We're incredibly excited to be a part of the Node NBO project alongside Gridless, @Btrust, and the @HRF. Learn more about Node NBO:

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New Bitcoin, Energy, And Compute Hub Node NBO Opens In Nairobi, Kenya

On May 16, 2026, Node NBO, the world’s newest physical Bitcoin space opened in Nairobi, Kenya.

Join @Renata Rodrigues, @Frank Corva, and Jon of @Harlem Bitcoin 🗽🧡 this Thursday, May 21st, at 10am EST on X at our handle @fedibtc. They'll be discussing Harlem Bitcoin and how they use Fedi for their community. This will also be Renata's debut on the Fedi Community Chat! Be sure to tune in!

ChapSmart lets you send bitcoin from your Lightning wallet and have that payment settle over the M-Pesa network in Tanzania, and you can now use it as a Fedi Mini App. Learn more about Chapsmart:

ChapSmart: Send Bitcoin and Receive Tanzanian Shillings over M-Pesa with This New Fedi Mini App - May 18, 2026

ChapSmart is a Fedi Mini App that converts bitcoin to Tanzanian shillings via M-Pesa. Step-by-step guide to sending your first payment.

Bitcoin is catching on in Ecuador 🇪🇨, especially among entrepreneurs and small business owners in the country. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ We spoke with JJ Chagerben and Fedi LatAm Community Master @npub1enev...z9uz to learn more about what's happening in the South American nation. Learn more:

Country Spotlight: Ecuador - May 13, 2026

Fedi partners with Ecuadorian Bitcoin educator JJ Chagerben for mini-conferences in Quito and Guayaquil, exploring why Bitcoin and Fedi resonate de...

Join @npub17mrm...v0cw, @Frank Corva, and Linda Kariuki this Thursday, May 14th, at 10am EST on X on our handle @fedibtc. They'll be discussing Bitsavers Eduhub, their work, and how they bring Bitcoin knowledge to different communities. Be sure to tune in!

On 30 April 2026, Bitsavers Eduhub founder Linda Kariuki and @thecore21m founder and Fedi Knight @Felix onboarded almost 100 students to Fedi at Nairobi’s Kenyatta University.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Here’s a recap of how they did it:

Bitcoin for Lunch: How Fedi Onboarded 98 Students at Nairobi’s Kenyatta University - May 12, 2026

How Fedi onboarded 98 Kenyatta University students to Bitcoin using the Fedi app paying for lunch in sats, with no bank account required.

The Women of Satoshi Cooperative educates women in rural Malawi 🇲🇼 about Bitcoin and equips them with financial literacy. Thandi Mtemang'ombe, the co-founder of the cooperative, is passionate about not only educating and supporting these women but addressing the root causes of what hold women in Malawi back financially. She also aims to transform the women she works with into powerful leaders, like herself. Learn more in this week's Community Spotlight feature:

Community Spotlight: Malawi’s Women of Satoshi Cooperative - May 6, 2026

Women of Satoshi Cooperative (WoSC) empowers rural Malawian women through Bitcoin education, financial literacy, and community savings — bridging...

Join @npub1enev...z9uz, @Frank Corva, and @Nathan Day this Thursday, May 7th, at 10am EST on X at our handle @fedibtc. They'll be discussing @BTC Map and how it's been a valuable tool for communities to discover merchants who accept bitcoin. Be sure to tune in!

May the 4th be with you! Our years of experience in supporting privacy for money and communication offers a new solution for digital trust. More:

Digital Trust without Surrender or Surveillance - May 4, 2026

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Since founding @npub1m3c7...djh0 less than three years ago, Mawufemor Kofi Folivi has redefined what can be achieved within a Bitcoin circular economy. We're proud to share some of the highlights of the Bitcoin Dua story in this week's Community Spotlight feature:

Community Spotlight: Bitcoin Dua - April 29, 2026

Discover how Mawufemor Kofi Folivi built Bitcoin Dua, a thriving Bitcoin circular economy in Agbozume, Ghana — bringing open-source education, me...

