More big news for the local Bitcoin scene: Well known payment provider in South Africa, Scan to Pay, has teamed up with MoneyBadger so you can spend bitcoin at 650,000+ Scan to Pay merchants nationwide. This comes hot on the heels of last months announcement of the Zapper bitcoin integration for 31 000+ merchants in […]
Big news for the local Bitcoin scene: you can now spend bitcoin pretty much everywhere that shows a Zapper QR code online or in-store, by using the Money Badger app with your bitcoin lightning wallet. Zapper is one of SA’s leading payment processors, trusted by a network of over 31,000 businesses, so this instantly unlocks […]
Over the past year, there’s been a noticeable surge in the number of businesses along the Garden Route accepting Bitcoin — not as a gimmick, but as a genuine alternative to the broken fiat system. From coffee shops and hair salons to yoga instructors, surf schools, guesthouses, farmers’ markets, and even private tour guides, more […]
Pick n Pay is a retail giant in South Africa with more than 1500 stores nation wide where you are now able to use bitcoin to make purchases, including the including PnP Express, Pick n Pay Clothing and bottle stores. At Pick n Pay you can pay for your groceries, municipal bill, or even buy […]
When choosing a lightning wallet it is important to decide on the type of wallet you need. Lightning payments are generally small payments for every day purchases, so although its not a lot to risk, there are pros and cons to using a self custodial versus a custodial wallet. If you are intending on spending […]
If you have bitcoin and would like to actually spend it instead of trade it for Rand on an exchange, there are a few ways you can do that. These days it is getting easier to find stores that accept bitcoin payments directly, and there is also the option of buying vouchers that you can […]
The lightning network The lightning network is an off-chain layer2 network, that aims to scale the bitcoin network to be able to handle millions to billions of transactions per second, instantly, through the power of smart contracts. Nodes can connect to each other and form the Lightning network. Connecting to another node means opening a […]
