2025-09-08T08:30:23Z https://yabu.me bitika https://yabu.me/npub1pcwq0j38q90vn85ktxs34ez3pdndq2jxp3s7z6dsw4sx7xuee87qlxeat5 https://blossom.primal.net/d5a50abd569b8979d156cfdb606d480e7cb79c6e034881bb88967e037c64427c.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/d5a50abd569b8979d156cfdb606d480e7cb79c6e034881bb88967e037c64427c.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5vjtazx8dypgu9s3gptw9q5yw6wfs8umm0sptdnqjs2p94dglugzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcwa3tpn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20d49ykxql6lpl8cm5p05sjscx6qzca55yfpf0uth96n0zv7ljkqpf9mtv'>nevent1q…9mtv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ayaya! epitomes of joy powered by #bitcoin 2026-05-25T10:01:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyf5q535rx5eqkk8w84tp2ypv664yvyu8wykx5kydrv5x4cu8x0dqzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcr2x5sk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg24s7fufpaxyx5hvgn985u37vvyvf5445dhkfftdq43lspkfux8ctwh0z9'>nevent1q…h0z9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yess, we should and danceee more. <br/>Too bad my primal has refused to upload media. 2026-05-25T07:54:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvptx4ds22w324uaxr0qekchcuclnmd6mlyswzwhwdcz3qlrvd45gzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcuuz6q0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9suuly9ym3lgwtcmevvfr229w78l77cgkmpkpyl2t30t9pnnvv7qpr9mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0vd5hq6r9wgkh5atvw5nu6gld'>nevent1q…6gld</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ofcoss!<br/>bringing more sats to the people! 2026-05-25T07:50:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwngyaura8jcugadflav452s6c92f44pwdejzgqtc95kqaykx5kgzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylc0t07rr <br/>Africa Bitcoin Day 2026 🎊 <br/><br/>I honestly want to repeat this day over and over again. <br/><br/>On Saturday, we came together as Africans to celebrate #bitcoin as a tool that is bringing financial sovereignity to #Africa, shaping how money should be stored, moved and used in trusted sustainable ways, solving an integral issue within our societies. <br/><br/>We had real, nude, authentic and very needed conversations. Spaning from the leaders in the space, builders building revolutionary tools, merchants opting for bitcoin as their preferred currency and even the everyday bitcoin user, deep in the heart of Nairobi&#39;s dense settlements, #Kibera! Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsxetyf346j86t4st0vrp9ekq8vwzxc4u7hepnpn3zuafr83wctctqpzamhxue69uhk66tnwd4k27fww3skketgdyh8gmcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgcymcdk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>afribitkibera</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…mcdk</span>)</a></span> for enabling this! Everyone shared on the landscape, we celebrated the efforts and developments, and also spotlighted the challenges we are currently experiencing that would need to be addressed.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsqu8q8egnszhkfn6t9ngg6u3gskeks9frqcc0pdxc82cr0rwvunlqpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqggfflz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitika</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…fflz</span>)</a></span> stood out as an integral tool in the ecosystem, as a simple, acessible and inclusive tool that brings bitcoin closer to them, helping them easily convert their KES to bitcoin. I noticed the pattern of businesses using <a href="https://bitika.xyz">https://bitika.xyz</a> to receive payments in bitcoin from customers paying with M-Pesa. Businesses need to swiftly receive bitcoin, regardless of the customers currency (bitcoin or KES) and this exposes the need to intentionally improve their experiences and let their businesses thrive. Looking forward to this development!<br/><br/>Grateful to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsxetyf346j86t4st0vrp9ekq8vwzxc4u7hepnpn3zuafr83wctctqpzamhxue69uhk66tnwd4k27fww3skketgdyh8gmcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgcymcdk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>afribitkibera</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…mcdk</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs97ekh6cxykm34l0m5ddrlymhj9rxrys3jemtf90psy3nysum0lkcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kqze5tsn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tando.me</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…5tsn</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19yrh0x6nl5grfysxmr364t70y06juffwufrktwc0f5aan6ck29jsv6h9rh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>minmo</span> (<span class="italic">npub19yr…h9rh</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsgcjxztw2d7fcxkupfq8p2hdwcqhpzc399fdl3y8rnwplqw8carkqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7vjtpda" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Btrust</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…tpda</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqstt98ml80znxlze3dj5ez7swy8y60qqn8lu4ndpeuyevupmk6n2jqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ecxcetzwd68ytnrdakshzc7al" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bitbiashara </span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…c7al</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tujexpy7s6qt4ecmptg6hsxemzpkjc6cg5739cqzttnjxv05efsshjllxq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DADA HUB</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tuj…llxq</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsqr8n8n4xv56nvzavx947d37wk48d3xpvm6t4uenht9dhlzc55whgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vpj9eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mg4yw33g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Satoshi53</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…w33g</span>)</a></span> for showing up and gracing the day.