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2020 bitcoin halving

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 […]

bitcoin birthday 2018

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 […]

SegWit2x Hard Fork

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 […]

How to invest in bitcoin South Africa

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 […]