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

Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Workshop | Navi Mumbai | 14th Mar| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Workshop | Vashi, Navi Mumbai | Saturday, 14th Mar 2026 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Bitcoin Hardware Wallets workshop in Navi Mumbai is organised by Bitshala.
📅 Saturday, 14th March 2026
🕐 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
📍 Awfis Coworking - Raghu Leela Arcade, Off Space, 3rd Floor, Conference room, Raghuleela, Arcade Vishwaroop, Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703
If you are in Navi Mumbai, come join us to learn about:
- What bitcoin hardware wallets are
- Types of bitcoin hardware wallets
- Seed Phrases
- Hands on use of a seed signer along with sparrow wallet over Testnet
This is a Bitcoin only hardware wallets workshop.
Who should attend?
- Beginners with zero prior knowledge
- Students and professionals curious about digital money
- Anyone interested in finance, technology, or decentralization
About Bitshala: Bitshala is a grassroots education initiative focused on strengthening the Bitcoin ecosystem by nurturing and supporting developers and contributors.
You can explore Bitshala's study cohorts and clubs on bitshala.org, join our discord server at https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf9
Follow us on twitter https://x.com/bitshala_org or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitshala/
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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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
5 attendees
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Workshop | Navi Mumbai | 14th Mar| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Awfis Coworking, Awfis Coworking - Raghu Leela Arcade, Off Space, 3rd Floor, Conference room, Raghuleela, Arcade Vishwaroop, Infotech Pvt. Ltd. P, Navi Mumbai, INBitcoin Hardware Wallet Workshop | Vashi, Navi Mumbai | Saturday, 14th Mar 2026 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Bitcoin Hardware Wallets workshop in Navi Mumbai is organised by Bitshala.
📅 Saturday, 14th March 2026
🕐 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
📍 Awfis Coworking - Raghu Leela Arcade, Off Space, 3rd Floor, Conference room, Raghuleela, Arcade Vishwaroop, Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703If you are in Navi Mumbai, come join us to learn about:
- What bitcoin hardware wallets are
- Types of bitcoin hardware wallets
- Seed Phrases
- Hands on use of a seed signer along with sparrow wallet over Testnet
This is a Bitcoin only hardware wallets workshop.
Who should attend?
- Beginners with zero prior knowledge
- Students and professionals curious about digital money
- Anyone interested in finance, technology, or decentralization
About Bitshala: Bitshala is a grassroots education initiative focused on strengthening the Bitcoin ecosystem by nurturing and supporting developers and contributors.
You can explore Bitshala's study cohorts and clubs on bitshala.org, join our discord server at https://discord.com/invite/STeQFVEWf9
Follow us on twitter https://x.com/bitshala_org or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitshala/If you are a developer or a designer looking to contribute to Bitcoin Open Source Software then checkout our fellowship program.
4 attendees
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/STeQFVEWf9
7 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_org
2 attendees
Past events
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