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NEW: 🇸🇳 Bitnob Brings Code & Chain Developer Event to Dakar with $5,000 Hackathon Prize. The event will bring together developers, builders, innovators, and Bitcoin enthusiasts for hands-on learning, project building, networking, and competition.

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NEW: ⚡️Machankura Fully Restores Bitcoin On-Chain and Lightning Functionality After Critical BTCPay Server Vulnerability. The service confirmed the complete return of functionality on August 10, 2026, just days after temporarily limiting operations in response to a critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server.

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NEW: 🚨Bitcoin Red Team Report No. 3 lists Nearly 8,000 Security Findings Across 501 Bitcoin Projects and Still Counting.

Africa Bitcoin News yesterday

NEW: 🚨 BIP-110 Fork Collapses After Mining Just Two Blocks as Nearly All of Bitcoin’s Hashpower Stays on the Main Chain.

Africa Bitcoin News 3 days ago

🇰🇪 Beyond Adversity Academy: premier meetup Bitcoin en zone rurale. Beyond Adversity Academy a tenu son premier meetup Bitcoin en zone rurale à Migori, Kenya, au bord du lac.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/beyond-adversity-academy-premier-meetup-bitcoin-en-zone-rurale/

Africa Bitcoin News 3 days ago

NEW: ⚡️ ZEUS Wallet Restores Lightning Addresses After Cybersecurity Incident. ZEUS, confirmed that no customer funds were lost or put at risk, and the remaining core services scheduled to return in the coming days.🚀

Africa Bitcoin News 5 days ago

🇲🇼 ABC2026: l’Africa Bitcoin Conference cherche ses Media Partners. La 5ᵉ édition de l’Africa Bitcoin Conference (#ABC2026) ouvre un appel clair: Calling All Media Partners.

👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/abc2026-lafrica-bitcoin-conference-cherche-ses-media-partners/

Africa Bitcoin News 5 days ago

NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Educators Academy Comes to Lagos With Just 10 Places. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-educators-academy-lagos-nigeria/

Africa Bitcoin News 5 days ago

NEW: 🚨ZEUS Lightning Wallet Temporarily Offline After Cybersecurity Incident With No Customer Funds Lost or at Risk.

Africa Bitcoin News 6 days ago

NEW: 🚨Boltz Suspends Bitcoin Swap Services Indefinitely as AI-Powered Attacks Outpace Its Team.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: 🇿🇲 Bitcoin Campus Zambia Hosts Second Trezor Academy Workshop in Lusaka. Bitcoin Campus Zambia, a student-led community focused on educating and empowering peers to save, earn, and spend Bitcoin, successfully completed its second Trezor Academy Workshop of 2026. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-campus-zambia-hosts-second-trezor-academy-workshop-in-lusaka-empowering-students-with-bitcoin-education-and-self-custody/

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

🚨Coldcard RNG Vulnerability Update: Fourth Attack Wave Pushes Losses Above 1,800 BTC. In the early hours of today, August 3, Galaxy Research’s Head of Research, Alex Thorn, flagged what appears to be a fourth large-scale attack wave.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: 🚨BOSS Challenge Finalists Keep Building Bitcoin and Lightning Tools Long After Program Ends. African developers from the latest BOSS Challenge continue opening pull requests, reviewing code, and launching new tools.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: 🚨 The Coldcard RNG Vulnerability. Coldcard has been regarded as one of the most security focused Bitcoin hardware wallets on the market.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: ⚡️Rust for Bitcoin 2.0 Program Kicks Off to Train African Developers in Open-Source Bitcoin Contribution.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: 🚨Bitchat Can Now Spread Itself Without the Internet. Bitchat can now transfer its own installation file, the APK, directly from one Android phone to another over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi hotspot, with zero internet required at any step.

Africa Bitcoin News 1 week ago

NEW: ⚡️African Bitcoiners Seek Sponsors for 2026 Impact Awards. @African Bitcoiners has officially opened sponsorship and partnership opportunities for the 2026 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner Awards (MIAB2026).

Africa Bitcoin News 2 weeks ago

🇰🇪 Beyond Adversity BTC rapproche Bitcoin de Muhuru, Migori. En somme, une initiative qui confirme une tendance: l’adoption Bitcoin en Afrique se construit aussi dans les zones lakeside et rurales, pas seulement à Nairobi ou au Cap. 👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/beyond-adversity-btc-rapproche-bitcoin-de-muhuru-migori/

Africa Bitcoin News 2 weeks ago

NEW: 🇲🇺 OSGuild Concludes First Genesis Workshop in Mauritius. Over the weekend, OSGuild successfully hosted its inaugural Genesis Workshop. Bringing together university students for hands-on learning in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

Africa Bitcoin News 2 weeks ago

NEW: 🇪🇹 Africa Free Routing Kicks Off Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Addis Ababa Today. Today, July 27, 2026, @Africa Free Routing kicks off its Addis Ababa Lightning Developer Bootcamp at WeVentures Hub, Airport Road, Addis Ababa. The bootcamp brings together developers for five days of learning, building, collaborating, and exploring Bitcoin and Lightning development.