威特萨德（Witsand）是南非的一个沿海小镇，已帮助领导该地区采用比特币的负责人

海德堡和斯威伦达姆之间西开普花园路线附近的沿海小镇威特萨德（Witsand）有助于领导该地区采用比特币的负责人。

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.

海德堡和斯威伦达姆之间西开普花园路线附近的沿海小镇威特萨德（Witsand）有助于领导该地区采用比特币的负责人。

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居民和程序员Edwin Jones的领导下，“比特币Witsand”运动已从一两个商人发展到该镇的大多数商人接受比特币。

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

在南非记者发现了旅行记者和比特币福音传教士乔·纳卡本（Joe Nakamoto）（真名约瑟夫·霍尔（Joseph Hall））的视频之后，Witsand最近成为了当地的头条新闻。

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

Nakamoto于去年1月访问了该镇，并在YouTube上发布了有关他几个月后的经历的视频。

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中使用比特币在便利店里支付杂货，餐馆，健身房，汽油，甚至是水上运动等娱乐活动。

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

中村还说，几家住宿场所接受了比特币，并采访了采用加密货币的当地船长。

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

琼斯在视频中告诉中村，增长最初非常慢，三名Witsand Merchants同意在三年内接受比特币。

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，对比特币的兴趣激增，导致Witsand的27或28家商人开始接受比特币，到2025年4月，该镇的45个场所在BTC MAPAS上列出了接受比特币。

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

琼斯说，比特币Witsand现在几乎没有增长的空间，因为只有少数人不希望接受加密货币作为付款。

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，他看到他们的角色改变成为现实生活中比特币工作的一个例子，例如萨尔瓦多的比特币海滩和莫塞尔湾的比特币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《连接世界播客》采访时，琼斯轻描淡写了他在制作比特币Witsand中的角色，称该镇的业务使球滚动。

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

琼斯说：“比特币的智慧早在我们给它一个名字之前就已经存在。”

“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.”

“这只是与朋友进行对话，随着当地业务开始了解比特币，他们实际上要求我们开始实现这项技术。”

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

琼斯说，当地企业主对比特币感到好奇，并且是他们可以在企业或商店中使用的技术解决方案。

Fanning a spark into a bonfire

将火花扇入篝火

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.

随着好奇心和兴趣的增加，比特币Witsand在鼓励入职的方法上变得更加有意，包括解决人们对将比特币换成兰特的恐惧。

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

这些细节是琼斯的第一个convert依者埃尔德里·希尔（Eldry Hill）分享的，他在今年早些时候在开普敦的采用比特币会议上发表了讲话。

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.

希尔（Hill）是埃莉（Ellie's）在Main上的所有者，Ellie's on Main是一家当地餐厅，她和她的伴侣几年前搬到Witsand后开业。

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.

此后，随着程序员最近成为父亲，她接管了琼斯的一些倡导工作和比特币Witsand的公开演讲。

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.

她解释说，考虑接受比特币的商店的一个重大问题是他们在月底收到的比特币要做的事情。

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.

店主需要兰德来服务贷款，付款供应商，支付运营费用或支付孩子的学费。他们不一定有兴趣长期持有比特币或经常进行转换。

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

希尔说，为帮助当地企业主提供了他们所需的保证，他们采取了多项计划。

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.

第一个是向当地企业提供基于比特币的小型贷款。她强调，这不是毯子或系统的解决方案。它只能在一个小社区中互相认识的小社区，并且有一个信任元素。

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.

希尔说，以当地的体育馆的身份说，贷方可以通过购买新的跑步机来与所有者聊天，以谈论他们如何改善健身房。

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.

希望创造循环比特币经济的个人将在比特币中借给健身房的所有者，将钱放在他们的嘴里。

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.

该模型的关键是还款机制。这个想法是鼓励企业接受比特币的服务，然后直接用比特币偿还贷款。

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，希尔说，他们为人们提供了一种以保证的汇率将比特币交换为法定货币的方式，这有助于人们克服对比特币价格波动的恐惧。

Backlash against Bitcoin Witsand

反对比特币Witsand的反弹

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

Witsand的采用及其引起的关注并非没有争议。

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，许多对比特币以及促进其在风景如画的小镇采用的居民仍然持怀疑态度。

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.

担忧包括一些有既得利益的人正在推动个人议程，而对城镇的关注将带来不必要的发展。

Several of the townsfolk seem completely against growth and prosperity

几个城镇的人似乎完全反对增长和繁荣