Abubakar Nur Khalil

Btrust Dev Con 2027 > Btrust Dev Day

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Global Majority FTW 🌍🤝🇧🇷🇮🇳

Rise to the level of your words, or fall to the tragedy of your hypocrisy.

Running Buzz 🐝

Welcome the Btrust Q1 2026 dev grantees. Huge congratulations to these rockstars!

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you for having me

and the jersey, too, Mir. Looking forward to the next convo 🙌🔥

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In 2026, Tando makes it possible to live on Bitcoin in Kenya, and pioneering the spend not sell movement. They are now combining M-Pesa and Bitcoin's Lightning Addresses to unlock that for 40 million Kenyans.

"As Tando has shown, the combination of mobile money and freedom money is growing evidence that where there is a need, Africans will build, and where there is technology, they will pioneer and adopt.

African bitcoin builders continue to demonstrate that you do not need mass adoption or permission to live in the future."

Read more in my latest piece for Forbes Crypto.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/26/tando-is-unlocking-spending-bitcoin-for-40-million-kenyans/

Never understimate the determination one has to protect a delusion that insulates the comfort they derive from their wolrdview.

Pumped for what comes next at the Node NBO 🍳🔥

“We are not just passengers, we are part of an emergent reality that transitions the world from fear, scarcity, control to a world of truth, hope and abundance.”

Incredible insights from

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Welcome our Btrust Q1 2026 grantees, our largest group yet 🎉

Congratulations to these10 rockstars!🔥

Eid Mubarak 💚

In my latest piece for Forbes Crypto, I go through Nigeria’s new tax laws and its implications for Bitcoin and Stablecoin holders and VASPs in 2026 📌

The new laws introduce several changes, including taxes of up to 30% on profits for Bitcoin and stablecoin holders, a 30% corporate tax for VASPs on digital assets operation (e.g. from tx fees), and introduces the potential for digital assets transactions tracking by the government (i.e. direct txs and flows to individuals’ bio and other personal info) 🛑 👁️

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/02/23/what-nigerias-2026-tax-laws-mean-for-bitcoin-holders-and-vasps/

Ramadan Kareem, May Allāh accept our Ibādah this holy month 💚

Btrust Builders cooking in 2026 🔥

Always value your boundaries above any comfort that could come from its violation.

Absolute cinema, Congratulations to Senegal! 🇸🇳🔥

What a game! 🇸🇳🇲🇦⚽️

Hell yeah! 🇳🇬🔥🔥

Huge congratulations to the winners 🔥

Gutted, but well played, congratulations to Morocco 🇳🇬🤝🇲🇦

Hell yeah! 🇳🇬🙌

Almost there! 🇳🇬🔥

What a night, all incredible memories and vibes 🧡🔥

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In my last post for 2025 in Forbes Digital Assets, here are the top 16 conferences to mark in your calendar for 2026, across 5 continents and 14 countries, with something in there for everyone 🔥📌

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/12/31/top-16-bitcoin-conferences-to-attend-in-2026-from-around-the-world/

This is just the beginning 🌎🌍🌏🔥

Welcome our last set of grantees for 2025. Congratulations to these rockstars! 💪🔥

Thank you so much, honored! This is for all to the young folks in Africa, thank you for all you do 🙏🏽🔥

With Africa's rise in share of global Bitcoin mining hashrate now just under 4%, the question is how this hash power is being used and by whom 📌

In my latest for Forbes Crypto, I look into Africa's "Hashrate Exfiltration Problem" and future outlook.

"Put simply, “hashrate exfiltration” is the use of a region's hashrate by a foreign entity or power in furtherance of its interests, often at the region's expense. [...] The legacy of resource extraction in Africa may see another unfortunate renaissance in Bitcoin mining if care is not taken."

"Africa’s resilience against all these odds will set the global template for building resilient money and energy infrastructure, ensuring a future of hope and abundance for all."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/11/22/africas-bitcoin-mining-hashrate-exfiltration-problem/

We are looking for Bitcoin-only, mission-aligned, principles-led, and focused people to join our Board.

