威特薩德（Witsand）是南非的一個沿海小鎮，已幫助領導該地區採用比特幣的負責人

海德堡和斯威倫達姆之間西開普花園路線附近的沿海小鎮威特薩德（Witsand）有助於領導該地區採用比特幣的負責人。

The small coastal town of Witsand, off the Western Cape Garden Route between Heidelberg and Swellendam, has helped lead the charge for Bitcoin adoption in the region.

海德堡和斯威倫達姆之間西開普花園路線附近的沿海小鎮威特薩德（Witsand）有助於領導該地區採用比特幣的負責人。

Spearheaded by Witsand resident and programmer Edwin Jones, the “Bitcoin Witsand” movement has grown from one or two merchants to most of the town’s businesspeople accepting Bitcoin.

在Witsand居民和程序員Edwin Jones的領導下，“比特幣Witsand”運動已從一兩個商人發展到該鎮的大多數商人接受比特幣。

Witsand recently made local headlines after South African journalists discovered a video by travel journalist and Bitcoin evangelist Joe Nakamoto (real name Joseph Hall).

在南非記者發現了旅行記者和比特幣福音傳教士喬·納卡本（Joe Nakamoto）（真名約瑟夫·霍爾（Joseph Hall））的視頻之後，Witsand最近成為了當地的頭條新聞。

Nakamoto visited the town in January last year and published a video on YouTube about his experience a few months later.

Nakamoto於去年1月訪問了該鎮，並在YouTube上發布了有關他幾個月後的經歷的視頻。

He showed that he could use Bitcoin in Witsand to pay for groceries at a convenience store, meals at restaurants, gym access, petrol, and even entertainment like water sports.

他表明，他可以在Witsand中使用比特幣在便利店裡支付雜貨，餐館，健身房，汽油，甚至是水上運動等娛樂活動。

Nakamoto also said that several accommodation establishments accepted Bitcoin and interviewed a local boat captain who adopted the cryptocurrency.

中村還說，幾家住宿場所接受了比特幣，並採訪了採用加密貨幣的當地船長。

In the video, Jones told Nakamoto that growth was initially very slow, with three Witsand merchants agreeing to accept Bitcoin in three years.

瓊斯在視頻中告訴中村，增長最初非常慢，三名Witsand Merchants同意在三年內接受比特幣。

However, in 2023, Surging interest in Bitcoin led to 27 or 28 merchants in Witsand to begin accepting bitcoin and by April 2025, 45 establishments in the town are listed on BTC Mapas accepting bitcoin.

但是，在2023年，對比特幣的興趣激增，導致Witsand的27或28家商人開始接受比特幣，到2025年4月，該鎮的45個場所在BTC MAPAS上列出了接受比特幣。

Jones said Bitcoin Witsand now has little room for growth, as only a few holdouts do not wish to accept the cryptocurrency as payment.

瓊斯說，比特幣Witsand現在幾乎沒有增長的空間，因為只有少數人不希望接受加密貨幣作為付款。

Instead, he sees their role changing to become an example of Bitcoin working in real life, like Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador and Bitcoin Ekasi in Mossel Bay.

取而代之的是，他看到他們的角色改變成為現實生活中比特幣工作的一個例子，例如薩爾瓦多的比特幣海灘和莫塞爾灣的比特幣Ekasi。

In an interview with the Connect the World podcast, Jones downplayed his role in creating Bitcoin Witsand, saying the town’s businesses got the ball rolling.

在接受《連接世界播客》採訪時，瓊斯輕描淡寫了他在製作比特幣Witsand中的角色，稱該鎮的業務使球滾動。

“Bitcoin Witsand existed long before we gave it a name,” Jones said.

瓊斯說：“比特幣的智慧早在我們給它一個名字之前就已經存在。”

“It was just having conversations with friends, and as the local business started understanding bitcoin, they actually demanded we start getting the technology in place.”

“這只是與朋友進行對話，隨著當地業務開始了解比特幣，他們實際上要求我們開始實現這項技術。”

Jones said local business owners were curious about bitcoin and were technical solutions they could use in their businesses or shops.

