About us
Bitshala is a club for Bitcoiners and enthusiasts of Lightning Network, Nostr, etc. Hang out with other Bitcoiners at our meetups or cohorts to learn & work in Bitcoin FOSS or startups.
- Our meetups keep you updated on all things Bitcoin: Basics, Building Career, What got shipped last week, PR Reviews, BitDev, and more!
- Our cohorts focus on helping you join a program and educate yourself as a Bitcoin developer
Where📍
Offline: Bangalore, India (more cities soon)
Online:
Discord https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf9
twitter https://x.com/bitshala_org
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitshala/
What 📚
Software Engineering, System Engineering, Networking Protocol Design, Game Theory, Cryptography, Economics, Market/Social Dynamics, Complex Systems
Come in. It's Free and open like FOSS.
Featured event
How to run a Bitcoin full node and Basic CLI Commands | Mumbai | 31st Jan 26
Bitshala's Hands-on workshop on running a full Bitcoin node and Basic CLI Commands | 31-Jan-2026 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
📅 Saturday, 31st January 2026
🕐 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Mumbai Co-works, 8th Floor (Conference Room), Western Express Highway, Times Square, next to Sai Service, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069, India
Come join us to learn about:
i) What is a bitcoin node?
ii) How does it provide you monetary sovereignty?
iii)How to setup a bitcoin node at your home?
iv)How to connect your wallets to your node? and
v) Basic CLI Commands
You can explore Bitshala's study cohorts and clubs on bitshala.org, join our discord server at https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf9 or follow us on twitter https://x.com/bitshala_org
If you are a developer or a designer looking to contribute to Bitcoin Open Source Software then checkout our fellowship program.
Upcoming events
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Latest in Bitcoin Tech: Optech Deepdive
·OnlineOnlineJoin our laid-back Bitcoin tech catch-up every Monday at 8 PM IST on Discord!
We cover the latest Bitcoin Optech newsletter and podcast - https://bitcoinops.org/
Come chill with us in the chilly winters, as we dive into the latest Bitcoin Optech newsletter, discussing tech highlights in Bitcoin & Lightning.
Jump in. Monday 8 PM IST.
Discord link - Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session : https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf915 attendees
Bitcoin Mining Club
·OnlineOnlineWe will dive deeper into the fundamentals of Bitcoin mining
Every Tuesday 8 PM IST.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session: https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf9
You can explore Bitshala's study cohorts and clubs on bitshala.org or follow us on twitter https://x.com/bitshala_org3 attendees
Rust Club – Build Bitcoin Projects with Rust
·OnlineOnlineThese interactive sessions happen every Wednesday at 6 PM IST and Saturday at 3 PM IST, every week.
Hosted by Vayras, this is a recurring club for anyone looking to learn Rust, especially with a focus on building Bitcoin-native tools and applications.
We’re building a Rust club where the goal is simple:
- Learn Rust by doing, and use it to build Bitcoin-native tools and apps.
Wednesdays are for hands-on exercises. You’ll get to code, debug, and tinker in real time.
- Saturdays are for core Rust concepts. We’ll dive deep into the language’s powerful features and discuss how they apply to Bitcoin development.
Whether you're new to Rust or already exploring Bitcoin development, this is your space to grow.
Expect collaborative sessions, coding challenges, and conversations that bridge the worlds of systems programming and Bitcoin.
Join us in the Bitshala Discord Lounge:
https://discord.gg/cDgzakWm
Don’t miss out if you want to learn one of the most powerful modern languages and use it to build for the hardest money the world has ever known.16 attendees
Bitcoin Kernel Club
·OnlineOnlineWelcome to the Bitcoin Kernel Club hosted by Bitshala!
This club focuses on understanding and contributing to libbitcoinkernel — the project extracting Bitcoin Core's consensus engine into a reusable C library.
Follow Github to know what gets covered on the day : https://github.com/yuvicc/bitcoinkernel-club
## Club Overview
- When: Every Thursday at 19:00 IST / 13:30 UTC
- Starting: January 8th, 2026
- Duration: 12 sessions
- Where: Bitshala Discord
## What We'll Cover
- Understanding the C API and its design principles
- Memory management in the kernel library
- Chainstate, blocks, and transaction validation APIs
- Building simple Rust and C++ bindings from scratch
- Reviewing open PRs related to the kernel project
3 attendees
Past events
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