Applications for the Btrust Board are now open, goodluck! 🔥

Yet another world cup without Nigeria 🇳🇬💔

See you all in Mauritius 🇲🇺 🔥

I want to say a huge thank you to

for starting this historic initiative. Thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way, the team, mentors, and community.

The Global Majority will lead Bitcoin development and ensure we all continue to have freedom money 🫂❤️

It is much easier to focus on what you don't have than to cherish what you do.

Shift your gaze. True strength lies in celebrating what you have; use that to fuel your focus and build from there.

If your principles are conditional, then you never had them in the first place.

The Clipse LET GOD SORT EM OUT is Album of the Year 🔥

https://tidal.com/album/447060804

Thanks again for having me

, I really enjoyed the convo and unpacking the Bitcoin ecosystem and recent developments, our work at Btrust and more 💪🔥

Looking forward to this, great convo with CK from

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At Btrust, we believe visa restrictions should never be the deciding factor for limiting the growth of Bitcoin FOSS engineers.

Incredibly proud about the "Btrust Pull Partnership", excited to see how this evolves 🔥

https://blog.btrust.tech/introducing-the-btrust-pull-partnership/

Bitcoin is money

Thanks again for having me

, really enjoyed this one!

Great nuanced discussion across Bitcoin dev, grants, VC funding, Africa and beyond 🔥🙌

Interesting new drop from Proton 💜 🔥

https://proton.me/blog/authenticator-app

💚 عيد مبارك

Eid Mubarak 💚

Congratulations to all the grantees! Looking forward to the great work from the various events and developer education programs 🚀🔥

Thank you for your work ❤️

“It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.”

— Epictetus

To sum up the recent Bitcoin regulation in Nigeria, it's like “You asked for a spoon and got a knife. You can still eat the soup—but it’s harder.”

Had a great session earlier today with the Early Riders team going through the recent recognition of Bitcoin as a security in Nigeria, regulation in Africa, the Bitcoin core brouhaha and dev funding, and the outlook for Bitcoin entrepreneurs and investors on the ground and a bunch in between 🔥

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9XWTucv_A-A&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

In March, the Investment and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 was passed in Nigeria which now officially recognizes Bitcoin as a security. Here's what it means for Nigerian Bitcoin founders, investors, and regulation in Africa 📝

My latest for Forbes Digital Assets 🔥

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/04/30/nigerian-gov-passes-law-recognizing-bitcoin-as-a-security

The past year has been the pleasure and honor of a lifetime: working with and leading incredible people in contributing to pushing the Bitcoin space forward, and learning so much along the way 🔥

Thank you all for the wishes, trust, and support! ❤️🫂

Just getting started 🚀

See you all in Riga! 🇱🇻🧡🔥

Read more: https://medium.com/@johnosezele/african-bitcoin-newbies-shock-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-with-second-place-win-4cc2d5422d31

Thank you to

for featuring

in their latest Financial Freedom Report 🧡🔥

Read more abd subscribe here: https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-69/

We're back! See you in Mauritius for the second edition of the #BtrustDeveloperDay 🇲🇺🧡🔥

's Stratum V2 pool highlights that global stakeholders are committed to enhancing and protecting Bitcoin, a $1.6 trillion asset, for current and future generations, ushering in a new era for Bitcoin mining.

Huge congratulations to the Demand (DMND) Team on their funding close and launch of their SV2 pool 👏

My latest piece for Forbes Digital Assets 🔥

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/03/18/demand-launch-first-stratum-v2-bitcoin-mining-pool-following-vc-close/

Welcome Btrust's Q1 2025 round of grantees, huge congratulations to these rockstars! 🧡🔥

Welcome Btrust's Q1 2025 round of grantees, huge congratulations to these rockstars! 🧡🔥

Thanks again for having me guys, I really loved the in-depth session! It was a pleasure discussing and navigating all the topics 🔥🙌

