We are building for freedom in Africa, yet bad actors are trying to ruin us. Our African nodes have been hacked. While our customers' funds were not affected, the losses we incurred are so severe we've had to temporarily close our African nodes. This is so sad, we are so sorry 😢

Want to contribute to Bitcoin open source but don’t know where to start? The Dakar bootcamp includes space to learn, contribute, and get guidance from people who’ve walked that path. From 16 to 20 November. Free seats won’t last forever. Dakar, we are waiting for you 🇸🇳 ! freerouting.africa/dakar-lig…

Picture your day in Dakar 🇸🇳 For five days in Dakar, from 16 to 20 November, your days run 9:00 to 17:00: coding workshops, Bitcoin fundamentals, Lightning practice, mentoring and a room full of builders who care about the same mission as you ⚡ Five days like that can change your trajectory 🚀 Free and with limited scholarships Apply now: freerouting.africa/dakar-lig…

Africa is not just adopting Bitcoin. African women are building it. We built Dada Devs with the hope of creating a better ecosystem for African women in Bitcoin — one where women have access to the technical training, mentorship, resources, and opportunities they need to move from learning about Bitcoin to actively building and contributing to it. That vision is taking shape. Through Dada Devs, we are creating pathways for women to develop their technical skills, contribute to open-source projects, explore Bitcoin infrastructure, and build solutions of their own. We want African women to be more than participants in this ecosystem. We want them to help shape its future. @su_githaiga @nkatha_kk @Salma_Adam_KE @junearsenic7 and @nnakhero are five of the women doing that work. Their journeys reflect what becomes possible when women have the support and space to grow into technical contributors. And they are just a fraction of what is happening at Dada Devs. There are more women learning, building, contributing, and finding their place in this ecosystem. We started with a hope for a better future for African women in Bitcoin. Seeing that future begin to take shape through their work is a reminder of why we do this. Meet the five African women contributing to the future of Bitcoin. Discover what they’re building, the work they’re contributing to, and how Dada Devs is helping create more pathways for African women in Bitcoin development. Read the full story. 👇🏾 dadadevs.com/what-happens-wh… #dadadevs #opensource

Btrust Dev Con 2027 > Btrust Dev Day More updates soon.

Meet @colmwanga , a Bitcoin open-source developer working with Rust, Lightning and payment security. He contributes to OpenSwap, CDK and BTCPay Server, including Swahili translation. By day, he cleans Nairobi; by night, he debugs Bitcoin! #BitcoinAfrica #BitcoinEducation

New week. Same opportunity. Bigger decision 🔥 The Dakar Lightning Developer Bootcamp is happening 16–20 November 2026. Five days of hands-on Bitcoin and Lightning building in Senegal 🇸🇳⚡ Free to attend and with limited scholarships. Don’t let Monday pass without taking one step toward your application: freerouting.africa/dakar-lig…

La communauté @bitcoin_sen au anges ce mois avec le Bootcamp et ensuite avec le grandiose @dakarbtcdays 🥳🥳🥳 Le Sénégal, hub de la découverte du Bitcoin en Novembre 🔥🔥🔥

Une opportunité à ne pas rater. @galsendev @ODCSenegal @galsenai @linuxsenegal @laravel_sn @bitcoin_sen

We’re bringing our Bootcamp to Dakar 🇸🇳 In partnership with @dakarbtcdays , we are proud to announce the Dakar Lightning Developer Bootcamp, five intensive days of Bitcoin and Lightning building in Senegal. 📅 16–20 November 2026 🕘 9:00–17:00 (Dakar time) 📍 Venue TBA You’ll learn by doing: Bitcoin fundamentals, hands-on Lightning apps, real developer energy, and a hackathon to close the week 🚀 Register now: freerouting.africa/dakar-lig…

Yesterday was Day 5 and the final day of our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! 🇹🇿 As always, we wrapped things up with a hackathon! 🚀 After four days of learning, the developers got to put everything into practice, building and experimenting with Bitcoin and Lightning. It was great to see the ideas they came up with and the progress they made in just a few days. We also established BitDevs Dar es Salaam yesterday! 🇹🇿🎉 A new space for Bitcoin enthusiasts and developers to come together, discuss Bitcoin development, share ideas, and keep learning beyond the bootcamp. A huge thank you to our instructors, @Extheo , @megasley and @_Satoshee for sharing their knowledge, answering countless questions, and guiding the developers throughout the week. We truly appreciate you! 🙏🏾 We are also deeply grateful to our sponsors and partners, @HRF, @btrustteam , @Tether_Africa, @planb_network, @afribitcoiners, and @BitcoinSafariTZ , for making this bootcamp possible. And a special thank you to @Graysatoshi for all his help with on ground logistics throughout the bootcamp. Five days of learning, building, and connecting. And now, a new Bitcoin community in Dar es Salaam. What a week! 🇹🇿⚡

