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Today we’re announcing a developer release of the Jua Kali Miner - an open source project that allows farmers and small industries to make use of their excess solar energy to mine Bitcoin. With a live demo at #abc25

On Wednesday, @BitcoinMagazine published our blog post on @NodeNBO, the world's newest physical Bitcoin space, located in Kenya 🇰🇪 We couldn't be more excited to be part Node NBO alongside @GridlessCompute, @btrustteam, and @HRF! bitcoinmagazine.com/news/new-bitco…

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday night in the rain to open up the new space with us! @btrustteam @fedibtc @HRF @GridlessCompute @AnganiLTD @FiresideGrp and @QhalaHQ

Last year, we put out a global call for new Btrust Board members as part of a planned governance transition. Today, we’re excited to welcome @laurenceaderemi, @nduku_jay, and @brrrunog as the new Btrust Board of Directors. After a thoughtful and rigorous selection process, they now assume full governance responsibilities as the inaugural board completes its mandate. Each brings deep experience across Bitcoin infrastructure, open‑source development, and energy systems, and will help guide Btrust’s mission to decentralize Bitcoin development and expand opportunities for builders across the Global South. Read more: bitcoinmagazine.com/news/btrust-ap…

The world's newest physical Bitcoin space — @NodeNBO — has officially opened it's doors! Located in Kenya 🇰🇪, Node NBO is an event space, a tech lab, and a co-working hub for members of the @GridlessCompute, @fedibtc, @btrust_builders, and @HRF teams. bitcoinmagazine.com/news/new-bitco…

ONLY 1 DAY TO GO! 🔥🍕 On Friday, the community is linking up at The Ambience Cave, Camp Entumonto in Kasarani (Clay City) for the ultimate Bitcoin hangout! Come through for great energy, Bitcoin board games, and solid conversations. WHAT'S THE VIBE ?? 🍕 - Pizza 🎮- Bitcoin Boardgames ( @blockhunters_ & Channel Up by @freemarketkid ) ₿ - Win Bitcoin & Bitcoin Merch 🗣️- Real Bitcoin conversations 🤝- Meet the community & learn how Bitcoin works Curious about @fedibtc ? We’ll be doing casual on-boarding to show you how Fedi empowers communities! 🌐 ⚡️ Tag a friend who needs to see this and pull up together! Thank you @fedibtc, @minmo_to , @Arktheai for supporting the Hangout BITCOIN FOR EVERYONE !

The model that fits Africa is already running. Modular solar + containerized compute, placed on stranded power. Bitcoin mining is the flexible load that tracks the sun. No gas needed to firm it. Stop moving megawatts to the computers. Move the computers to the megawatts.

I just got back from the Bitcoin Energy Summit in Lisbon and I have a question that won't leave me alone. First some context: Bitcoin mining is now stabilizing the grids of 7 nations, 4 agencies (including the Spanish Govt and the World's largest energy policy association) just called for more flexible demand being critical to the resilience of the grids of the future - and Bitcoin mining is the world's most flexible load resource by an order of magnitude. So in light of this my question is this: why is 95% of the Bitcoin adoption conversation about Bitcoin-as-money when Bitcoin-as-energy is already deployed on grids across 3 continents? Is it possible that energy is the Bitcoin usecase that paves the road for mainstream acceptance of Bitcoin in the West? I've been in this space for four years now. When I started, the conversation was "bitcoin mining wastes energy." A group of Bitcoiners including @thetrocro, @jyn_urso and others changed that. Then it became "ok maybe it doesn't waste energy, but it's not useful." @gladstein, @jack and others changed that too. But here's what I noticed in Lisbon. Three separate European organisations - the European Bitcoin Energy Association, Free Madeira, and the Institut National de Bitcoin in France - are all independently converging on the same conclusion. @geyer_rachel, Chair of EBEA said energy is what will move the needle for Bitcoin in Europe. @andreloja at @FREEMadeiraOrg said energy is the most topical issue in Europe right now. Bastien Desteuque (@Proxy18387764), directeur général at @BitcoinPolicyFr said they're focusing on mining because France has spare nuclear capacity and that's where the biggest opportunity is. Three organisations. Same conclusion. And that's before you get to what's actually being built. In Sweden, a man I coach runs ASIC hardware that earns almost two-thirds of its revenue from frequency regulation - keeping the lights on, responding in seconds to the need of the grid operator, and helping to stabilize the grid an incredible 11,247 times last year alone. (Yes, you read that sentence right). In Lisbon, I watched Kenji Tateiwa present a circular economy where bitcoin mining heat grows tropical fish and the CO2 gets converted to charcoal and micro diamonds. Bastian outlined how France's surplus nuclear energy could be absorbed by bitcoin mining by 2027. And outside the West, from stabilizing the economy of Bhutan post-covid to helping save Virunga National Park in Africa - Bitcoin mining was behind both events and many more. This phenomenon is a global one. The conversation has quietly moved from "does bitcoin mining help grids?" to "how many services can one machine provide?" We've been thinking about this like monoculture - one machine, one function. What I saw in Lisbon is permaculture. The same hardware doing frequency regulation, heat capture, Sats-minting ... and potentially in the near future - voltage regulation (something that would have prevented the 28 April 2025 Iberian Peninsular Blackout). I talked to Bitcoin founders after the keynote who told me the energy thesis had opened their eyes. These are people who worked to advance Bitcoin payment infrastructure, and they hadn't fully grasped this. Bitcoin solves a monetary problem the world is only beginning to understand. I'm more convinced of that than ever. And ... as we wait for that revolution to be fully grasped, the energy revolution is already here - deployed, generating revenue, stabilizing grids. It might just be the thing that opens the door for everything else. What other Bitcoin use case is this far along ... at least in the West?