<br/><br/>The celebration we collectivelly had yesterday was one that exposes an increasingly high rate of bitcoin adoption and highlighted how we can better develop the ecosystem.<br/><br/>Oh, a celebration without a dance is not one. We sang and danced as africans, just in the african way and to some good african music. You just had to be there 😅<br/><br/>#bitcoin #africa #sovereignity #sustainability #freedomtools #bitika #soweto 2026-05-25T07:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00r34srr89srq8g2xfgvvcm4dd6pz3q0rla699j5wzle4s7q5fmgzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcvfvw3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmm0hkzjny9dlhetsgns4crcwxxlk7dgvy9653xckrlcfchytjuqa4ycnf'>nevent1q…ycnf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Keep up the spirit. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1md86xkm5sdsd4sesmcv7gut2zdlrsennrynamryunkf7lmp6da9stxx4ht" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>EcoBitz21m</span> (<span class="italic">npub1md8…x4ht</span>)</a></span> 2026-01-24T16:40:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyq6qg7wxg8xr88txjgzq5jestqlt7jsxtgwr73jld4grj8wanafszyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcvqkdkg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8rw9up5wm9h2cguymewkrcvvqzmfdzr8eaueq2xyjs7c72ngqkcpzamhxue69uhk7unpdenk2urfd3kx2u3wdaexwtcyjpqrr'>nevent1q…pqrr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This money comes with happiness too 🥳 2026-01-19T12:24:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx99papq3pmwqfc0addd3vv6e029w3yut2sfcxvws3ggtedd2xstgzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylc48zjsn We love to see bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Glad to be enabling this<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsfe3w590x53257dd5xh9pc97wc2mn0f9e4nmvw97ajmjeth3mu3mgpzemhxue69uhk7unpdenk2urfd3kx2u3wdaexwf90vnc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…0vnc</a></span> </div> Wow! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsqu8q8egnszhkfn6t9ngg6u3gskeks9frqcc0pdxc82cr0rwvunlqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqadj4g2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitika</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…j4g2</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs97ekh6cxykm34l0m5ddrlymhj9rxrys3jemtf90psy3nysum0lkcppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dsqs6amnwvaz7tmpv3ex2tnnw5ernx45" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tando.me</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…nx45</span>)</a></span> is my daily micro payments gate ways, the joy of buying #IceCream in micro Kenyan cents! 👌☺️☺️ In Eldoret Town! <br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/f867e4cc0f496d8affad4d0dc1bef1784db5cfa849db98c01b2281c16506119b.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1b388bb080bde483c2b8dd5cdd612c2d4cd05270da1f767de8918091a614df6e.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-01-19T12:22:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszls04a44nmmznhv7nkc6as2dz0g59a4wcctpyn62gah58g2t88nqzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcy4me3h Thank you to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span> and team for supporting our efforts in making bitcoin accessible to Kenyans. This and other contributions from you fuels a movement that brings freedom to humanity.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqstr0vgy7vq7n97kavq8p4tlq4nma8df7h4shtyn7xtaypwfx5e7rqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgg0enhz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…enhz</a></span> </div> HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund Announces 1.3 Billion Satoshis (13 BTC) Support for 22 Freedom Tech Projects Worldwide<br/><br/><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/human-rights-foundation-1-3b-satoshis">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/human-rights-foundation-1-3b-satoshis</a><br/><br/>The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1.3 billion satoshis in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF). This round of grants supports projects advancing open-source software development, censorship-resistant communications, mining decentralization, and financial privacy for the more than 5.9 billion people living under authoritarian regimes. Grantee projects will improve the underlying Bitcoin protocol, pilot Bitcoin-based payments for dissident support, and provide grassroots Bitcoin education across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. These efforts strengthen the global freedom technology ecosystem, helping human rights defenders, journalists, nonprofits, and everyday citizens connect, organize, and achieve financial freedom in the face of repression.