# Latest **URL:** https://openbitcoin.africa/latest.md [Latest](https://openbitcoin.africa/latest.md) · [Categories](https://openbitcoin.africa/categories.md) · [Tags](https://openbitcoin.africa/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Open Bitcoin Africa! 👋](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/welcome-to-open-bitcoin-africa/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/welcome-to-open-bitcoin-africa/5 "2026-06-15T15:11:49Z")
We are so glad you joined us. Open Bitcoin Africa A platform where people discuss Bitcoin, Lightning, emerging protocols, economics, policy, and the opportunities shaping Africa’s digital economy. Here are some thing… --- ## [Bringing SeD, ABSL and Pontmore together: a shared direction for collaboration](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/bringing-sed-absl-and-pontmore-together-a-shared-direction-for-collaboration/50)
**Author:** [@okjodom](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/okjodom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/bringing-sed-absl-and-pontmore-together-a-shared-direction-for-collaboration/50 "2026-10-18T07:37:41Z")
Hi everyone, On 14 October, Theophilus (@extheo), Tobechukwuleta (@tobses), Brian (@bmosha) and I (@okjodom) met to compare SeD, ABSL and Pontmore proposals, and discuss how we could work together. We agreed to focus o… --- ## [ABSL: A Settlement Layer for Bitcoin-Based Trades](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/absl-a-settlement-layer-for-bitcoin-based-trades/48)
**Author:** [@Bmosha](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/Bmosha)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/absl-a-settlement-layer-for-bitcoin-based-trades/48 "2026-10-16T15:31:01Z")
Hi everyone, I see decentralized discovery as a useful starting point. It can help wallets and providers find one another and show what services they offer. But discovery does not, by itself, protect a specific trade. I… --- ## [Introducing Pontmore: a Nostr-native protocol for agent discovery, escrow, and swaps](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/introducing-pontmore-a-nostr-native-protocol-for-agent-discovery-escrow-and-swaps/16)
**Author:** [@okjodom](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/okjodom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/introducing-pontmore-a-nostr-native-protocol-for-agent-discovery-escrow-and-swaps/16 "2026-10-16T07:41:00Z")
Hi Open Bitcoin Africa community, I would like to introduce Pontmore, a Nostr-native protocol family for agent identity, capability discovery, escrow declaration, and swap lifecycle coordination. Pontmore is designed f… --- ## [Designing Standalone Escrows in Pontmore PIP-01](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/designing-standalone-escrows-in-pontmore-pip-01/28)
**Author:** [@Denver](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/Denver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/designing-standalone-escrows-in-pontmore-pip-01/28 "2026-08-15T12:50:42Z")
Designing Standalone Escrows that Expands Pontmore Protocol’s PIP-01 At the moment PIP-01(Escrow descriptor) of the pontmore Protocol serves a narrow albeit crusial purpose; it allows agents to discover compatible escro… --- ## [SeD: Decentralized Service Discovery & Evidence-Based Web of Trust](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/sed-decentralized-service-discovery-evidence-based-web-of-trust/12)
**Author:** [@extheo](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/extheo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/sed-decentralized-service-discovery-evidence-based-web-of-trust/12 "2026-07-30T19:26:45Z")
SeD: Decentralized Service Discovery & Evidence-Based Web of Trust Hi everyone, I’d like to share a protocol proposal that I (with contributions from other brilliant minds, Tobechi, Tim, and Okjodom) have called the Ser…