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You can learn anything on X!

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@gauravsbuilding Just used this tool, it is incredible! Thank you for this tool!!

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🚨 Africa's First Crypto Payment Vending Machines Have Arrived!

Imagine walking up to a vending machine, scanning a QR code, and paying instantly with Bitcoin.

No card.
No cash.
No bank.

That future is no longer a concept. It is now a reality in South Africa.

@MoneyBadgerPay

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

🚨 Announcement!

MoneyBadger has partnered with @OzowPay to make it easier for South Africans to pay with Bitcoin!

Available online.
Fast checkout.
Pay from your wallet.

This partnership brings Bitcoin payments closer to how people already pay in South Africa.

🔎Find more stores: https://t.co/RUqy7QThbF

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

Pay with Bitcoin https://t.co/R2TGzjQT1n

[Handre @Handre]

The South African government published draft regulations that would criminalize self-custody of Bitcoin. Border agents could demand your private keys. Treasury could force you to sell your Bitcoin back to rand. All holdings must be declared within 30 days. This happened by ministerial decree without a parliamentary vote.

Murray Rothbard described the state as nothing more than a gang of thieves writ large, legitimized through the mythology of democratic consent. South Africa's National Treasury demonstrates this perfectly. They are using a 93-year-old law from 1933 to regulate technology that didn't exist until 2009, overriding court rulings that said crypto assets fall outside exchange controls. The rand has lost 90% of its value in thirty years, and now they want to trap you inside their sinking currency.

They are doing this because of what economists call the Impossible Trinity. Any government can only maintain two of three things: stable exchange rates, free capital movement, or independent monetary policy. South Africa chose capital controls plus monetary independence, sacrificing your freedom to move money. Bitcoin breaks that equation. When you can custody your own wealth outside their system, their capital controls become meaningless.

Eleven million South Africans remain unbanked. For them, self-custodied Bitcoin is their bank. The same government claiming to care about financial inclusion just moved to criminalize the only viable savings technology these people can access. Bastiat would recognize the paradox: what is seen is "investor protection," what is unseen is the destruction of the only escape route from monetary theft.

The comment window closes May 16th. They are betting you won't notice until it's too late.

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I sat with the CEO of Layerz Wallet, @GarethGrobler.

He started one of the first crypto exchanges in South Africa in 2013 and has watched people repeat the same costly mistakes over self custody wallets.

This one is worth your time.
▶️ https://t.co/9KvKZR3c9i

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

You must value learning above everything else.

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@NickDarlington @carelvwyk Thanks @NickDarlington, let's keep the bitcoin circular growing with educational content!

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The Dollar’s Silent Collapse

The US dollar dropped from 18 rand to 16.76 rand. That’s 6.9% gone, and it’s a warning shot.

Behind this sits America’s $30 trillion debt monster. To put that in perspective, that’s $91,000 per citizen. The debt-to-GDP ratio now exceeds 123%,

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@CMgodeli @BitFitness21M What payment options do you guys have over there?

[jack @jack]

bitcoin is not crypto

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

Kids showing us how easy Bitcoin payments really are!🇿🇦

We met up with Bitcoin Ekasi last weekend and witnessed something special. Their community in Mossel Bay is building a real circular economy running on Bitcoin.

We asked these kids to show us how easy it is to pay with Bitcoin at @Mugg_and_Bean using the Money Badger app to scan a Zapper QR code and send funds through blink wallet.
The result? Milkshakes paid for with Bitcoin in seconds. 🥤

This is what financial inclusion looks like.
What are you waiting for?

@BitcoinEkasi @ZapperTM @blinkbtc

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

Bitcoin just became spendable at 650,000+ merchants across South Africa 🦡⚡

We recently announced our partnership with Scan to Pay to let South Africans spend their Bitcoin anywhere from grocery stores to petrol stations, without the usual hassle.

Here's what's different:
✅Instant QR code scanning for payments directly from your Bitcoin wallet or linked exchange account.
✅Support for Bitcoin Lightning Network means fast, low-cost transactions.
✅No additional setup for merchants already using Scan to Pay.
✅Merchants are guaranteed to receive the full Rand amount they invoice, with currency exchange happening instantly and seamlessly in the background.

Bitcoin was built to be peer-to-peer electronic cash. We're finally making that work in the real world for everyday South Africans.

This is just the beginning.

Find out more about the partnership and discover participating stores here:
https://t.co/iJZI4mw07b

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

In South Africa you no longer have to Imagine paying in Bitcoin because you can at over 650 000+ merchant locations! ⚡️🇿🇦

[Money⚡️Badger @MoneyBadgerPay]

Thanks @BootleggerCC for accepting our sats in exchange for a coffee fix! #SATSfaction

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It is without a doubt.⚡

[Joe Nakamoto ⚡️ @JoeNakamoto]

very curious about what @MoneyBadgerPay is doing for btc in South Africa 👀 🇿🇦

a steady stream of restaurants bars and even chains that are accepting bitcoin across South Africa

makes me wonder if South Africa is the next bitcoin country?

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@DeveloperNathan @Dischem @ColCacchio @MoneyBadgerPay @LunoGlobal @ZapperTM You can pay using https://t.co/fovtXzrLDt even using Blink.

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@BitcoinFrndlySA @NickDarlington @Dischem @ColCacchio @MoneyBadgerPay @LunoGlobal @ZapperTM ⚡

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@LunoGlobal @Dischem @ColCacchio @MoneyBadgerPay @ZapperTM Special thanks to you guys for making it all possible and EASY.🚀⚡