رمضان كريم 💚

Ramadan Kareem 💚

With so many conferences, it gets difficult to navigate and keep track, from Africa to Europe, Asia to the Americas, here are the top 15 Bitcoin conferences from March to December 2025 🔥

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My latest for Forbes Digital Assets 📌

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/28/the-top-15-bitcoin-conferences-in-2025-to-attend-from-around-the-world/

Welcome to Nostr Btrust Builders 🚀🔥

Welcome to Nostr Btrust 🫡 🔥

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Bitcoin not Crypto, Don't let them deceive you

Running Obscura VPN 🔥

The Replit AI Agent is impressive; it created a working simple web dashboard that connects to phoenixd to display the balance and list of payments ... all in just minutes 👏🔥

Btrust will now be publicly publishing annual reports on all our activities and grants to the public.

Huge thank you to the Btrust team for an incredible 2024! ❤️

Here is our 2024 year-in-review 📌

https://blog.btrust.tech/btrust-2024-in-review/

TL;DR From training the first female African Bitcoin Core contributor to hosting our first Developer Day, 2024 was a landmark year in decentralizing Bitcoin open-source development in the Global South.

Here’s some of what we achieved:

• Graduated 17 developers from our Btrust Builders Cohort 3, focusing solely on open-source Bitcoin development • Supported 11 developers through grants; 5 now working on long-term projects like Bitcoin Core, BTCPay Server and Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) • Expanded BitDevs meetups to 5 African cities: Kaduna, Abuja, Lagos, Nairobi & Accra • Held the Annual Btrust Gathering to plan for 2025 • Hosted the first Developer Day in Nairobi: 250+ attendees

The grind continues in 2025 🔥

Amazing read! Brilliant work from Bitcoin core contributor Abubakar Sadiq (ismaelsadeeq) on his analysis and addressing/fixing the double reservation bug in Bitcoin Core 🧡🔥

His piece goes through:

• How the bug affects mining pools. • Interesting stats on major mining pools like F2pool and nostr: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 • What the fix means for fairness and efficiency.

Read the article here:

https://blog.btrust.tech/analyzing-mining-pool-behavior-to-address-bitcoin-cores-double-coinbase-reservation-issue/

Today, The Bitcoin Students Network (BSN) launch their Layer Zero program 🔥

The program aims to empower youths globally to collaboratively build and strengthen Bitcoin's "social layer." 🌍

As BSN Co-founder

put it, "Layer Zero is for those students who recognize the power of community, thinking for themselves, and taking control of their future, today." 🚀

My latest for Forbes Crypto 📌

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/01/09/the-bitcoin-students-network-launch-layer-zero-to-empower-global-youth

Great convo 📌

For my last piece for Forbes Crypto of 2024, I covered the surge we experienced in Bitcoin mining in Africa in 2024, led by Ethiopia, where Africa now produces 3% of global hashrate (up from 1% just a year ago), and the outlook for Bitcoin mining in Africa in 2025 🌍🔥

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/12/31/africa-produces-3-of-global-bitcoin-mining-hashrate-via-renewables/

Final Call: Applications for Btrust Builders’ 2025 ₿OSS Cohort Close Next Week 📌

"This [...] program is designed to identify and push passionate software developers in Africa to contribute to Bitcoin open-source software (₿OSS)."

https://blog.btrust.tech/final-call-applications-for-btrust-builders-2025-oss-cohort-close-next-week

It warms my heart immensely to see African devs building highly impactful Bitcoin tech and significantly contributing to Bitcoin infrastructure. Thank you to all the builders! ❤️🌍

Africa will continue to shape and define the long term success of Bitcoin as a technology 🔥🚀

My full Btrust Keynote from this year's Africa Bitcoin conference 2024 🔥

Where I go over Btrust's work, 2025 priorities, and present my message to African devs on why they should get into Bitcoin Open-Source development ❤️

“With Bitcoin we have that opportunity where for the first time in human history we have this little small crack in time where we can redefine what it means exactly to be a useful person in the world, what it means to change Africa as a whole.”