Written by Jemimah Nagasha If you had told me a few years ago that I would leave my civil engineering job to work full-time in Bitcoin open source, I probably would have smiled politely and gone back to reviewing construction drawings. At the time, my life followed a fairly structured
Global, May 19, 2026 - Btrust today announced the appointment of its new Board of Directors, marking the completion of a planned governance transition and the beginning of its next chapter. Following a global, open call and a rigorous selection process, Janet Maingi, Bruno Garcia, and Laurence Aderemi have assumed
The first pathways of 2026 at Btrust Builders officially concluded recently. Between March and April 2026, developers from across Africa and beyond participated in two learning pathways: Mastering Bitcoin and Learn Bitcoin from the Command Line. Each pathway ran in two formats: a structured live cohort and an open self‑
Written by Abdullahi Yunus Most people know the Lightning Network as a fast way to send Bitcoin payments. It’s a network of computers (called nodes) connected by payment channels. When someone sends a payment, it travels through several nodes, and each step of the journey is protected using something
A recap of Btrust’s 2025 milestones in decentralizing Bitcoin open‑source development across Africa and the Global South.