Day 4 in Dar es Salaam! 🇹🇿⚡ Yesterday, we took things a step further and started putting everything we’ve learned into practice. We showed the developers how to build on Lightning, working with APIs and exploring how they can bring Lightning payments into real world applications. Our instructor, @Extheo also went deep into open source contribution and @btrust_builders pathways. From finding projects to contribute to, understanding a codebase, making changes, and submitting contributions, the goal was to show that building in Bitcoin is not just about starting something new. There is also a huge opportunity to contribute to the projects already powering the ecosystem. It was a packed day with lots of building, questions, and hands on work. One more day to go! ⚡🚀 We are deeply grateful to our sponsors and partners, @HRF , @btrustteam , @Tether_Africa, @planb_network , @afribitcoiners, and @BitcoinSafariTZ

DAY 1 OF HACK4FREEDOM NBO 🇰🇪 And oh, Dada Devs! 😮‍💨🔥 The turnout. The energy. The talent. UNMATCHED. Day 1 made one thing very clear: skills and talent aren’t the missing gap. The room is. We kicked things off with @briimhd Founder of @hack4_freedom , who took the ladies through why this work matters and why creating more opportunities for builders is critical. Our Founder, @marcelorraine , challenged the room to think beyond simply being consumers of technology. Her message? Build from Africa. Africa doesn’t just need more people using technology. We need more people building it. She encouraged the participants to explore what they can create using open-source protocols like Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr and eCash and to see themselves not just as participants in the ecosystem, but as builders shaping what comes next. A session that had the room reflecting on why they showed up and what they’re capable of building.. 🧵

We’re excited to announce the Q3 2026 Btrust developer grant recipients. 🚀 Ten Bitcoin open-source developers are receiving support: five starter grant recipients and five long-term open-source cohort members. This quarter also marks an important first: Btrust developer grants are going directly to developers outside Africa. Through our recent expansion of long-term grants across the Global Majority, we’re now supporting developers in Brazil 🇧🇷 and India 🇮🇳. Their work, alongside that of recipients in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Kenya 🇰🇪, spans @bitcoincoreorg, mining ⛏️ infrastructure, Lightning⚡, wallet libraries, and privacy-preserving payments. Meet the recipients and learn about their work:

Day 3 in Dar es Salaam! 🇹🇿 Today, we got deep into Bitcoin transactions. The developers learned how transactions work under the hood and got hands on with constructing raw Bitcoin transactions. In the afternoon, we moved into Lightning ⚡ We covered the fundamentals of the Lightning Network and then got our hands dirty with @lightningpolar, setting up nodes and experimenting with a local Lightning network. It was a packed day, but the developers were right there with us, asking questions and getting their hands dirty. We are deeply grateful to our sponsors and partners, @HRF , @btrustteam , @Tether_Africa , @planb_network , @afribitcoiners , and @BitcoinSafariTZ , for supporting this bootcamp and helping make this opportunity possible for developers in Tanzania. 🙏🏾 Three days down, two more to go.

This is what we love to see! 🙌🏾 We're glad to have been part of @abeeujah's journey. Keep killing it, man! 🔥

Day 2 of our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! 🇹🇿⚡ Today, we went deep into Bitcoin RPC commands, exploring how developers can interact with Bitcoin Core and work with the Bitcoin blockchain. Our instructor, @Extheo, led the sessions, taking participants through practical exercises and helping them understand how things work under the hood. The curiosity, and engagement from the developers made the session even better. Two days down, three more to go. We keep learning and building. 🚀 Big thanks to our sponsors and partners for making this possible. 🙏🏾

Today, we kicked off our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! 🇹🇿 We welcomed developers eager to learn, build, and contribute to the future of Bitcoin and Lightning in Africa. Day 1 was all about understanding the fundamentals of money and Bitcoin, laying the foundation for building real world applications. The energy, curiosity, and enthusiasm in the room were incredible. And this is just the beginning. We have four more days of learning, building, and connecting. Thank you to our sponsors and partners for making this a reality: @HRF , @btrustteam, @Tether_Africa , @planb_network , @afribitcoiners and @BitcoinSafariTZ

From understanding Lightning to making it work. ⚡ Sessions 13 & 14 of Rust for Bitcoin 2.0 took participants deeper into the Lightning Network and its role within the Bitcoin ecosystem. With @200OKDeveloper, @megasley and @damola21mm guiding the sessions, participants explored key Lightning concepts and worked hands on with Polar, LNURL, and LUD-05, moving from understanding the technology to interacting with it in practice. The sessions also featured practical Lightning transactions, giving participants direct experience with sending and receiving Lightning payments and a clearer understanding of how Lightning based applications work. Two sessions of practical learning that brought participants closer to the program’s bigger goal: moving from learning Bitcoin technologies to building and contributing to the Bitcoin ecosystem. #TheBuidlGrid #RustForBitcoin

Africa’s Bitcoin developer talent is here. We’re building a marketplace where you can discover and hire developers building with Bitcoin, Lightning and open source. Meet the builders at devs.freerouting.africa 🚀