Theophilus Isah

Next week, the Q2 pathways are set to begin. 🚀 This quarter, developers will be joining Rust for Bitcoiners and Language Clubs. Rust for Bitcoiners 🦀 is designed for developers who want to deepen their Rust skills. The pathway focuses on building the Rust knowledge needed to engage with Bitcoin projects, with curated resources, structured weekly progress, and support from peers and faculty along the way. Language Clubs focuses on strengthening programming fluency in languages commonly used in Bitcoin development. The pathway helps developers build the language foundations that make meaningful open‑source contribution possible later on. Participants work through curated learning tracks while learning alongside peers in a supportive environment. Both pathways emphasize peer learning, structured progress, and practical skill development. We’ll also be using the hybrid engagement model designed to support more developers without compromising the learning experience. Each pathway will be running in two formats: a live cohort and a self‑paced track, giving developers more flexibility in how they participate while still benefiting from the Builders community. To learn more about the pathways and join our community, start here: btrust.tech/builders/apply Apply to join the waitlist for future cohorts here: btrust.homerun.co/btrust-builder…

⚡️ Donations are now open to support Polar. lightningpolar.com/donate/ Polar has been fully open source and free to the Bitcoin dev community for over 6 years, and it’s grown thanks to the community: ✨ 800+ GitHub stars ✅ 30K+ downloads 🔨 40+ code contributors 🧵

@gladstein @robin_linus @mavapay in Nigeria @bitspenda in Ghana @banxaas_sn in Senegal @BitZed_ in Zambia @TapnobHQ in Nigeria

This is the future of money in Africa. Download Mavapay Money now ⚡ apps.apple.com/ng/app/mavapay… play.google.com/store/apps/det…

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Read about grassroots Bitcoin adoption in the April/May edition of @forbesafrica!!! 🇿🇦🌍✊ Great article by @FreddieHiney 👏👏👏 Also mentioned and/or quoted in this article: 👇👇👇 @abcptza @SowetoBTC @BitcoinFamba @bitcointofo @MoneyBadgerPay @Mavapay_Money @AfricaBitCorp @wheatley_warren @staffordmasie

Akwaaba, Ghana! 🇬🇭 
Mavapay Money just landed. Send and receive money seamlessly between Nigeria and Ghana. No stress, No borders. Just instant transactions 💚

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We’re excited to announce the Q1 Btrust Developer Grant recipients, our largest cohort to date. Ten Bitcoin open-source developers have been awarded grants, including six starter grant recipients and four open-source cohort members, including two renewals and two promotions from starter to long-term grants. This cohort also marks a couple of important firsts: support for Cashu development and the introduction of a dedicated research role within the open-source cohort. This builds on our work across the stack, from core protocol development to wallets, privacy tools, and user-facing applications. Learn more about Q1 recipients and what they’re working on here: x.com/i/status/20393…

Planning a trip across Africa? No need to stress about converting payments in local currencies, we’ve got you covered! With Mavapay Money, you can seamlessly swap your Bitcoin into Naira, South African Rand, Kenyan Shillings, and more. Get ready… Mavapaymoney is coming! 🚀

Expanding across Africa isn’t just about adding new markets, it’s about removing friction for businesses moving money. With Mavapay, companies can now seamlessly receive, payout, and move funds in Ghana with the same reliability, speed, and simplicity they expect across the continent. No complex integrations. No hidden fees. Just payments that work. This is another step toward building truly borderless payments infrastructure for African businesses. Ghana is live. More coming. 🇬🇭🚀

Mavapay Money is now live in Kenya 🇰🇪 Enjoy: 
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Happy new month💚

Wishing you a marvelous month💚

Videos are up! ABCT26 | Crossborder Settlements Panel moderated by Ricki Allardice Speakers: @Extheo @sterling_ry @SatoshiSound Divan youtu.be/5aM31zwiCa0 #abct26

On Wednesday, @BitcoinAnambra hosted an in-depth online session with the CEO of @mavapay (@Extheo), one of Nigeria’s top on-ramp/off-ramp platforms, and it turned out to be one of our most practical conversations yet. This wasn’t surface-level talk about “number go up.” It was a real, hands-on discussion focused on the questions people actually have: • How do I buy Bitcoin in Nigeria step-by-step? • What exactly does an on-ramp/off-ramp platform do? • How do I move my Bitcoin to a self-custody wallet safely? • What mistakes should I avoid as a beginner? A lot of people want to take Bitcoin seriously, but the biggest barrier isn’t belief, it’s execution. They hear: “Not your keys, not your coins.” But nobody walks them through: “How do I actually move from exchange to self-custody confidently?” That gap between curiosity and confidence is where education matters most.

⚡ Highlights from the Africa Free Routing Cape Town Lightning Bootcamp! We explored hands-on Lightning Network setups to deep dives on Bitcoin Core, transaction decoding, Lightning channels with Polar, HTLCs, routing, Bitcoin privacy, self-custody and more. This Bootcamp brought builders, developers, and enthusiasts together to level up Africa’s Bitcoin ecosystem. 🌍 Real-world adoption strategies. 💡 Lightning Network workshops. 🤝 Networking with Africa’s top Bitcoin builders. Cape Town 2.0 proved that the Lightning revolution is growing fast! 🇿🇦 Guess where we are heading next?😎

Celebrating an incredible milestone together 🚀 We just hit 10 bootcamps. 8 cities. 6 countries. Big thank you to every sponsors who's been with us on this. You're the reason builders across Africa keep moving forward 🙏

Still in the spirit of Valentine’s, super duper shoutout to @Mavapay_Money for choosing me as a partner, MavaPay has been instrumental to my growth personally, being tutored by her founder @Extheo at the Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Accra, and just overall being a fantastic product, fast lightning transactions, thank you MavaPay ❤️🇳🇬

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