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span>’s grantees for the fourth quarter of 2025 include:<br/><br/>Stratum V2 (Stratum Reference Implementation)<br/>Much of Bitcoin mining still relies on outdated communications protocols that prevent individual miners from choosing the transactions they mine. This leaves block construction in the hands of mining pools, exposing the network to censorship risks. Stratum V2 solves this fault by enabling home miners to build their own block templates. HRF funding will support software developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vy80zvg428jm2f3u9cqxdzgmv7sz0zgdn8pja4qqthe272pjhg3qprd324" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bit-aloo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vy8…d324</span>)</a></span>'s full-time work improving Stratum V2 through performance testing, integration work, and code maintenance, helping individuals regain autonomy within existing pool structures.<br/><br/>Braidpool<br/>Traditional Bitcoin mining pools rely on a centralized structure where the operator controls reward payouts and transaction selection, creating censorship risks. Braidpool addresses this structural centralization by introducing a peer-to-peer, open-source mining pool design where participants collaboratively construct blocks and coordinate rewards without relying on a central operator. With HRF support, software developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdjtlru769nah566jydz2gapjn4fv586zhdxqax4nasgl0kpkx6sfe39e6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1fdjtlru769nah566jydz2gapjn4fv586zhdxqax4nasgl0kpkx6sfe39e6</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdj…39e6</span>)</a></span> will contribute to advancing a new, more democratic mining model that strengthens decentralization and transparency.<br/><br/>Open Money, Closed Access: Building Financial Freedom (OMCA)<br/>In conflict-affected and connectivity-constrained environments, communities are often cut off from formal banking services and safe ways to store or transfer value. OMCA addresses these challenges through Bitcoin-based tools designed for low-cost, private transactions and offline-first use. The program supports the development of local financial infrastructure and resilient communications technologies suited to high-risk contexts. HRF’s support enables individuals to save and transact more securely and discreetly during periods of instability.<br/><br/>Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line<br/>As Bitcoin evolves, open-source developers need up-to-date resources that teach them how the system actually works. Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line by BlockchainCommons teaches prospective developers how Bitcoin works through a hands-on curriculum and across multiple languages. HRF’s funding will allow the project to update its curriculum to match the latest changes to Bitcoin’s software, helping grow the global pool of contributors who keep Bitcoin accessible and resilient.<br/><br/>Voices Uncensored: A Bitcoin-Based Platform for Human Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan<br/>In Azerbaijan, the state routinely targets activists and journalists with surveillance, bank freezes, and blocked donations. Voices Uncensored is a Bitcoin-based platform for human rights defenders led by former political prisoner Elchin Mammad. It pairs uncensorable donations and payments with Azerbaijani-language training and educational resources. HRF’s support will equip Azerbaijan’s human rights defenders with the financial independence, privacy, and resilience needed to continue their work under a repressive regime.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Famba<br/>In Mozambique, citizens face chronic inflation, growing debt, and heavy restrictions on their financial autonomy. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rm5vq26rrn8msw6ltnyursy3xjyr4yqa46r3kdv7um8zujekhh3s7u68pk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitcoinfamba</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rm5…68pk</span>)</a></span>, based in Maputo-Matola, provides accessible Bitcoin education and fosters local circular economies. HRF funding will help dissidents and everyday people access permissionless and censorship-resistant money to achieve financial independence in a repressive political and economic environment.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Indonesia & Bitcoin House Bali<br/>Indonesians face growing financial surveillance, inflation, and censorship. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y4qd2zhtn05gnsaaq5xfejzfk4a32638tx6gpp9g8k6e42g9d66qaxhcr3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>BitcoinIndo21</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y4q…hcr3</span>)</a></span>, Indonesia’s pioneering Bitcoin gathering, along with its Bitcoin education center, Bitcoin House Bali, offers training on using Bitcoin to protect incomes, preserve financial autonomy, and navigate restrictive banking systems. HRF’s funding will expand its workshops, meetups, and media outreach to make Bitcoin a practical tool for financial freedom across the country.