We're excited to announce that @npub17593...c3ps, founder of Yité Technologies, will be joining us as a speaker at this year’s #BtrustDeveloperDay. 🎉 Nourou is a pioneering Bitcoin builder and one of West Africa’s most active advocates for Bitcoin development and education. He discovered Bitcoin during the 2017 bull run and later deepened his technical expertise by attending Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Protocol Development and Lightning Protocol Development seminars. Driven by his passion for Bitcoin’s potential in Africa, Nourou founded Bitcoin Sénégal 🇸🇳 and the Dakar Bitcoin Days conference, both instrumental in growing the regional Bitcoin community. Most recently, he launched @Banxaas App, an instant swap solution bridging BTC and the XOF fiat currency through the Lightning Network. At Developer Day, Nourou will lead a session on Banxaas. In this talk, he’ll unpack the journey of building, from concept to launch, explaining how Lightning can power fast, seamless swaps between bitcoin and local currencies, paving the way for everyday bitcoin use in West Africa. Don’t miss the chance to learn directly from Nourou and explore how Bitcoin innovation is driving financial inclusion across the continent. RSVP now to secure your spot: https://clooza.com/events/BTRUSTDEVELOPERDAY

We're happy to have Abdias AFOUDA, an open source contributor at Plan ₿ Network and Flash, joining #BtrustDeveloperDay as a speaker 🎉 A backend developer deeply passionate about Bitcoin, Olaniran has honed his expertise through advanced training programs, including the BOSS Program, Lightning Development Path at Chaincode Labs, and the Bitcoin CLI course by Btrust Builders, where he ranked among the top ten participants. As a co-instructor at the Cotonou 🇧🇯 Lightning Developer Bootcamp and speaker at BitDevs Cotonou , he actively shares his knowledge to strengthen the Bitcoin community in Benin. His open-source contributions span initiatives such as Plan ₿ Network and onboarding to Bitcoin Core, driving both local and global protocol development. In his session, Olaniran will explore the current state of Bitcoin adoption among French-speaking communities in West Africa, highlighting progress, programs, and tools supporting their integration, and showcasing how open-source collaboration fuels this growth. Discover how grassroots education and contribution are reshaping Bitcoin development across Francophone Africa. Register here to attend: https://clooza.com/events/BTRUSTDEVELOPERDAY

We’re excited to announce that Megasley, General Manager at @Africa Free Routing, will be speaking at the upcoming #BtrustDeveloperDay! 🎉 Megasley is a Bitcoin educator, builder, and advocate leading grassroots Lightning Network adoption across Africa. Over the past three years, he has hosted eight Lightning Developer Bootcamps across Nigeria 🇳🇬, Kenya 🇰🇪, Ghana 🇬🇭, Benin 🇧🇯, Zambia 🇿🇲, and South Africa 🇿🇦, training hundreds of developers and entrepreneurs to build practical, everyday Lightning tools. He’s spoken at major global Bitcoin gatherings, including the Lugano Plan B Conference, Africa Bitcoin Conference in Ghana, and the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in South Africa, and continues to mentor developers integrating Lightning into real-world systems. At Developer Day, Megasley will lead a session titled Building Lightning from the Ground Up: Insights from Developer Bootcamps Across Africa. In this talk, he’ll share lessons from teaching Lightning to developers, the creative ways his team solved local challenges, and how community-driven education is shaping Bitcoin innovation across the continent. Don’t miss the chance to learn how meaningful Lightning education programs are being built, and how you can run your own. 👉 RSVP now to secure your spot: https://clooza.com/events/BTRUSTDEVELOPERDAY

This week, the Bitcoin community gathers in Brazil 🇧🇷 for the São Paulo Bitcoin Week, a series of events celebrating open-source development, collaboration, and innovation across Latin America, starting today with the Bitcoin Dev Summit. We're happy to be a sponsor of both the Bitcoin Dev Summit and @Satsconf, the largest Bitcoin conference in South America. Our program and operations lead, Stephanie Titcombe, is representing Btrust on-ground in Brazil, where she delivered a welcome address at today’s Dev Summit, highlighting the shared mission between @Btrust Builders and @npub13s0k...5g70: to empower developers, decentralize Bitcoin development, and create opportunities for new contributors across emerging regions. Stay tuned as we continue to share updates from São Paulo throughout the week, from the Dev Summit to the SatsHack hackathon and SatsConf 2025.

