Bitcoin Ekasi (@BitcoinEkasi) — Twitter Score 42 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 42 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #25,053 (top 5%) among 531,432 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 16,654 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 72 accounts, with 396 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Bitcoin Ekasi include 174 founders, 17 angel investors, 136 influencers and 2 VCs, among them Anthony Pompliano, Adam Back, Bitcoin Magazine, Lyn Alden, Matthew Graham and Caitlin Long.