瓊斯說，當地企業主對比特幣感到好奇，並且是他們可以在企業或商店中使用的技術解決方案。

Fanning a spark into a bonfire

將火花扇入篝火

As curiosity and interest increased, Bitcoin Witsand became more intentional in its approach to encourage onboarding, including tackling people’s fears about exchanging bitcoins for rands.

隨著好奇心和興趣的增加，比特幣Witsand在鼓勵入職的方法上變得更加有意，包括解決人們對將比特幣換成蘭特的恐懼。

Those details were shared by Jones’s first convert, Eldry Hill, who spoke at the Adopting Bitcoin conference in Cape Town earlier this year.

這些細節是瓊斯的第一個convert依者埃爾德里·希爾（Eldry Hill）分享的，他在今年早些時候在開普敦的採用比特幣會議上發表了講話。

Hill is the owner of Ellie’s on Main, a local restaurant that she and her partner opened after they moved to Witsand a few years ago.

希爾（Hill）是埃莉（Ellie's）在Main上的所有者，Ellie's on Main是一家當地餐廳，她和她的伴侶幾年前搬到Witsand後開業。

She has since taken over some of Jones’s advocacy work and public speaking engagements for Bitcoin Witsand, as the programmer recently became a father.

此後，隨著程序員最近成為父親，她接管了瓊斯的一些倡導工作和比特幣Witsand的公開演講。

She explained that a significant concern for shops considering accepting bitcoin was what they would do with the bitcoin they receive at the end of the month.

她解釋說，考慮接受比特幣的商店的一個重大問題是他們在月底收到的比特幣要做的事情。

Shopkeepers need rands to service loans, pay suppliers, cover operating costs, or pay their children’s school fees. They aren’t necessarily interested in holding bitcoin long-term or dealing with converting it frequently.

店主需要蘭德來服務貸款，付款供應商，支付運營費用或支付孩子的學費。他們不一定有興趣長期持有比特幣或經常進行轉換。

To help provide local business owners with the reassurances they need, Hill said they undertook several initiatives.

希爾說，為幫助當地企業主提供了他們所需的保證，他們採取了多項計劃。

The first was providing small bitcoin-based loans to local businesses. She stressed that this wasn’t a blanket or systemic solution. It only works in a small community where people know each other and there’s an element of trust.

第一個是向當地企業提供基於比特幣的小型貸款。她強調，這不是毯子或系統的解決方案。它只能在一個小社區中互相認識的小社區，並且有一個信任元素。

Using the example of a local gym, Hill said the lender could chat with the owner about how they could improve the gym, perhaps by buying a new treadmill.

希爾說，以當地的體育館的身份說，貸方可以通過購買新的跑步機來與所有者聊天，以談論他們如何改善健身房。

The individual hoping to create a circular bitcoin economy would then lend the gym owner some of their own money in bitcoin, putting their money where their mouth is.

希望創造循環比特幣經濟的個人將在比特幣中藉給健身房的所有者，將錢放在他們的嘴裡。

The key to the model is the repayment mechanism. The idea is to encourage the business to accept bitcoin for their services and then repay the loan in bitcoin directly.

該模型的關鍵是還款機制。這個想法是鼓勵企業接受比特幣的服務，然後直接用比特幣償還貸款。

In addition, Hill said they provided a way for people to swap their bitcoins for fiat currency at a guaranteed exchange rate, which helped people overcome their fear about the volatility of the bitcoin price.

此外，希爾說，他們為人們提供了一種以保證的匯率將比特幣交換為法定貨幣的方式，這有助於人們克服對比特幣價格波動的恐懼。

Backlash against Bitcoin Witsand

反對比特幣Witsand的反彈

The adoption of bitcoin in Witsand – and the attention it has attracted – has not been without controversy.

Witsand的採用及其引起的關注並非沒有爭議。

Many of Witsand’s 600 residents remain skeptical about bitcoin and those promoting its adoption in the picturesque town.

Witsand的600名居民中，許多對比特幣以及促進其在風景如畫的小鎮採用的居民仍然持懷疑態度。

Concerns include that a few individuals with vested interests are driving a personal agenda, and that the attention on the town would bring unwanted development.

擔憂包括一些有既得利益的人正在推動個人議程，而對城鎮的關注將帶來不必要的發展。

Several of the townsfolk seem completely against growth and prosperity

幾個城鎮的人似乎完全反對增長和繁榮