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Helping South Africans spend and accept Bitcoin with confidence.
The BitcoinFriendlySA online store is now live. Buy South African goods like coffee and rooibos using Bitcoin while supporting local merchants who already accept it in-store.
A full 2025 recap of everything published on BitcoinFriendlySA: guides, adoption insights, and platform updates. Your one place to catch up before 2026.
Here's how to pay with Bitcoin at Zapper merchants using a Lightning wallet (direct or via MoneyBadger) or a crypto exchange wallet like Luno.
Here's how to pay with Bitcoin at GeeWiz using a Lightning wallet or a crypto exchange wallet like Luno Pay, Binance Pay or VALR Pay.
A look at how the ability to spend Bitcoin in South Africa has expanded from a handful of merchants to hundreds of thousands of locations, and what that shift means for adoption and the direction of BitcoinFriendlySA.
Here's how to pay with Bitcoin at Bootlegger Cafés using a Lightning wallet (direct or via MoneyBadger) or a crypto exchange wallet like Binance Pay or VALR.
Learn how to pay with Bitcoin at Pick n Pay using a Lightning wallet (direct or via MoneyBadger) or a crypto exchange wallet like Binance Pay or Luno.
Learn how to spend Bitcoin in South Africa across hundreds of thousands of locations like Pick n Pay, Bootlegger, and Engen.
Learn how to move Bitcoin onto the Lightning Network using CapeCrypto in this simple, step-by-step South African guide.
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