Location

The event will be hosted at NodeNBO:

Gigiri, Nairobi nodenbo.com Map

Announcements

Join us on our Bitcoin Socratic Seminar #29. A special thank you to our sponsor Btrust for food and refreshments.

Reminders

Topics

Bitcoin


MC: Brandon


MC: Frank

Mining


MC: Simon

  • Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10% — second-largest negative adjustment of 2026 as a price slide pushed miners offline; difficulty fell from 138.9T to 124.9T at block 953,568
  • Oman launches mandatory national Bitcoin mining pool — all licensed miners must join the state-backed Omanhash.com pool, giving the government visibility into revenue, energy use, and BTC distribution; country has invested $700M+ in mining infrastructure since 2022

MC: Ryan

Lightning Network


MC: Isaack


MC: Matthew

Ecash


MC: Jodom

  • Fedimint v0.11.1 “Mint Condition” — BOLT12 send/receive, mnemonic-based gateway recovery, Pkarr DNS guardian discovery, memory usage slashed from ~1.6GB to under 200MB, redesigned gateway UI
  • Fedimint v0.11.2-alpha.1 — backport improving recurring daemon guardian selection for available and vetted guardians

Upcoming Events & Announcements


MC: Sharon


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