The #BtrustDeveloperDay is back for its second edition, and this year we’re heading to the beautiful island of Mauritius 🇲🇺. Join us for a full day of technical sessions, hands-on workshops, and community building around Bitcoin. 🗓️ Save the date: December 2nd, 2025 📌 Venue: Trianon Convention Centre, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius We have an incredible lineup of speakers ready to share insights, explore the latest technical advancements, and collaborate on Bitcoin’s most exciting developments. If you’re going to be in Mauritius, you’re not going to want to miss this. And for those who can’t join us in person, we’ll be streaming the conference live. Stay tuned for speaker announcements, event updates, and more details in the coming weeks. Register here to attend: https://clooza.com/events/BTRUSTDEVELOPERDAY Learn more about the Developer Day here:

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Btrust Developer Day

In July, we put out a call for a Chief Executive Officer, and after a long, thoughtful, and rigorous selection process, we’re excited to share that @Abubakar Nur Khalil has been appointed as the new CEO of Btrust. Abubakar will be stepping down from his position on the Board to take on this full-time role, where he will report directly to the Btrust Board. His appointment marks an important new chapter for Btrust as we continue our mission to strengthen and support open-source development across Africa and beyond. This is a three-year term, with the possibility of renewal by a subsequent board for one additional three-year period. Read more about the appointment, as featured on @Bitcoin Magazine:

Bitcoin Magazine

Btrust Names Abubakar Nur Khalil As New CEO

After a stint as interim CEO, Abubakar Nur Khalil is officially Btrust's new chief executive officer.

Join us in congratulating Abubakar on this new role and in looking forward to what’s ahead for us.

Last week, the Btrust team was in Senegal 🇸🇳 for Dakar Bitcoin Days, a 3-day conference that brought together Bitcoin builders, educators, and enthusiasts from across the francophone region and the world over. On day 1, our communications officer, @npub12qj0...w8vy, emphasized the importance of global participation in Bitcoin development, noting that Bitcoin is a universal technology that thrives when people from all regions contribute to its code and growth. Her talk highlighted the work we’re doing at Btrust to support open-source Bitcoin development and encourage more francophone talent to join and contribute to the ecosystem. On day 2, our grantee Abdullahi shared practical insights on how developers can start contributing to Bitcoin open source, offering actionable tips and a look into what it takes to get started. Later that day, Tobechi demonstrated how BTCPay Server can connect Africa’s local payment systems with Bitcoin, advancing financial sovereignty across the continent. He also showcased the BTCPay Naira Payment Plugin (

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Mavapay Naira Checkout

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), which enables customers to pay in naira via bank transfer while merchants receive Bitcoin directly, powered by Mavapay as the offramp service. This model is already running successfully in Nigeria 🇳🇬, and the team is now exploring expansion across other African countries. We wrapped up the conference celebrating winners of the Dakar Bitcoin Hackathon, which had been going on for a little over a month. The conference sessions were thoughtfully curated, covering everything from beginner-friendly introductions to deep technical dives and local innovations. A big well done to the hosts for putting together the event. You can catch the session recordings here: https://youtube.com/@dakarbtcdays?si=CbSXT95Go-UlKTkf

A big thank you to @HRF team for featuring us in this week’s edition of the Financial Freedom Report. Read the full report and sign up here:

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You know what’s frustrating? When you’ve got the skills, the drive, and the ideas to make an impact, but the only thing stopping you is a border stamp. That’s the reality for so many brilliant Bitcoin developers across Africa and the Global South. They can write world‑class code, contribute to open‑source, and push the ecosystem forward, but collaborating in person with global peers or speaking on major stages? Too often, visa challenges make that impossible. We’ve decided that can’t be where the story ends. That's why we created the Pull Partnership; a way to place our grantees directly inside top Bitcoin teams around the world, where they can learn, share, and grow without barriers holding them back. The idea started when our grantee, Abubakar Sadiq Ismail, joined Chaincode Labs in New York 🇺🇸 last year. He spent time working alongside leading Bitcoin developers, gaining hands-on experience and navigating the visa maze. That success made us think: what if we made this kind of opportunity a standard part of our grant ecosystem? Fast forward to this year. We’ve just piloted the Pull Partnership with 2140.dev in Amsterdam 🇳🇱. We’ve paired the Btrust‑funded developers with their team, covering salaries, relocation costs, and visa support, while 2140 provided mentorship, career development, and access to key Bitcoin industry events. We’d like to say a huge thank you to the 2140 team for making this partnership a reality. Learn more about the Pull Partnership here:

Btrust Blog

Introducing The Btrust Pull Partnership

In the world of Bitcoin development, talent is everywhere. Yet, for many developers in the Global South, especially across Africa, reaching the hig...