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📚 Readers’ Friday Book Club! Tonight, we continue Chapter 17: “Hotwired for Settlement” from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. We’ll discuss the blocksize wars, Bitcoin XT, miners’ role in network governance, and how coordination, censorship and developer influence shaped Bitcoin’s direction. 🕕 6:00 PM UTC 💬 Discord:

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🌍 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Bitcoin Dombo About: Bitcoin Dombo is a grassroots Bitcoin circular economy in Mozambique, built around the Maputo Skate and Education Foundation. The project turns an existing youth and education project into a place where Bitcoin is earned, spent, and saved locally, not just discussed. key objectives: 1. Educate the community about wallets, payments, and digital security. 2. Onboard neighborhood merchants, shops, food stands, services, so people can spend those sats nearby. 3. Help young people start small businesses that accept Bitcoin as payment and hold it as savings. 4. Pair practical payments with education, alongside workshops and a community classroom for digital skills. 5. Keep sats circulating inside Khongolote, proving Bitcoin works for ordinary purchases in a non-tourist suburb. Connect with Bitcoin Dombo: X handle: @BitcoinDombo PoWBot link:

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🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? Bitcoin doesn't need permission to exist. No company had to approve its launch. No government had to switch it on. No CEO can decide to shut it down. 17 years later, the network is still running. That's pretty interesting for an invention that started with a white paper and an idea. ₿ #Bitcoin #FunFact

How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Mozambique? 🇲🇿 Bitcoin adoption in Mozambique is developing through grassroots education, circular economies, developer training and practical payment use cases, with local initiatives helping more people understand and use Bitcoin. Some key initiatives driving adoption: 🔷 Bitcoin Dombo — A Bitcoin circular economy project focused on onboarding local merchants, strengthening grassroots adoption and promoting practical Bitcoin use in Mozambique. 🔷 Bitcoin Famba — A Maputo-based Bitcoin community providing education, workshops, Lightning Network training and developer support for Mozambican youth. 🔷 Lwandi Bitcoin — A Mozambique-focused Bitcoin initiative contributing to the growth of local Bitcoin education, community and adoption. 👇 Explore more African Bitcoin initiatives on the live directory:

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🎬 Today’s Watch Party was a success! We watched Swan Bitcoin’s video featuring Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin’s incentive games and how they help keep the network working long after its original builders are gone. Here are some of our key takeaways: 🔹 Miners compete, but the network benefits. Miners compete for Bitcoin rewards, while their work makes Bitcoin’s transaction history increasingly expensive to rewrite. 🔹 Competition and cooperation can coexist. Mining pools allow miners to work together, but miners can move their hashpower elsewhere when incentives change. 🔹 Users and miners are connected by fees. Users compete for block space through transaction fees, which in turn help compensate miners. 🔹 Hashpower doesn’t equal control. The 2017 New York Agreement showed that even miners representing a large share of mining power could not simply force a change to Bitcoin. 🔹 Adoption can become self-reinforcing. As more people believe in and use Bitcoin, that belief can help drive further adoption. 🔹 Bitcoin adapts without changing its rules. When China restricted mining in 2021, miners relocated, while Bitcoin’s issuance schedule remained unchanged. The bigger lesson: Bitcoin’s incentives don’t depend on everyone having the same goals. They work because participants can pursue their own interests while contributing to the network. A big thank you to everyone who joined today’s Watch Party and contributed to the discussion. 🧡 See you at the next one! ₿ View quoted note →

🎬 Watch Party Wednesday Join us for watch party today. We’re watching, breaking down the important parts, and opening the floor for discussion. What stands out to you? What do you agree or disagree with? 🕑 2:00 PM UTC 📍 Discord:

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📉 Growth is not always upwards! Africa’s Bitcoin ecosystem now has 180 verified projects across 23 countries. That is down from 189 projects in Q3, a 4.8% decrease after our latest directory review. But a smaller number does not necessarily mean less growth.🚨 As part of our regular review, 11 projects were removed because they were no longer active, no longer met our Bitcoin-only criteria, or had unresolved technical issues. At the same time, 2 new verified projects were vetted and added, bringing the total to 180 projects. The goal is not simply to keep adding projects to the map, it is to maintain an accurate, up-to-date directory of active Bitcoin-only initiatives across Africa. If your project is already listed, claim it and keep your information up to date. If you’re building Bitcoin in Africa and are not on the map yet, submit your project for review. A special thank you to the builders, communities and organisations continuing to drive Bitcoin adoption across Africa. 🧡 Check out the Live African Bitcoin Directory, discover the builders, and share it with more builders across the continent. 🔗

