📢Africa doesn't just need more Bitcoin projects. It needs more sustainable Bitcoin companies. If you'd like to help founders move from prototypes to sustainable products, we'd love to hear from you.📩 View quoted note →

📚 Readers' Friday Book Club Every chapter of Bitcoin's history has shaped the network we use today. Tonight, we're exploring Chapter 7: The Real Cost of Big Blocks from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. What really happened during Bitcoin's scaling debate? What lessons can today's builders and users learn from it? And how does it continue to influence Bitcoin's future? Join us as we read, question, and discuss one of Bitcoin's most controversial topics. 🕕 6:00 PM UTC 💬 Discord:

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💡Spotlight on Bit-Fitness 📍Location: South Africa 🇿🇦 About: Bit-Fitness is a dynamic movement that fuses Bitcoin education with sports, fitness, and community wellness. It brings people together through group workouts, community runs, marathons, football tournaments, and Bitcoin-powered events, demonstrating that the same principles of proof of work, discipline, low time preference, and self-custody apply to both the body and money. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Integrate Bitcoin education into everyday fitness and sports activities, making concepts like proof of work, self-sovereignty, and sound money tangible and enjoyable through movement and real-world application. 🔹Build strong, inclusive local communities by hosting shared workouts, runs, tournaments, and events that connect people across coastal and urban South Africa, fostering connection, support, and collective growth. 🔹Reward participants with real Bitcoin (sats) as prizes for races, challenges, and milestones, proving BTC as a powerful, tangible incentive that directly ties effort to financial empowerment. 🔹Promote circular economies by prioritizing and accepting Bitcoin payments for merchandise, event perks, refreshments, and services, normalizing Bitcoin as everyday money in fitness and community settings. 🔹Foster holistic personal development by combining physical strength, mental discipline, and financial sovereignty, empowering individuals to take full control of both their health and their wealth through Bitcoin as a tool for long-term freedom. Connect with Bit-fitness: X handle: @BitFitness21M 👇Dive deeper into the African Bitcoin economy!

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🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Bitcoin has never missed a block because of a CEO decision. That's because there is no CEO. No board meetings. No headquarters. No executive team.😂 Just a global network of participants following the same rules.🌍⚡

How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in South Africa? 🇿🇦 South Africa is leading Bitcoin momentum across Africa! Merchant adoption is surging as grassroots projects turn BTC from speculation into everyday currency, boosting financial inclusion and sovereignty. Key Projects Driving Adoption: 🔹Bit-Fitness — Combines Bitcoin education with fitness events to promote wellness and awareness. 🔹Bitcoin Ekasi — Non-profit in Mossel Bay townships paying staff in Bitcoin and building circular economies. 🔹Bitcoin El Zera — Youth program teaching Bitcoin literacy and financial sovereignty to underprivileged teens. 🔹Bitcoin For Business — Guides SA businesses on adopting Bitcoin for growth and resilience. 🔹Bitcoin In The Wild — Uses Bitcoin to drive conservation, education, and sustainable community empowerment. 🔹Bitcoin Johannesburg — Bi-monthly meetups for networking, knowledge sharing, and urban adoption strategies. 🔹Bitcoin Karoo — Lightning-only circular economy in the Karoo with merchant onboarding and education. 🔹Bitcoin Loxion — Sustainable Bitcoin communities via education, meetups, and real-world use cases. 🔹Bitcoin Plett — Supports merchant payments, events, and Bitcoin adoption in Plettenberg Bay. 🔹Bitcoin Sisonke — Educates individuals, onboards merchants, and highlights Bitcoin’s economic benefits. 🔹Bitcoin Ubuntu — Swellendam volunteer org for Bitcoin education, workshops, and rural financial inclusion. 🔹Bitcoin Witsand — Circular Bitcoin economy in Witsand, promoting local business acceptance. 🔹Bitcoin Zar — Education, meetups, and resources welcoming newcomers to Bitcoin in SA. 🔹BitcoinFriendlySA — Directory and hub helping South Africans confidently spend and accept Bitcoin. 🔹BitcoinOnly — Payment solutions, hardware/software sales, and consulting for Bitcoin integration. 🔹Bitshack — Builds Bitcoin community through education and local economy initiatives. 🔹Cardware Wallet — Air-gapped hardware wallet for secure offline Bitcoin and EVM storage. 🔹MoneyBadger — Lightning payments via QR at major stores like Pick n Pay, settling in ZAR. 🔹Orange — SaaS for low-cost Bitcoin remittances and financial services in emerging markets. 🔹Proof of Bitcoin — Connects businesses for Bitcoin commerce, networking, and ecosystem growth. 🔹SimplB — Advanced security training and multi-signature setups for Bitcoin users and businesses. 🔹Simply Sow — Promotes awareness, adoption, and circular economies through local initiatives. 🔹SowetoBtc — Financial education and merchant onboarding empowering Soweto youth and businesses. 🔹Tri Bitcoin — Bitcoin promotion via triathlon events blending fitness and education. 🔹WeDoBitcoin — Interactive directory mapping Bitcoin-accepting businesses across South Africa. These projects are building a vibrant Bitcoin ecosystem across education, business, and social impact. 👇Dive deeper into the African Bitcoin economy!

