Spending bitcoin in South Africa is sometimes problematic, because not many vendors actually accept bitcoin for purchases. While its easy to shop at Pick n Pay with bitcoin, or shop online at a Takealot using a voucher purchased with bitcoin from bitrefill, those are generally smaller ticket items, nothing as expensive as a car. If […]
The Blockstream Jade hardware wallet is simple to use, open source, and provides advanced security for your bitcoin, as well as layer-2 assets on the liquid network such as L-BTC and USDt. Designed from the ground up to keep your private keys to your assets safe and secure, the Jade has a simple setup and […]
This post explains how you can get R200 worth of bitcoin for FREE from Luno exchange. This only works if you dont already have an account with Luno. If you already have a Luno account you cannot participate, sorry. When you complete the steps below, Luno will reward you and me both with R200 worth […]
VALR (https://www.valr.com)is a digital asset platform headquartered in South Africa that allows our customers to buy, sell, store and transfer bitcoin and over 60 other cryptocurrencies easily and securely. Since it was launched in 2019, VALR has processed hundreds of billions of Rands worth of crypto assets in trading volume and serves over 250 000 […]
You hear it all the time on social media, strangers contact you with wild claims of ways to ‘earn’ some bitcoin or get returns on a bitcoin ‘investment’ with some new platform. Something inside you begins to flutter as you think about the possibilities of making some money this time, but you also worry about […]
Crowdfunding has proven to be a great way for an individual or organization to raise money through donations from the ‘crowd’, which is usually family, friends, strangers, or and anyone who will listen to your story, and who would like to support you. Crowdfunding basically works by helping you to raising small amounts of money, […]
Once again, there is a “Bitcoin Halving” in the next few months. What exactly does this mean, and why does it make many bitcoin users excited? Let us explain some information and ideas that are going around. What is the bitcoin halving? TLDR: The inflation rate of bitcoin goes down. Bitcoin transactions are grouped into […]
While people around the world are celebrating the dawn of a new decade of 2020, bitcoin users around the world are excited to celebrate bitcoins 11th anniversary of the Genesis block. Yes, you read that correctly, bitcoin is officially 11 years old, time flies when you are having fun! At approximately 18:15:05 UTC on 3 […]
We constantly get messages and cries for help from people who have lost money or been scammed, because they trusted a stranger on the internet to trade for them. STOP trusting people! Dont give a stranger money, and expect them to give it back. Its never going to happen. I dont care if they show […]
10 years ago today on October 31st, 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto announced the creation of Bitcoin in his technical white paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” to the cryptography mailing list. 3 Months later, when the Bitcoin network launched in 2009, very few people understood its significance. Today, a decade after the white paper […]
