CD189: MONEYBADGER - BITCOIN PAYMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
By ODELL
Aired Jan 23, 2026 · 1h 12m · Last boosted Feb 17, 2026
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Carel van Wyk is the founder and CEO of MoneyBadger. MoneyBadger enables easy bitcoin payments at 650 thousand stores in South Africa. MoneyBadger on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsz85k206vm3vqdmlvcy9l4kyfqc… MoneyBadger on X: https://x.com/MoneyBadgerPay Wesbite: https://www.moneybadger.co.za/ EPISODE: 189 BLOCK: 933542 PRICE: 1112 sats per dollar (00:03:26) What is Money Badger? Mission and merchant focus (00:05:13) Paying anywhere in South Africa (00:05:27) 650,000 locations (00:07:04) Leveraging existing QR payment rails and the Pick n P...
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Great rip! I listened to this little late since I was traveling and I’m trying to catch up. Not just on podcasts, but all the technology you’re talking about here and on RHR, etc. I am only about 15 months into this whole Bitcoin/freedom tech rabbit hole and it is a bit overwhelming for an GenXr who’s busy learning how to get out of the fiat world while working a full time fiat job. In regard to the friction you fee…
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Banger rip. Things like this make me so excited. I imagine Square implements something similar before too long.
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This bridging trick sounds great.
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Impressing with Lightning payment in South Afrika. Look at this Europe
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Carel: "This is urgent" Odel: "What's the tax policy?" These two guys are on different wavelengths
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Thanks for the inspiration. Way to go Carel
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