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🎬 Today's Watch Party Wednesday was a huge success! Today, our community came together to watch Bigger Than Bitcoin by My First Bitcoin and **Kyle Huber, a powerful documentary showcasing how Bitcoin education is transforming lives across Kenya. Here are some of our biggest takeaways: 🟠 Bitcoin education is the foundation of adoption. People don't just need access to Bitcoin, they need the knowledge to use it confidently. 🟠 Circular economies don't happen overnight. They are built through patient community engagement, merchant onboarding, and consistent education. 🟠 Local leaders drive lasting impact. Grassroots educators understand their communities best and are key to sustainable adoption. 🟠 Bitcoin is solving real-world problems. From youth empowerment and women's initiatives to waste management and local commerce, the documentary highlighted practical Bitcoin use cases beyond speculation. 🟠 Open-source education scales globally. Initiatives like My First Bitcoin show how freely accessible educational resources can be adapted to local contexts across Africa and beyond. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the discussion, shared insights, and asked thoughtful questions. Conversations like these remind us that Bitcoin isn't just about technology, it's about people, communities, and creating lasting change. If you missed today's session, we highly recommend watching Bigger Than Bitcoin and joining us next Wednesday for another Watch Party! View quoted note →

🎬 Watch Party Wednesday One video can teach you something. One discussion can change how you think. Join us today at 2PM UTC on Discord as we watch Bitcoin content together and dive deeper into the ideas shaping the future of money.⚡ Ask questions. Challenge assumptions. Learn with the community. See you there!🍿👇 discord.gg/uVD8C5Jurh

💡Spotlight on Pan-African Bitcoin 📍Location: Eritrea 🇪🇷 About: Pan-African Bitcoin is a grassroots, open-source Bitcoin education academy pioneering Bitcoin awareness directly from Eritrea. As the first dedicated initiative of its kind in the country, it delivers structured learning cohorts, translates core Bitcoin materials into Tigrinya (and other local languages). Some Key Objectives: 🔹Deliver free, high-quality Bitcoin education through live cohorts, consistent programs, and accessible learning opportunities tailored specifically for Eritrean students and communities. 🔹Translate and open-source key Bitcoin resources — including the Bitcoin whitepaper and foundational materials, into Tigrinya and other local languages to maximize accessibility and inclusion. 🔹Teach core Bitcoin concepts from first principles (blockchain fundamentals, mining, decentralization, monetary properties, and more) entirely in native languages for deeper understanding and retention. 🔹Advance grassroots #orangepill adoption, foster open-source contributions, and strengthen Pan-African Bitcoin collaboration to grow a resilient, sovereign-minded Bitcoin community from the ground up. Connect with Pan-African Bitcoin: Website:

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🚨Farida Nabourema recently wrote: "The objective was never to build organizations that survive on Bitcoin. The objective was, and remains, to build an Africa that can thrive because of it." That observation resonates deeply. After documenting 189 Bitcoin projects in our Q3 2026 African Bitcoin Ecosystem Report, one trend stood out: Too many promising projects don't survive beyond their first two years. The challenge isn't a lack of talent, technical ability, or passion. It's the lack of structured support after the hackathon: ➡️Product validation. ➡️Business mentorship. ➡️Accountability. ➡️Funding pathways. ➡️Long-term ecosystem support. Africa doesn't just need more Bitcoin projects. It needs more sustainable Bitcoin companies. That's the problem we're setting out to solve. If you'd like to help founders move from prototypes to sustainable products, we'd love to hear from you.📩

