The sun rose over Port Louis on December 1st to mark the start of #BtrustDeveloperDay, a laser-focused day of deep work where Africa’s top Bitcoin engineers gather to learn, share, and build.
The goal of Btrust Developer Day is to ship code that improves the rails of Africa’s financial system. The developers are encouraged to work on open-source projects that improve Bitcoin’s privacy, Lightning Network, and censorship-resistant tools that work on low-bandwidth connections.
A Sold-Out Revolution
The organizers of the Africa Bitcoin Conference (ABC) officially announced today that the event is SOLD OUT. This is a signal that the hunger for Bitcoin technical knowledge in Africa is massive and growing. People didn’t buy tickets to hear platitudes about “banking the unbanked.” They bought tickets because they want the tools to do it themselves.
The narrative that Africans are passive beneficiaries of aid is dead. The sold-out crowd in Mauritius is proof that we are active architects. The attendees include students, engineers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who understand that freedom is not given – it is engineered.
