Nairobi, Kenya // July 2027
Two days of Bitcoin development, open-source collaboration, and technical learning in Nairobi, Kenya.
BTRUST DEVELOPER CONFERENCE 2027
NAIROBI, KENYA · JULY 2027 (TBC)
SARIT EXPO CENTER, WESTTLANDS
The evolution
In 2027, we’re introducing the Btrust Developer Conference: a two-day gathering created for Bitcoin developers, designers, researchers, open-source contributors, and technical builders across Africa and beyond.
For this next chapter, we’re bringing the event back to Nairobi, where it all started. The city hosted the inaugural Btrust Developer Day in 2024, and in 2027, the event returns with a new name, an expanded two-day format, and more room for technical learning, open-source contribution, and collaboration.
Across two days, participants will take part in technical talks, hands-on workshops, project demonstrations, collaborative hacking sessions, and honest conversations about building the future of Bitcoin.
Whether you’re contributing to Bitcoin Core, building on Lightning, experimenting with ecash, improving wallet security, designing better onboarding experiences, or making your first open-source contribution, Btrust DevCon is for you.
Our Journey
Our inaugural Btrust Developer Day brought together more than 250 developers, designers, creators, and open-source contributors. Builders from across Africa and the wider ecosystem joined the community for a day of technical learning and collaboration.
The second edition moved to Mauritius as the official developer-focused precursor to the Africa Bitcoin Conference. The programme expanded through technical talks, contribution workshops, live demonstrations, and the Developer Connect Zone.
For its next chapter, the event returns to the city where it all began. The third edition marks the transition from Btrust Developer Day to the Btrust Developer Conference, with two full days, greater technical depth, more opportunities to contribute, connect, build, and ship together.
Highlights
Watch Highlights from Previous EditionsThe Program
Concise, high-signal sessions exploring Bitcoin protocols, tools, libraries, research, and real production systems.
Hands-on sessions where participants work directly with codebases, design systems, development tools, and active open-source projects.
Transparent technical walkthroughs of Bitcoin products and infrastructure, including architecture decisions, trade-offs, failures, and lessons learned.
Sessions covering payment channels, routing, liquidity, scalability, developer tooling, and emerging Layer 2 approaches.
Technical discussions around federated mints, Chaumian ecash, privacy-preserving infrastructure, and the future of local, private bitcoin use.
Practical exploration of self-custody, multisig, key management, covenants, inheritance, wallet design, and secure development.
An interactive exhibition space where projects, repositories, and communities can meet contributors, demonstrate their work, and find collaborators.
Dedicated time to solve issues, review code, build prototypes, improve documentation, and help participants make meaningful contributions.
Who It’s For
Btrust Developer Conference is for the people actually doing the work writing code, shipping tools, and pushing Bitcoin forward.
Working deep in the stack
Developers working on open source protocols, infrastructure, libraries and Bitcoin tools.
Bitcoin Core contributors exploring protocol level work across the full stack.
Lightning Layer 2 engineers building scalable applications on the Bitcoin network.
Researchers studying the technical, economic, cryptographic, or social layers of Bitcoin.
Open source maintainers looking for contributors and dedicated long term collaborators.
Building on and around bitcoin
UX designers and product thinkers improving Bitcoin usability for all users.
Builders across Africa and Global Majority solving local problems with Bitcoin.
Technical founders and product leads integrating Bitcoin into real world products.
New contributors looking for mentorship and paths into Bitcoin open source.
Anyone curious about the technical side of Bitcoin and its future.
You don't need to be an experienced maintainer to belong here. If you're curious, committed, and ready to learn or contribute you're welcome.
Why Attend
Nairobi is where Btrust Developer Day began and where its next chapter will take shape. The city has a buzzing developer ecosystem and a growing community of builders working across Bitcoin, fintech, open-source software, and emerging technologies.
Nairobi is also home to Node NBO, a hub for Bitcoin builders and organizations, including Btrust. It provides a home for developers, contributors, educators, and communities working to strengthen the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The inaugural Btrust Developer Day took place in Nairobi in 2024. Returning in 2027 connects the expanded conference to its roots while creating space for the community’s next stage of growth.
Nairobi is one of Africa’s most active technology centres, with a strong community of developers, designers, founders, researchers, and open-source contributors. DevCon brings the wider Bitcoin ecosystem into direct contact with this local network of builders.
Visit the home of Btrust and other Bitcoin organizations in Nairobi. Node NBO is a focal point for technical collaboration, community activity, education, and Bitcoin open-source development.
Take part in practical workshops and contribution sessions focused on tools and codebases you can continue working on after the conference.
Connect with maintainers, designers, researchers, educators, founders, and first-time contributors from across Africa and the global Bitcoin ecosystem.
Explore how Bitcoin infrastructure can respond to African and Global Majority realities while contributing to a global, permissionless network.
The most valuable outcome may not be a slide or a session. It may be the contributor, mentor, employer, co-founder, or friend you meet in the room.
Past Voices
We’ve welcomed developers, designers, founders, researchers, and open-source contributors helping shape Bitcoin in Africa and around the world.
Block
Btrust
Btrust
Btrust
Africa Bitcoin Conference
Machankura
BTCPay Server
Bitcoin Core
Bitshala
Librería de Satoshi
Btrust / Chaincode Labs
Affiliation
Community Story
Btrust Developer Day was the best event I have attended. It inspired me a lot to be a Bitcoin developer. It changed my life, and I will always remember the event.
Maithya Mulwa
The venue
Btrust DevCon 2027 is taking place at Sarit Expo Centre in Westlands, Nairobi.
Located within Sarit Centre, the venue offers flexible conference and exhibition space for technical talks, practical workshops, project showcases, networking, and the Developer Connect Zone
Westlands is one of Nairobi’s most accessible commercial and hospitality districts, with a wide range of hotels, restaurants, shops, and other amenities nearby.
Join Us
Are you a Bitcoin developer, designer, researcher, technologist, or open-source contributor with something useful to share?
We're accepting proposals across five formats
Developer Connect
Developer Connect gives projects a dedicated, interactive space at Btrust DevCon. No polished stage presentation is required, bring your work, demonstrate it, and meet the people who can help move it forward.
Come for two days of technical learning. Leave with new ideas, new collaborators, and a clearer path into Bitcoin open source.
