📢Check out the weekly stats for the Lightning Network in Africa:
Active Nodes: 27 [+8.0% 🚀]
Total Capacity: 742,727,243 [-15.5%🔻]
Total Channels: 230 [-8.7%🔻]
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"The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime."
- Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin Savings Tip
Consider setting a daily or weekly goal to save a small amount of sats. It can be as simple as rounding up your purchases to the nearest dollar and putting the change into sats, this adds up faster than you think!
Join us in the Million Sat Savings Challenge for more savings tips: https://bitcoiners.africa/save-section/million-sat-challenge/
In "The Price of Tomorrow", nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe explores how tech is reshaping our future.
The first chapters focus on deflation and exponential growth. Mind blown yet?
Join our book club on at 6pm UTC for insightful conversations and share your thoughts on what’s next!
The BIP has been merged into the bitcoin BIP repo. The math is sound.
Wallets like Cake, Wasabi, Seedsigner, Dana wallet, Silentium, BitBox 02 already have send and receive support from most.
Libraries like BDK are working on it (mainly waiting for Josie's PR merge to the secP library to do most of the heavy lifting).
Exchanges, would implement it eventually once they understand how this saves them in terms of efficiency. Once again the math is SOUND!!!!!!!
While everyone is chasing Bitcoin yields, it poignant to remember:
"Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins!"
🤔 Why Self-Custody?
Self-custody means you control your own private keys, which are the secret codes that protect your bitcoin. If you hold the keys, you own the bitcoin.
Your keys = Your control: No one can access your funds without your private key.
No third-party risks: Avoid hacks or failures of centralized exchanges.
True financial freedom: You have full ownership and can transact without intermediaries.
SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION OF SILENT PAYMENTS
Silent Payments is a Bitcoin upgrade that hides transaction amounts and recipient addresses, making payments more private.
Here's how it works:
1. Taproot Output: A special type of Bitcoin address that looks like a regular address but can hide multiple conditions for spending the coins.
2. Scan Key: A special key that allows the recipient to scan the blockchain for transactions sent to them, without revealing their identity.
3. Spend Key: A private key that allows the recipient to spend the coins received through a Silent Payment.
Think of it like a secret mailbox:
- The sender sends a letter (coins) to a secret mailbox (Taproot Output).
- The recipient has a special key (Scan Key) to find the mailbox and retrieve the letter.
- Only the recipient can open the mailbox and read the letter (spend the coins) using their private key (Spend Key).
Silent Payments make Bitcoin transactions more private and secure especially for regions such as Africa!
Exciting plans are locked in for 2025, and we're looking for partners to help shape impactful projects in 2025. Ready to make a difference?
Explore how partnering with us can benefit you: https://bitcoiners.africa/about-us/support-us/
Please join our watch party TODAY at 2 PM UTC!
We're reviewing: "Escaping the Rat Race: What School Failed to Teach You About Money." by James Jani.
Don’t miss this deep dive into the importance of understanding one's relationship with money.
📢Check out the weekly stats for the Lightning Network in Africa:
Active Nodes: 25 [-3.84%:🔻]
Total Capacity: 878,879,203 [-1.7%🔻]
Total Channels: 230 [+0.4%🚀]
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First Book Club of the Year!
Calling all bookworms!
Join our Book Club TONIGHT at 6 pm UTC as we dive into "The Price of Tomorrow" by
nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe
Discuss the intersection of tech, economics, and Bitcoin with us!
RSVP and let's get reading
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We’re excited to announce our education partnership with Citrusrate !
Thanks to their trust in us, we’re taking our Bitcoin for Beginners course to even more Africans, empowering communities with the tools for financial freedom.
Learn more about this exciting collaboration: https://bitcoiners.africa/bitcoin-education-partnership/
Breaking: The African Bitcoin ecosystem has grown by 77%, expanding from 15 countries in Q1 2024 to 21 countries in Q1 2025!
With 17 new projects added, Africa continues to lead in innovation, financial empowerment, and economic freedom.
Explore the latest infographic: https://bitcoiners.africa/african-bitcoin-ecosystem/
📢 Check out the weekly stats for the Lightning Network in Africa:
Active Nodes: 26 [0.0%]
Total Capacity: 878879203 [1.8%🚀]
Total Channels: 230 [-0.9%🔻]
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Big news! We're beyond excited to welcome Everything Satoshi, Lys, and Vviey to our Graduate Program!
We're happy to have you on board and can’t wait to see the incredible impact you’ll make.
Meet our team here: https://bitcoiners.africa/about-us/our-team/
Great idea! We don't have any, we are happy to collaborate to create one, if it's something that you are interested in.😀
What was the coolest thing you did with Bitcoin last year?
Today, on #WorldBrailleDay, we honor the legacy of Louis Braille and the empowering language that opens doors to education, independence, and opportunity for millions of blind and visually impaired people worldwide.
Let’s keep pushing for accessibility and inclusion in Bitcoin education to ensure no one is left behind. 
On this day in 2009, the Bitcoin Genesis Block was mined with Satoshi's powerful message:
'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.'
16 years later, Bitcoin continues to stand for financial freedom, decentralization, and sovereignty. 