If you know what these rocks are, there is a good chance you understand bitcoin.

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Kenya’s county economies generated KSh 14.97Tn in nominal Gross County Product in 2024, up from KSh 13.82Tn in 2023. ➠ Nairobi remained the largest county economy at KSh 4.11Tn, contributing 27.4% of total GCP. ➠ Kiambu ranked second at KSh 819.8Bn, with a 5.5% share. ➠ Nakuru was third at KSh 771.8Bn, although nominal growth slowed to 2.1%. ➠ Mombasa ranked fourth at KSh 711.1Bn, accounting for 4.8% of output. ➠ Meru became the fifth county economy above KSh 500Bn, reaching KSh 525.8Bn. ➠ The top five counties accounted for about 46.3% of total county output. ➠ Isiolo recorded the fastest nominal growth, expanding 25.4% to KSh 46.2Bn. ➠ Bungoma grew 15.5% to KSh 305.3Bn, one of the strongest gains among larger county economies. ➠ Samburu remained the smallest county economy at KSh 44.8Bn, contributing just 0.3%. ➠ 10 counties had economies below KSh 100Bn in 2024, most of them in ASAL regions.

Armada.buzz fixes Discord bans.

My signage isn’t anything to brag about, but if you’re at the @MWBTCSummit come by the @SeedSigner table in the exhibition hall and say hi or get a demo. 🧡

Bitcoin is my safe word

Join us on Oct 22 at @PubKey for the premiere of BIGGER than Bitcoin; episode 2 (Indonesia) and learn how independent bitcoin education is already changing the world @MyFirstBitcoin_ @thekylehuber luma.com/hsodwfgy?tk=bzzN5f

2027 is coming.

Blockstream Green Desktop 3.6.0 now supports paying Lightning addresses and LNURL requests directly in the send flow. The update also restores multisig account options and improves Jade hardware integration.

Who should speak at this year’s Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit at Bitcoin Beach? 👇 We’re bringing together people building tools, education, and projects that help make Bitcoin usable as money. Nominate a speaker below—or DM us if that’s you. Let’s talk! ⚡️@Bitcoinbeach

Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final RC testing after the Sept 14 tag, targeting stable release on Oct 10. It adds parallel block validation, mempool fee estimates, PSBT v2 defaults and security patches for wallet and HTTP issues.

Bitcoin’s third one-block reorg in four weeks is drawing fresh attention. The latest analysis says AntPool and SpiderPool produced competing blocks at height 966,500. It highlights Bitcoin’s block propagation and mining decentralisation.

Release: Nutshell 0.21.0 🥜 ⚡ LND self-payments 🚀 Core Lightning xpay ✨ Smoother wallet handling 🌱 Updated Spark integration Update wallets and mints: git fetch && git checkout 0.21.0 && poetry install Big thanks to all our contributors! 🧡 github.com/cashubtc/nutshell…

Release: Nutshell 0.21.0 🥜 ⚡ LND self-payments 🚀 Core Lightning xpay ✨ Smoother wallet handling 🌱 Updated Spark integration Update wallets and mints: git fetch && git checkout 0.21.0 && poetry install Big thanks to all our contributors! 🧡 github.com/cashubtc/nutshell…

We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code. —David Clark, 1992

Save the date! Ecash Hackday is happening in Berlin on September 30, the day before bitcoin++ gets paid. Registration opens soon.

Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut up to 60 Swiss jobs, half its local workforce, shifting back-office and software roles to Bratislava and Vietnam. The Crypto Valley firm frames the move as cost-driven expansion into global wealth management while keeping Zug headquarters.