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🌍 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Proof of Work Academy (POWA) 📍 Location: Tanzania 🇹🇿 About: Proof of Work Academy is a Bitcoin education initiative focused on introducing Bitcoin to schools and local communities across Tanzania, particularly in the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions. Key Objectives: 1. Introduce students and young people to Bitcoin. 2. Expand Bitcoin education within local communities. 3. Build a stronger grassroots Bitcoin network in Tanzania. 4. Develop long-term Bitcoin literacy among the next generation. 5. Encourage practical understanding and adoption of Bitcoin. Connect with Proof of Work Academy: X handle: @POWA255 👇 Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives: https://directory.bitcoiners.africa/

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🌍 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: Chapsmart Location: Tanzania 🇹🇿 About: Chapsmart focuses on making Bitcoin payments and remittances more accessible by enabling peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange using Tanzanian Shillings through M-Pesa. Key Objectives: 1. Simplify Bitcoin access for Tanzanian users. 2. Improve Bitcoin-based remittance options. 3. Connect Bitcoin with existing mobile money infrastructure. 4. Enable faster and more accessible peer-to-peer Bitcoin transactions. 5. Expand practical Bitcoin payment use cases in Tanzania. Connect with Chapsmart: X: @chapsmart_tz Website:

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📚 Readers’ Friday Book Club! Tonight, we continue Chapter 16: “Blocking the Exit” from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. We’ll discuss the chapter’s account of the blocksize debate, Bitcoin.org and r/Bitcoin moderation, censorship, control of information, DDoS attacks, and the wider question of decentralisation and who gets to shape Bitcoin’s narrative. 🕕 6:00 PM UTC 💬 Discord:

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🌍 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: BitcoinSafariTz 📍Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿 About: BitcoinSafariTz is a grassroots Bitcoin initiative focused on growing Bitcoin awareness and adoption in Tanzania through education, developer programmes, tourism integration and community building. Key Objectives: 1. Expand Bitcoin education across Tanzania. 2. Build and strengthen local Bitcoin communities. 3. Introduce more developers to Bitcoin and Lightning development. 4. Explore Bitcoin use cases within Tanzania’s tourism sector. 5. Support practical Bitcoin adoption among individuals and businesses. Connect with BitcoinSafariTZ: X: @BitcoinSafariTZ 👇 Explore the live directory for more African Bitcoin initiatives: https://directory.bitcoiners.africa/

🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? Bitcoin is older than Instagram. 😂₿ Bitcoin launched in 2009. Instagram? 2010. So technically, Bitcoin was already running for a year before Instagram gave us a place to post our breakfast.😂 And somehow, 17 years later, we’re still here talking about magic internet money. #Bitcoin #FunFact

How is Bitcoin Adoption Progressing in Tanzania? 🇹🇿 Bitcoin adoption in Tanzania is still in its early stages but is gaining momentum through grassroots education, remittances, community building, and practical payment solutions that connect with the country’s established mobile money ecosystem. Some key projects driving adoption: 🔷 BitcoinSafariTz — A grassroots Bitcoin initiative focused on education, developer programmes, tourism integration, and community building, primarily in Dar es Salaam and beyond. 🔷 Chapsmart — A Bitcoin payments and remittance project enabling peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange using Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) through M-Pesa. 🔷 Proof of Work Academy (POWA) — A Bitcoin education initiative working with schools and communities across the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions. 👇 Explore more African Bitcoin initiatives on the live directory:

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🎬 Watch Party Wednesday! Join us today as we watch, unpack key ideas, and discuss what they mean for Bitcoin and its future. 🕑 2:00 PM UTC 📍 Discord:

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🌍 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: OSGuild 📍 Location: Mauritius 🇲🇺 About: OSGuild is a decentralised developer ecosystem focused on helping developers contribute to real Bitcoin open-source projects. It combines collaborative Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) development with cryptographic identity, contributor reputation, and Lightning-based incentives to help developers build practical skills and verifiable contribution records. Key Objectives: 1. Build a pipeline of sovereign open-source contributors: Develop a structured pathway for developers to move from learning open-source practices to making verified contributions to real Bitcoin projects. 2. Give developers practical FOSS experience: Move beyond theory through hands-on code sprints, Git workflows, peer review and contributions to production-grade Bitcoin open-source repositories. 3. Strengthen Bitcoin technical skills and contribution standards: Help developers develop the technical, collaborative and review skills required to contribute safely and effectively to active Bitcoin and FOSS projects. 4. Establish verifiable contributor identities and reputation: Use Nostr-based identity and cryptographic verification to give contributors portable proof of their work, achievements and participation across the open-source ecosystem. 5. Create sustainable incentives for open-source contribution: Connect meaningful contributions with Bitcoin micro-rewards through Lightning, giving developers a direct, self-custodial incentive for the work they contribute to open-source projects. Connect with OSGuild: Website:

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