A big thank you to all the OGs and Youngblood’s of Nairobis energy and compute worlds for coming tonight and braving the rains. Thanks to @wanjiku @bantigito @rkirubi @obi @AnganiLTD @okjodom @ihate1999 and everyone else for joining us!

Excited about this. Gridless has moved into the new campus this week, with @btrustteam, @HRF, and @fedibtc joining us. Also welcoming the @minmo_to and Nuru teams as we together create a community of builders of energy, compute, and freedom tech in Nairobi!

a million dollars worth of real bitcoin sent out monthly to 400+ open source contributors in 40+ countries 🌎 our hearts beat strong 🫡 heartbeat.opensats.org

The 256F mission is simple. Build the open-source mining stack. One company controls Bitcoin's mining infrastructure. We fund developers dismantling it. Open mining projects that anyone, audit, and build upon. Support our developers with a vote! foundation.mara.com/vote

We caught up with @obi from @satenetorg here at @TheBitcoinConf and put him on the spot: “Why SateNet—and how would you use the $100,000?” Here’s his answer:

Strategic investment. $100M hardware commitment. LuxOS on WhatsMiner. Luxor's COO @ethan_vera broke it all down live at @TheBitcoinConf — plus flexible demand response, international mining growth, and where hashrate is heading next.

@GridlessCompute @whiteafrican Fully open source. Built from AliExpress parts. Works on any excess energy source. Solar in Zambia. Wind in Montana. Flare gas in Texas. Same idea, different inputs. Full conversation with @whiteafrican: youtube.com/watch?v=GLYW2G…

Built to outlast the cycle

We started Minmo because we watched the same thing happen in community after community. People wanted Bitcoin. They couldn't access it through exchanges — no bank account, no ID, no technical confidence. But they had something better: they had someone in their community who understood Bitcoin and was willing to help. Those people were doing incredible work. 💬Facilitating swaps over WhatsApp. 🤝Managing trust manually. 💪Taking real risk with no safety net. We thought: what if those people had professional tools? What if they had escrow? Dispute resolution? A swap link they could share? A wallet they controlled? That's why Minmo exists. ⚡️ To equip the people who are already doing this work and to help thousands more join them.

Buried at the bottom, but this is great: “Proto Fleet is free, open-source fleet management software, being built in the open on GitHub”

Have to do a bit of rework when replacing Whatsminer’s with Antminer’s. Busy field day today.

Good afternoon, everyone. We have an exciting update to share. The Nairobi conference is evolving. We are moving forward as an independent, Africa-led event under our own identity - the Bitcoin Nairobi Conference 2026. Same dates. Same venue. Same energy. Just a sharper, more locally rooted version of what we set out to build. This is a Bitcoin conversation designed for Africa, by Africa - real adoption, real policy, real economic impact. The acacia says it all. June 24 to 25. A.S.K. Dome, Nairobi. More details coming very shortly. Stay close.