zappr

We just won “Best Nostr Project” category @hack4_freedom Lagos 2026 🏆But this isn’t just about winning, It’s about what we’re building. Zappr is a Bitcoin you can actually talk to in the language you think in. Pidgin•Yoruba•Hausa•Swahili. A thread on why we built it👇

@StephTitcombe Congratulations 🎉

It’s official (well… it’s been official since January, but who’s counting? 😅) Say hello to a Nexford University MBA graduate! I know, I know… I'm a little late sharing this. Life happened. But better late than never, right? Over the course of the program, I completed 15 courses, submitted 90+ assignments, and delivered countless presentations (complete with embedded videos where I got to present my research and ideas). Balancing a full-time program lead role during the day with classes and assignments at night wasn't always easy. There were weeks I genuinely don't know how I made it through, but somehow, I did. I'm incredibly grateful for the journey, the lessons, and the growth that came with it. Here's to new milestones and whatever comes next. And before anyone asks... a PhD? No, thank you. 😅

5/ This roadmap is just the beginning. We’ll keep shipping, learning from your feedback, and building in the open. Which feature are you looking forward to the most? 👇 #Bitcoin #BuildInPublic #LightningNetwork #Africa #OpenSource

4/ Every feature on this roadmap answers one question: “How do we make self-custodial Bitcoin simpler, more accessible, and more useful for the next billion users?” That’s the standard we build against.

1/ Every great product starts with a clear direction. For us, the roadmap isn’t just about shipping features- it’s about making #Bitcoin usable for everyday people across Africa. Here’s what we’re building next at @ZapprApp 🧵👇

This is just the beginning. We’re building in public, sharing every step of the journey, and learning with our community. Follow along - there’s much more to come. ⚡ #Bitcoin #BTC #BuildInPublic #LightningNetwork #AfricaTech #OpenSource #zappr #SelfCustody

Our vision is bigger than an app. We want to make Bitcoin accessible to anyone, anywhere - regardless of the language they speak or the device they use. Because financial freedom should be universal. 4/

We’re not just building another Bitcoin app. We’re building the default self-custodial Bitcoin app for the next billion users - starting from Africa. Open. Multilingual. Built for everyone. 🌍 #Bitcoin #BTC #BuildInPublic #LightningNetwork #AfricaTech #OpenSource 1/

Let start with me Yoruba : Yoruba:Ẹ jọ̀ọ́, ẹ fi owó ránṣẹ́😌💸

How do you say "send money" in your language? Yoruba: "fi owo ranṣẹ" Pidgin: "send am" Hausa: "aika kudi" Drop yours in the replies 👇

The foundation for what we’re building today. ⚡⚡⚡

Onboarding to Bitcoin shouldn't need a seed phrase.   Tap your fingerprint → you get a self-custodial Lightning wallet + a Nostr identity. One tap. No 12 words to lose.✨

🎓 5 Bitcoin terms made simple:👇🏽 Sats = Bitcoin’s kobo Zap = Send sats npub = Your Nostr ID Lightning = Fast payments Self-custody = You control your Bitcoin Pidgin: “Zap” = send small money give person 😂

🌍 Most Bitcoin apps speak English. Africa speaks 2,000+ languages. Zappr speaks yours. 💚 Yoruba. Pidgin. And more to come.

🎓 What's a Zap? A Zap is a small Bitcoin payment sent over Lightning. Think of it as a way to instantly reward someone online with real money, not just a like. A like says "I enjoyed this." A Zap says "Thank you." ⚡

4/ The fix: clear what's sensitive on logout, keep the public reference that locates your key, plus a recovery path that can rediscover your passkey from scratch. Lesson: not everything important is a secret. Sometimes the thing that breaks you is what you assumed didn't matter

3/ So the key was always safe. Always there. But we'd deleted the label pointing to it. Like throwing away the tag on a keychain, then wondering which key opens the door.

1/ A bug that taught us something about self-custody. While building Zappr, we found a way to lock ourselves out of a wallet, without ever losing the key. We caught it before launch, but the lesson stuck.🧵