@BTC Map has been a favourite with communities on Fedi. It's been a valuable tool to find and list merchants that accept bitcoin. We're so glad BTC Map is a Mini App on Fedi. Learn more about BTC Map:

BTC Map Helps You Find Merchants That Accept Bitcoin - April 27, 2026

Discover how BTC Map helps you find Bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide. Learn how to access the BTC Map Mini App on Fedi, navigate the map, and ...

Join @npub17mrm...v0cw, @Frank Corva, Nombuyiselo Murage, and @okjodom this Thursday, April 30th, at 10am EST on X on our handle at @fedibtc. They'll be discussing @Minmo and how they help communities access bitcoin through the tools they built. Be sure to tune in!

Technology. Policy. Human rights. Privacy. Fedi is proud to be a big part of the agenda at @The Bitcoin Conference next week in Vegas. Here’s where we’ll be. Hope to see you there. 👉

See Fedi at Bitcoin 2026 - April 23, 2026

Fedi is at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas — see our full schedule of panels and fireside chats covering CBDCs, Lightning, ecash, self-custody, privacy...

A few years back, Achachilabtc returned to his home country, Bolivia, to 'Bitcoinise it.' Since then, he and the team at Bitcoin Research (@BitcoinResearch) have made an incredible effort to do just that. They've built Bitcoin tools for the Bolivian context, onboarded over 100 merchants, and educated countless number of Bolivians about Bitcoin. And because transactional privacy is at the core of their mission, they've recently created their own Fedimint-based wallet service and have begun onboarding their community members to Fedi. Learn more about the work of Achachilabtc and the team at Bitcoin Research in our recent Community Spotlight feature on Bitcoin Reach!

Community Spotlight: Bolivia’s Bitcoin Research - April 22, 2026

Bitcoin Research Bolivia: how Achachilabtc and Juanpybtc built the country

Join @npub17mrm...v0cw, @Frank Corva, and @npub1lud4...tnjd this Thursday, April 23rd at 10 AM ET on X on our handle @fedibtc. They'll be discussing the highlights from the recently concluded Conference Bitcoin Afrique, Bitcoin education in Francophone Africa, and existing Bitcoin communities in the region. Be sure to tune in!

🎉New Mini App added to the Mini App Catalog! Exolix lets you swap between thousands of digital assets, including stablecoins, directly from your Fedi wallet. Learn more about how Exolix works:

Exolix: Swap Bitcoin for Stablecoins and Other Digital Assets Privately Inside Fedi - April 20, 2026

Exolix on Fedi lets you swap Bitcoin for stablecoins and thousands of other digital assets privately — no account, no KYC, fully private. Powered...

In a township in Mossel Bay, South Africa, people couldn't access the global financial system. @BitcoinEkasi decided to bring it to them. Today, community members pay for satellite internet with bitcoin, earn bitcoin at movie nights, and hold their funds together as a community. ⚡️ @Frank Corva tells the full story:

Community Spotlight: Bitcoin Ekasi - April 15, 2026

Bitcoin Ekasi is South Africa

Join Dea Rezkitha, Frank Corva, and Vikas this Thursday, April 16th at 10 AM ET on X at our handle @fedibtc. They'll be discussing @256D and @desiboard as bitcoin tools and how communities use them on the ground in India. Be sure to tune in!

India runs on UPI, which is a payment network connecting over 500 million consumers and 65 million merchants. To pay, you simply scan a QR code at the counter. With the 256D Mini App on Fedi, you can now do the same with bitcoin. Scan the UPI QR code, pay from your Fedi wallet, and the merchant receives rupees. Learn how it works:

256D: Unlock Bitcoin Payments Across India’s UPI Merchant Network with Fedi - April 13, 2026

256D on Fedi bridges Bitcoin Lightning and India

The latest version of Fedi is live! ⚡️ We've simplified onboarding and refreshed the wallet design. Plus, now you can make and receive Stable Balance payments to and from other Fedi users. Learn more in our post about this new version:

Release 26.4.0: Simplified Onboarding, New Wallet Design, and User-to-User Stable Balance Transfers - April 9, 2026

Fedi 26.4.0: faster onboarding, redesigned wallet, and Stable Balance transfers between users. Send fiat-pegged value without touching your Bitcoin...