<br/><br/>The Bitcoin Learning Center<br/>Across Southeast Asia, millions of people face financial surveillance, exclusion from traditional banking systems, and currency instability. The Bitcoin Learning Center, a physical Bitcoin education hub in Chiang Mai, Thailand, brings students from Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Southern China to learn how to counter this financial repression through Bitcoin. HRF support will expand the center’s educational outreach to ensure more people living under authoritarian regimes gain access to open and decentralized financial tools.<br/><br/>Devgitotox<br/>Bitcoin’s reliability and security depend on a robust codebase. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tum2smfph78xesw48x2xsz7uk9agek8mwgs5lsz6zfncut3e4k5q0huma8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>devgitotox</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tum…uma8</span>)</a></span> is a Tanzanian Bitcoin Core developer contributing to Bitcoin’s primary software implementation. Her work focuses on improving wallet upgrades, fixing issues with how transactions are created and shared, ensuring nodes connect reliably to the network, and building software testing tools. HRF’s support of Devgitotox helps strengthen the Bitcoin codebase while empowering more women to contribute to Bitcoin Core.<br/><br/>Stratospher<br/>Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer network can be vulnerable to surveillance and disruption if weaknesses in transaction relay, validation logic, or cryptographic components are not addressed. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1c5dn5g4exe8wqh4wz8w3eq65alz43x78xdwvrj5ey94s25q292ysga0pn2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>stratospher</span> (<span class="italic">npub1c5d…0pn2</span>)</a></span>,<br/>a Bitcoin Core developer from South Asia, strengthens the protocol by improving how nodes (computers running the Bitcoin software) share and spread information, improving validation and cryptographic systems, and enhancing code quality through reviews and testing. With HRF funding, her contributions will help ensure that Bitcoin remains a robust tool for financial freedom.<br/><br/>Sovereign Engineering<br/>Authoritarian regimes actively suppress financial freedom, leaving human rights defenders in need of open and censorship-resistant financial technologies. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sovereign Engineering</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s0v…rmq5</span>)</a></span> is a long-term development program that supports freedom technologists building on Bitcoin, Nostr, and ecash. Already, the program has catalyzed projects like Blossom, which stores data on public servers in a decentralized manner, and npub.cash, a Nostr-native Lightning address for anyone. With this funding, the program will continue to innovate on freedom technologies that protect civil liberties under repression.<br/><br/>OpenSats Initiative, Inc.<br/>Open and transparent funding is key to sustaining many of the freedom technologies human rights defenders rely on today. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenSats</span> (<span class="italic">npub10pe…n34f</span>)</a></span> is a public nonprofit organization that supports the projects and the individuals building freedom tech by distributing financial support across the ecosystem. With this grant, OpenSats can fortify its operations and continue channeling resources to the builders who keep freedom tech open, secure, and accessible for people living under tyranny.<br/><br/>Africa Free Routing Lightning Developer Bootcamp<br/>Bitcoin adoption is rising across Africa, but access to quality education and development training is often limited or unaffordable. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j8w9vaymagphmvfvkk7tt9cxfneejmctez6yw5nfp0m8qxteptcsjv8nud" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Africa Free Routing</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j8w…8nud</span>)</a></span>’s Lightning Developer Bootcamps address these mismatches by providing structured programs that combine theory, hands-on workshops, and mentorship to software developers. These same developers can then contribute to the Lightning Network and build censorship-resistant financial tools. With HRF funding, the program will expand to ten bootcamps across Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and beyond to foster a continent-wide network of freedom tech contributors.<br/><br/>Programming Lightning<br/>In many repressive environments, the Lightning Network ecosystem suffers from a shortage of skilled developers, leaving censorship-resistant payment tools underbuilt and unevenly maintained where they are needed most. Programming Lightning is an open-source course that will offer self-paced, multi-language learning with hands-on programming exercises. The curriculum will teach anyone to build on Lightning. This grant will help scale a global community of builders to sustain an open payment infrastructure that activists can use to sustain their work under repression.