📚Tonight, we explored Chapter 6: Notorious Nodes from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver & Steve Patterson, and it sparked one of our most engaging discussions yet. We unpacked the chapter's arguments around Bitcoin scaling, full nodes, SPV wallets, miner incentives, decentralization, and how differing visions for Bitcoin shaped the blocksize debate. We also compared the authors' interpretation with broader perspectives from the Bitcoin ecosystem and reflected on why these conversations still matter today. As always, there were thoughtful questions, healthy disagreements, and plenty of learning. Thanks to everyone who joined and contributed. See you next week! 🧡 View quoted note →

📚 Readers' Friday Book Club Tonight at 6:00 PM UTC, we're diving into Chapter 6: Notorious Nodes from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. We'll unpack one of Bitcoin's most debated scaling chapters, examine the authors' arguments, and discuss how these events continue to influence Bitcoin today. Whether you've read the chapter or just want to learn, you're welcome to join the conversation. 🕕 6:00 PM UTC 💬 Discord: discord.gg/mWt628TA4k Bring your questions. Leave with new perspectives. 📖🧡

🤯Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? If Bitcoin were a country, its monetary policy would be more predictable than that of any government on Earth.🌍 No surprise meetings. No emergency printing. No changing the rules halfway through. Just code. Blocks. And time.⏳

🚨 JUST IN: Africa's Bitcoin ecosystem has grown to 189 verified projects across 23 countries. 🌍 In just 6 months, Africa's Bitcoin ecosystem has expanded by 13.2%, adding 22 new Bitcoin-only projects since Q1 2026. 📈 Since Q2 2026, 13 new verified projects have joined the map, bringing the ecosystem to 189 projects spanning 23 African countries, all documented in our Live Directory. 🧭 Our Live African Bitcoin Directory continues to be the most comprehensive, community-maintained database of Bitcoin-only initiatives in Africa. A special thank you to all the phenomenal builders driving Bitcoin adoption across Africa. 🧡 Explore the infographic, discover the builders, and if you're building Bitcoin in Africa, make sure your project is on the map. 🔗

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💡Spotlight on BitDevs Zambia 📍Location: Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲 About: BitDevs Zambia is the technical arm of Bitcoin Zambia and a fast-growing community dedicated to strengthening the country’s Bitcoin developer ecosystem. It brings together developers, builders, educators, researchers, and technically curious participants of all experience levels. Through Socratic seminars, workshops, bootcamps, reading groups, and collaborative projects, the community focuses on Bitcoin protocol development, Lightning Network, open-source contributions, and building practical solutions relevant to Zambia. Key Objectives: 🔹Advance Bitcoin technical education — Equip developers and enthusiasts with deep knowledge of Bitcoin’s protocol, cryptography, network design, and related technologies through accessible, high-quality learning. 🔹Deliver hands-on developer workshops and bootcamps — Provide practical training in building Bitcoin and Lightning applications, including wallet development, integrations, and tool creation. 🔹Foster open-source collaboration — Connect local builders with mentors and contributors across Africa and the global Bitcoin ecosystem to work on real projects and contribute to open-source repositories. 🔹Organize study groups and Socratic seminars — Create regular, interactive forums for discussing BIPs, research papers, protocol developments, and technical literature in a peer-led, beginner-friendly environment. 🔹Drive Lightning development and local innovation — Build practical Lightning Network skills and support the creation of usable Bitcoin tools and solutions tailored to Zambia’s financial and technological context. Connect with BitDevs Zambia: Website:

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🎉Behind every great movement are the incredible people driving it forward! This Wednesday, we're celebrating one of our Rockstars helping power Bitcoin adoption across Africa, Megasley, General Manager at @Africa Free Routing. 🌍🧡 Join us on X Spaces as we celebrate his contributions to the African Bitcoin ecosystem and wish him a happy birthday with the community. 📅 Date: July 8, 2026 🕑 Time: 2:00 PM UTC ⏰️Set your reminders, invite a friend, and come celebrate with us: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yxBeeLblbbJN Let's make this one unforgettable! 🚀

🚀 Every Bitcoin expert started as a beginner. Every builder started with curiosity. Keep going.

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💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Zambia 📍Location: Zambia 🇿🇲 About: Bitcoin Zambia is a vibrant grassroots organization dedicated to Bitcoin education, adoption, and advocacy across Zambia. Operating since 2022 (formerly known as Bitcoin for Fairness Zambia), the community focuses on making Bitcoin accessible and relevant to everyday Zambians as a tool for financial inclusion, economic freedom, and innovation. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Host regular community meetups — Organize monthly Bitcoin meetups to create welcoming spaces for discussion, networking, peer learning, and organic community growth. 🔹Deliver practical Bitcoin education and workshops — Provide accessible, hands-on training programs tailored for beginners, women, journalists, civil society, and financial literacy professionals. 🔹Build technical capacity and developer talent — Grow a local Bitcoin developer community through BitDevs Zambia to foster open-source contributions and technical expertise within Zambia. 🔹Drive grassroots adoption and inclusion — Expand Bitcoin participation through targeted outreach initiatives, such as women-focused workshops, public education campaigns, university engagement, and innovative programs that bring Bitcoin into everyday community spaces. 🔹Strengthen the local Bitcoin ecosystem — Develop long-term infrastructure by collaborating with other African Bitcoin groups, educating on mining and energy solutions, advocating for Bitcoin as a tool for freedom, and creating sustainable networks of educators, developers, and advocates across Zambia. Connect with Bitcoin Zambia: Website: https://bitcoinzambia.org/ X: @BitcoinZambia 👇Explore more inspiring Bitcoin initiatives across Africa:

