Developer Builds Bitcoin Inheritance Protocol at Zone01 Kisumu Lightning Bootcamp

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A developer participated in the Bitcoin Lightning Bootcamp at Zone01 Kisumu in June, gaining hands-on experience with the Bitcoin ecosystem. As part of a hackathon, their team built Continuum, a privacy-preserving Bitcoin inheritance protocol designed to address the problem of inaccessible bitcoins due to lost private keys or absent inheritance plans. Continuum uses the Lightning Network's proof-of-life mechanism, where periodic small payments confirm a user is active, and triggers a secure inheritance workflow for beneficiaries if payments cease. The bootcamp covered topics ranging from Bitcoin fundamentals and mining to the Lightning Network, wallet management, and open-source contribution via GitHub. The experience shifted the developer's perspective on Bitcoin from a simple digital currency to a broader decentralized protocol with real-world development opportunities.

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