<br/><br/>Zapstore<br/>Authoritarian regimes can censor freedom-tech apps on centralized app stores to control information and limit tools for communication and organizing. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zapstore</span> (<span class="italic">npub10r8…t2p8</span>)</a></span> is an app store built on Nostr, a protocol for decentralized communication. On Zapstore, apps can be independently uploaded and verified by users, without being blocked or removed by dictators. HRF’s support will ensure that dissidents, journalists, and civil society around the world have access to freedom tech without gatekeepers.<br/><br/>Validating Lightning Signer<br/>Most computers running the Lightning Network software today store private keys on the node itself. This creates an online setup where a breach can allow attackers to drain a user’s bitcoin. Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) solves this by separating key management from the node and validating every transaction before signing, enabling true self-custody and resistance to breaches. With HRF support, VLS will lower the barrier for people to safely control and use their own money on the Lightning Network, even in places where financial and digital rights are under threat.<br/><br/>Vexl<br/>Dissidents acquiring bitcoin often need to do so privately to protect their identity, donor networks, and personal safety. Yet centralized exchanges often collect vast troves of personal information and monitor user activity. To address this, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mftv2j67vayavkks8rqev3u8jjhefe86tf80msstfxvpunk9vmps6prkl3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>vexl</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mft…rkl3</span>)</a></span>, an open-source mobile app, allows peer-to-peer bitcoin trading without collecting personal data. With HRF’s support, Vexl can provide human rights defenders and civil society in authoritarian contexts a means to acquire Bitcoin without surveillance and absent gatekeepers.<br/><br/>Dhananjay Purohit<br/>Dictators frequently restrict the finances of online platforms and independent media to silence dissent. To overcome this, open source developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qnw27f2jsqvn05wzpd56m7ykgmepk57p0yrzw8fzc7lfhjkmjmqqmd9r6h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DhananjayPurohit</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qnw…9r6h</span>)</a></span> built ngx_l402, a web server module that enables websites and applications to accept bitcoin payments directly for web or API access. With HRF’s grant, Purohit’s work can help embed bitcoin payments into the internet infrastructure layer, keeping the web open, uncensorable, and resistant to centralized financial control.<br/><br/>BTCPay Server<br/>Under dictatorships, traditional nonprofit fundraising channels can be censored, surveilled, frozen, or cut off without warning. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>btcpayserver</span> (<span class="italic">npub155m…dcvg</span>)</a></span> uses the permissionless foundations of Bitcoin to work around this. Using this open-source and self-hosted software, NGOs and dissidents can freely accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments directly into their self-custodial wallets. HRF’s renewed support will ensure censorship-resistant crowdfunding in even the most repressive environments. <br/><br/>Bitika<br/>In Kenya, obtaining bitcoin can be challenging. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcwq0j38q90vn85ktxs34ez3pdndq2jxp3s7z6dsw4sx7xuee87qlxeat5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitika</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcw…eat5</span>)</a></span> addresses this by allowing users to buy bitcoin directly into their Lightning wallets through M-Pesa (the country’s most widely used financial infrastructure). This makes self-custodial Bitcoin use simple and accessible. This grant will help Bitika improve Kenyans' financial independence by expanding access to censorship-resistant money in an increasingly surveilled payments landscape.<br/><br/>Threads of Freedom: A Bitcoin Graphic Novel and Learning App<br/>Young people, especially women and girls, who live under repressive regimes often lack access to financial education. Threads of Freedom, created by Afghan tech pioneer and founder of the Digital Citizen Fund, Roya Mahboob, provides a culturally-rooted graphic novel and learning app that explains how Bitcoin works and why it matters under tyranny. With HRF support, Threads of Freedom will expand access to education that helps people protect themselves and remain financially autonomous under repression.<br/><br/>About BDF <br/>BDF supports individuals and projects that make Bitcoin and related freedom technologies more powerful tools for human rights defenders operating in challenging political and financial environments. Since launching in 2020, BDF has granted $10.8 million in BTC to 341 projects across 65 countries worldwide.<br/><br/>Learn more about BDF on our website.<br/><br/>HRF is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. Gifts can be made at HRF.org/DevFund, and proposals for support can be submitted to <a href="https://hrf.org/bdfapply">https://hrf.org/bdfapply</a>.