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📚Another great edition of Readers' Friday Book Club is in the books! This week, we explored Chapter 5: The Blocksize Limit from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson, unpacking one of the most pivotal debates in Bitcoin's history. 👇 Key takeaways: • The blocksize debate was about much more than transaction capacity, it reflected competing visions for Bitcoin's future. • Decentralization, security, and scalability require careful trade-offs. • The Lightning Network emerged as a scaling solution that preserves Bitcoin's decentralized nature while enabling faster, cheaper payments. • Understanding Bitcoin's history helps us better appreciate the design decisions that continue to shape the protocol today. A huge thank you to everyone who joined the discussion, shared thoughtful perspectives, and asked insightful questions.🧡 See you at the next Readers' Friday Book Club as we continue learning, questioning, and growing together. 🧡 View quoted note →

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📚 Readers' Friday Book Club! Join us today at 6:00 PM UTC on Discord as we dive into Chapter 5: The Blocksize Limit from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson. Together, we'll explore one of Bitcoin's most significant scaling debates, examine the arguments presented in the chapter, and discuss how these events continue to shape Bitcoin today. Expect thoughtful discussion, diverse perspectives, and an engaging conversation with fellow Bitcoiners. Bring your copy, your questions, and your curiosity. See you at 6 PM UTC! 📖 ​🔗 Discord Community:

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💡Spotlight on Bitcoin Victoria Falls 📍Location: Zambia 🇿🇲 About: Bitcoin Victoria Falls is a Bitcoin circular economy, launched to drive real-world Bitcoin adoption through education, merchant onboarding, and community empowerment. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Build a Sustainable Bitcoin Circular Economy — Create a closed-loop system in Livingstone where Bitcoin earned locally is spent and saved locally keeping value circulating within the community and strengthening economic resilience. 🔹Drive Widespread Merchant Adoption — Onboard and support shops, markets, lodges, restaurants, tour operators, and service providers to accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments with minimal friction. 🔹Deliver Scalable Bitcoin Education — Run Bitcoin diploma cohorts, workshops, and community programs that equip youth, women, entrepreneurs, and rural residents with practical knowledge of Bitcoin as a tool for savings, payments, and long-term financial freedom. 🔹Enable Everyday Lightning Payments — Promote fast, low-cost Lightning transactions as the default for daily commerce, while bridging to local systems so anyone can spend Bitcoin without barriers. 🔹Advance Financial Inclusion & Bitcoin Tourism — Bring sound money and financial empowerment to underserved communities while positioning Livingstone as a premier global Bitcoin tourism destination where visitors can experience a full Bitcoin-powered trip. Connect with Bitcoin Victoria Falls: X handle: @BitcoinVicFalls Geyser:

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Hello Bitcoiners!🧡 You don't need to know everything about Bitcoin. You just need to stay curious long enough.

🤯 Fun Fact Thursday! Did you know? The more you learn Bitcoin, the more questions you have.🌀 Bitcoin doesn’t sleep… but you probably should!😂😴

💡Spotlight on Bitcoin for Aliyense 📍Location: Lusaka, Zambia (with activities spanning urban centres and rural communities across the country) 🇿🇲 About: Bitcoin for Aliyense is a grassroots Bitcoin education initiative dedicated to empowering women, youth, and underserved communities throughout Zambia through inclusive, practical Bitcoin education. The initiative makes Bitcoin knowledge accessible and relatable by focusing on real-world applications, self-custody, savings, and financial sovereignty. Some Key Objectives: 🔹Women-Focused Bitcoin Education — Deliver targeted, empowering education that equips women with foundational knowledge of Bitcoin, its technology, and practical use cases, building confidence and leadership in the space. 🔹Community Onboarding — Run hands-on workshops, bootcamps, and peer-led sessions to onboard new participants from diverse backgrounds, making Bitcoin education welcoming and easy to understand for beginners. 🔹Financial Literacy — Strengthen core financial skills by teaching the importance of savings, responsible money management, self-custody, and how Bitcoin can serve as a tool for personal and family financial resilience. 🔹Bitcoin Accessibility — Expand access to Bitcoin knowledge and tools for women, youth, and underserved populations in both urban and rural areas, reducing barriers and fostering greater participation across Zambia. 🔹Grassroots Empowerment — Drive sustainable, community-led change by developing local leaders, encouraging peer education, and supporting real-world application of Bitcoin for greater financial sovereignty and economic opportunity. Connect with Bitcoin for Aliyense:

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Watch Party Wednesday was a huge success!⚡ This week, our community came together to watch "Seeding Bitcoin" by Trezor Academy, a powerful documentary highlighting how Bitcoin is transforming lives across Africa. Together, we explored: 🟠 Why Bitcoin is becoming a financial lifeline for the unbanked. 🟠 The real-world impact of grassroots Bitcoin education. 🟠 The critical role local educators play in accelerating adoption through the Trezor Academy program. 🟠 How African communities are embracing Bitcoin as a tool for financial freedom and opportunity. A big thank you to everyone who joined us, and to Trezor Academy for producing this documentary, and supporting initiatives that inspires builders across Africa. You definitely do not want to miss next session. See you next week!🧡 View quoted note →