Btrust 2025 Year in Review
A recap of Btrust’s 2025 milestones in decentralizing Bitcoin open‑source development across Africa and the Global South.
Btrust 2025 Year in Review
A recap of Btrust’s 2025 milestones in decentralizing Bitcoin open‑source development across Africa and the Global South.
Silent Payments: A Case Study of Frigate for Ephemeral Client Key Scanning
Written by Sonkeng Maldini Bitcoin is constantly evolving, and one of the recent developments attracting attention is Silent Payments. In this post, we provide a simplified, high‑level explanation of how Silent Payments work, their advantages over existing approaches, and how they can be used in practice. We will also
Q1, 2026 Btrust Developer Grant Announcement
Africa, April 1, 2026 — We're excited to announce our largest Btrust developer grant cohort to date. Ten outstanding Bitcoin open-source developers have been awarded grants, comprising six starter grant recipients and four open-source cohort members, including two renewals and two promotions from starter to long-term grants. This cohort
BIP326: Anti-Fee-Sniping as a Privacy Primitive for Taproot Wallets
Written by Abiodun Awoyemi Table of Contents 1. Introduction to BIP326 2. Locktime Fundamentals: nLockTime vs nSequence 3. Fee Sniping: The Threat That Locktime Solves 4. How LockTime Defends Against Fee Sniping 5. The Taproot Connection: How MAST works 6. HTLC vs PTLC: Why Off-Chain Protocols Leak 7. The Privacy
2025 Btrust Developer Grantee Impact
At its core, Bitcoin is sustained by people; developers who review code, fix bugs, debate tradeoffs, and quietly maintain the software that powers a global monetary network. In 2025, Btrust’s support of open source development efforts were guided by a belief that when developers from Africa and the Global
Introducing the 2026 Btrust Builders Program
Building a scalable, high‑quality pipeline for Bitcoin open‑source contributors
Why Rust Is Becoming Essential in Bitcoin
Written by Jamal Errakibi This article is a written version of my talk “Why Rust Is Becoming Essential in Bitcoin,” which I gave during the 2025 Btrust Developer Day. If you prefer watching instead of reading, you can watch the talk linked here. Rust has been voted the most loved
Strengthening Africa’s Bitcoin Developer Pipeline: Reflections from 2025
In 2025, hundreds of developers across Africa took their first steps into Bitcoin’s open‑source ecosystem, learning how it works, how to contribute to it, and how to build sustainable careers around it. The Btrust Builders program was designed to move developers from curiosity, to capability, to contribution. This
Introducing the BitDevs Playbook
A practical guide for building and sustaining Bitcoin-only technical communities across the Global South.
Introducing the Second Round of 2025 Btrust Event Grant Recipients
Global, December 31, 2025 - At Btrust, we know that growing the Bitcoin open-source developer ecosystem starts with creating gateways; spaces where curious builders can connect, learn, experiment, and ultimately take their first steps toward meaningful contribution. These gateways often take the form of events: technical meetups, grassroots workshops, hackathons,
Celebrating Duncan Dean’s Journey with Btrust
At Btrust, we’ve been fortunate to support developers whose work strengthens the foundations of Bitcoin. Today, we celebrate the journey of Duncan Dean, who joined us as a long-term grantee in April 2024 and whose time with us concluded in August 2025. His contributions extended well beyond code. Over
Announcing Q4, 2025 Btrust Developer Grant Recipients
Africa, December 12, 2025 — We’re excited to recognize six outstanding Bitcoin open-source developers awarded Btrust grants, including four starter grant recipients and two open-source cohort members. Starter Grants The Btrust Starter Grant provides support for software engineers ready to contribute full-time to open-source Bitcoin development. It allows recipients to