<br/><br/>Follow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span> on Nostr for more updates on this project and all of our other programs designed to promote freedom and human rights around the world.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/5788308b17c148c512314f3da4c2887892263b11d3ce28818f26e404f4c742d8.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-01-14T19:12:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8d9qavmzdkrjrzaqlpp4ffvas8ra9tdmzk22fy9ah5vcrpr8nhszyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylc5flwxl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw78e88avxxmr8wguu3x7fp32pfd247lqa337g6hdzcg0mmyq3vfspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgte6dqj'>nevent1q…6dqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9zye8udkahc5twds4jqwx34pe3rxm6gynrsfdg2me0xyr4jm2mpqnfygw6">https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9zye8udkahc5twds4jqwx34pe3rxm6gynrsfdg2me0xyr4jm2mpqnfygw6</a> 2025-10-29T11:58:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zye8udkahc5twds4jqwx34pe3rxm6gynrsfdg2me0xyr4jm2mpqzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcvynxt5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgk85ek8ls0xctqsvgwvxrkasguz6jpy43aq3gar4fmrngwty37cpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhggtv9mh'>nevent1q…v9mh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh damn. Sorry about that inconvenience. Currently we have to maintain that volumes because of capacity issues. However, this is temporary as we plan to scale with time. 2025-10-29T11:55:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9drwg7pcy8vnkx4megtm45f2x3ne2ffws0j7hakm6zgpx7smdu0qzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylccsj448 Last week at the JKUAT business week we had a week long chance to speak to and engage with curious students. <br/><br/>Students are a great challenging audience. They not only understood bitcoin as a payments network innovation but also explored bitcoin as hard money. Getting sats from bitika.xyz to their own lightning wallet to spending some of their sats via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tand04svfdhrt7lhg6687fh0y2xvxfpr9nkkj27rqfrxfpeklldsp48sax" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tando.me</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tan…8sax</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Can’t wait to come back to hear their Bitcoin stories🧡<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b9c0c55383a98c123b705d1e03fa67e0b4e72a43942c74be11988782922e5ab9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/6f69db163fdc412ec55fff2e2cfee9349e0cf189d7420c7e0c10f174a2bb25ea.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/cf9444998095bddf3af157263684cdf71c562c6dff6e704d0aa3ff0d42b682bf.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/789dc0e73351a28d6f6bd51af439a50d5a91ae2749c2704a4c9e3552b036c6a7.jpg"> 2025-10-29T08:44:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lpuajwx6nyun7aahtndmdp3gj6zjj9g9nv42w963qtwc0lyhrgszyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcpzkgw0 🎉 Happy Birthday, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs95vm9z8myhm9v00aujgyf02mw0p6d5u9zrrx9e9arymjfthxxx7sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uazk3fw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fidel</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…k3fw</span>)</a></span>! <br/><br/>From all of us at Bitika, we celebrate our founder today! 🙌<br/>Your vision and commitment to making Bitcoin simple and accessible for every Kenyan continues to inspire us.<br/><br/>Here’s to more growth, innovation, and impact ahead. 🧡⚡ <br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/607e60240196d61c4a76a30e0995a4525801cc4b8cafc6715c9f238770733047.jpg"> 2025-09-19T11:45:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstr8u267h7guj78wfgyv3x2q0tykh62w49pengca3u636jm3t6umgzyq8pcp72yuq4ajv7jev6zxhy2y9kd5p2gcxxrctfkp6kqmcmn8ylcd6524x 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮: 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗠‐𝗣𝗲𝘀𝗮 ⚡🇰🇪<br/><br/>We’re excited to bring Bitika to the Nostr community!<br/>The easiest way for Kenyans to buy Bitcoin directly to a Lightning wallet using M-Pesa, starting from just KES 10.<br/><br/>Why Bitika?<br/>• Ease &amp; Speed – No sign-up, just pay via M-Pesa &amp; sats arrive in seconds.<br/>• Accessibility – Start small, anyone with a phone can get Bitcoin.<br/>• Simplicity – No complexity, just value.<br/><br/> Our Mission<br/>We built Bitika to connect M-Pesa’s reach with Bitcoin’s power.<br/>Too many are locked out due to complex apps &amp; high fees. Bitika makes Bitcoin simple, local &amp; affordable.<br/><br/> Get Started in 5 Steps:<br/>1️⃣ Visit bitika.xyz<br/>2️⃣ Enter your Lightning wallet address<br/>3️⃣ Choose an amount (from KES 10)<br/>4️⃣ Pay via M-Pesa<br/>5️⃣ Receive Bitcoin instantly<br/><br/> No account. No KYC. <br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/77316827d09c47bb25976c052fc821e2a258e8b84ce75b39093608c2372a1314.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/5fd8e8e14de8db7246ad55b94c6a1279f467a71bbe4159d8be22fc9d0ff3397f.jpg"> 2025-09-08T09:03:42Z