South Africa 南非

Reachable nodes	20 · 0.3% of global · rank #38
vs previous snapshot	-3
Geography Index	5.6 · rank 52
Hashrate share (2022)	No official data
Lightning	46 nodes · capacity 6 BTC
Bitcoin ATMs	≈ 33
Nodes per million	0.3
Top node city	Cape Town · 11
Stance on Bitcoin	Neutral
Policy grade	Open

Six layers at a glance

Nodes

0.3%

Hashrate

No data

Lightning

0.3%

ATM

0.1%

Policy

Neutral · Open

Energy/mines

0 sites listed

Policy & regulation

In 2022 the FSCA declared crypto assets a financial product and began licensing
The Reserve Bank is cautiously open and is piloting cross-border remittance use

History & key events

2022Crypto assets formally brought under financial-product regulation

Top node cities

11Cape Town
4Johannesburg
2(name omitted)
1Durban
1Isando
1Brentwood Park

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