanked the organisers and summarised the Bitcoin Circular Economies project founder’s keynote. The keynote argued that circular economies show Bitcoin is already useful as a medium of exchange and can introduce spending as a gateway to saving. → Source
Mossel Bay’s mayor backs Bitcoin adoption!
Bitcoin Ekasi shared that Mayor Dirk Kotze supports Bitcoin adoption. In its words, he knows it is not a scam or a get-rich-quick scheme and that it is good for community empowerment. The post adds that it is important to educate local politicians. → Source
