All posts by: francois harris

About francois harris

I am a bitcoin enthusiast based in Cape Town South Africa. My twitter handle is @bitcoinzar.

Satoshi Labs have unveiled the TREZOR Model T hardware wallet, which is a next-generation hardware wallet, and the latest and most advanced of their products to date. The TREZOR Model T version of their hardware wallet is the successor of the TREZOR One wallet offered by Satoshi Labs, and has no buttons like its predecessor, […]

What is the SegWit2x hard fork? This is the highly controversial split of the bitcoin blockchain that miners are wanting to implement. Bitcoin miners will begin running the SegWit2x version of bitcoin which will increase the block size to 2MB, and the block weight to 8MB. This will cause the bitcoin blockchain to be split […]

Every few months you hear of another bitcoin exchange that has been hacked somewhere in the world. There are more and more exchanges, and that means there are a growing number of targets for hackers. Hackers know that exchanges are mostly honey-pots, filled with private user information, and more importantly bitcoin that can be virtually […]

  Buy a Ledger Nano S cryptocurrency wallet The Ledger Nano S is a Bitcoin, Ethereum and Altcoins hardware wallet that connects to any computer (USB). The wallet has a OLED display and two buttons that allow the user to easily confirm transactions. The Ledger Nano S is the successor to the original Ledger Nano […]

The price of bitcoin has been rising steadily over the years, and as it becomes more mainstream, more and more people are eager to invest in the technology.  Long term investors in bitcoin have really benefited from the price increases, and going forward, the future looks very bright. Please also take a look at our […]

In a follow up to our post with step-by-step instructions on how to buy bitcoin with a credit card using the bitcoin exchange CEX.IO, this post is to show you how you can earn a little extra cash from them using their bitcoin affiliate program. The exchange has recently launched an affiliate program, allowing their […]

We are often asked a lot of questions about the price of bitcoin in South Africa. The price of bitcoin is fluid, and is constantly changing 24 hours a day on bitcoin exchanges around the world. Generally people in South Africa use the USD bitcoin price as the ‘international’ bitcoin price, taking that value from […]