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💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Nakfa 📍Location: Eritrea 🇪🇷 About: Bitcoin Nakfa is a humble, peer-led community initiative created by Eritreans for Eritreans. Guided by the simple mission “Bitcoin Education for Eritrea,” it focuses on delivering grassroots Bitcoin education that is practical, culturally relevant, and easy to understand. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Deliver free, accessible Bitcoin education specifically designed for Eritrean communities and tailored to their local context and realities. 🔹Raise awareness of Bitcoin as a powerful tool for financial sovereignty, independence, and personal economic resilience. 🔹Build sustainable Bitcoin liquidity and develop practical, real-world use cases inside Eritrea. 🔹Foster peer-to-peer learning and support organic, community-driven adoption efforts across the country. 🔹Highlight Eritrea’s place in the growing African Bitcoin movement and encourage meaningful, long-term participation from the ground up. Connect with Bitcoin Nakfa: X handle: @BitcoinNakfa 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa:

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How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Eritrea? 🇪🇷 Bitcoin adoption in Eritrea remains in its early stages and is progressing gradually amid significant challenges. Key Projects Driving Adoption: 🔹Bitcoin Nakfa: One of the primary initiatives pushing Bitcoin education and awareness in Eritrea is Bitcoin Nakfa. This is a humble, peer-led community effort focused on free Bitcoin education tailored for Eritreans. 🔹Pan-African Bitcoin: The first Bitcoin education initiative based in Eritrea, promoting open-source Bitcoin awareness (#orangepill) and grassroots education for Eritreans and the broader Pan-African context. 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa:

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📚Tonight, we explored Chapter 6: Notorious Nodes from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver & Steve Patterson, and it sparked one of our most engaging discussions yet. We unpacked the chapter's arguments around Bitcoin scaling, full nodes, SPV wallets, miner incentives, decentralization, and how differing visions for Bitcoin shaped the blocksize debate. We also compared the authors' interpretation with broader perspectives from the Bitcoin ecosystem and reflected on why these conversations still matter today. As always, there were thoughtful questions, healthy disagreements, and plenty of learning. Thanks to everyone who joined and contributed. See you next week! 🧡 View quoted note →

📚 Readers' Friday Book Club Tonight at 6:00 PM UTC, we're diving into Chapter 6: Notorious Nodes from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. We'll unpack one of Bitcoin's most debated scaling chapters, examine the authors' arguments, and discuss how these events continue to influence Bitcoin today. Whether you've read the chapter or just want to learn, you're welcome to join the conversation. 🕕 6:00 PM UTC 💬 Discord: discord.gg/mWt628TA4k Bring your questions. Leave with new perspectives. 📖🧡

💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Campus Zambia 📍Location: University campuses across Zambia 🇿🇲 About: Bitcoin Campus Zambia is a vibrant, student-led community dedicated to educating and empowering Zambian university students and youth about Bitcoin. It introduces students to Bitcoin concepts early, helping them understand its principles, technology, and real-world potential. Key Objectives: 🔹Student Bitcoin Education: Deliver accessible, practical education on Bitcoin fundamentals, technology, security, and real-world applications to university students and young Zambians. 🔹Youth Empowerment: Equip the next generation with knowledge, tools, and confidence to take control of their financial future through Bitcoin. 🔹Financial Independence: Teach students how to save, earn, and spend Bitcoin responsibly, building pathways to personal economic freedom and resilience. 🔹Campus Community Building: Create strong, self-sustaining Bitcoin communities on campuses that encourage peer learning, networking, collaboration, and a thriving circular economy. 🔹Bitcoin Literacy & Builder Development: Raise overall Bitcoin literacy while inspiring and training students to become not just users, but developers, innovators, and leaders in Zambia’s Bitcoin ecosystem. 🔗Connect with Bitcoin Campus Zambia: Website: bitcoincampuszm.org X handle: @btc_campus_zm 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa:

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