Bitcoin Ekasi (@BitcoinEkasi) — Twitter Score 45 out of 1000

Bitcoin Ekasi is a Bitcoin circular economy project that onboards township residents and local shops to use Bitcoin as everyday money, founded by Hermann Vivier. Bitcoin Ekasi's Twitter Score is 45 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #20,562 (top 5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Bitcoin Ekasi operates in a South African township and is modeled after Bitcoin Beach, the pioneering circular economy project. The project pays all staff salaries entirely in Bitcoin and works to bring township shops into the Bitcoin economy. As of April 2025, Bitcoin Ekasi had extended to an estimated nearly 500 people using Bitcoin through its network, with 17,126 posts published across its Twitter presence.

Bitcoin Ekasi opened its first Ekasi Center in October 2022 and completed construction of the Bitcoin Bowl in July 2024. The local Mossel Bay Town Council voted to approve the alienation of land for a new Ekasi Center, with a proposal to reduce the purchase price to 10% of the original valuation, a significant step for the project's physical expansion. Bitcoin Ekasi also pays 22 weekly salaries in Bitcoin, reflecting the scale of its on-the-ground operations.

Bitcoin Ekasi is affiliated with The Surfer Kids Non-Profit, Machankura, Voltage, and Adopting Bitcoin, and serves as part of the core organizing team for Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town, with a commitment to bringing the conference back in 2026. Bitcoin Ekasi has been mentioned by 86 accounts, with 443 total mentions.

Who follows Bitcoin Ekasi on X?

The accounts that follow Bitcoin Ekasi include 223 founders, 18 angel investors, 145 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Anthony Pompliano, Adam Back, Lyn Alden, Matthew Graham, Bitcoin Magazine and Caitlin Long.