About
Bitshala is a grass-root education initiative led by Indian Bitcoiners, focused on strengthening the Bitcoin ecosystem by nurturing and supporting Bitcoin FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Devs. Our mission is to equip people with the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to Bitcoin FOSS projects.
While a lot of Blockchain courses exist out there to provide surface-level API lessons on EVM like "smart contracts", the technical knowledge requirements for Bitcoin Development are much wider and nuanced. Bitcoin is a multidisciplinary subject covering Software Engineering, System Engineering, Networking Protocol Design, Game Theory, Cryptography, Economics, and Social Dynamics of Complex Systems like the Market. Thus, creating a comprehensive bitcoin course is probably impossible in its entirety, and nothing in the existing academia and programming boot camps satisfies such requirements. New people trying to enter into Bitcoin development thus have to scour through a big set of parallel subject domains, not well organized and spread across the internet.
Thus Bitshala aims to provide the ground for ideating, producing, and publishing different categories of content in Open Source to satisfy the varied learning need of an aspiring Bitcoin Developer.
Our Team
Raj Maitra
Pen-and-paper engineer turned keyboard warrior in multiple rabbit holes. Often known for making a mess. An actual rabbit.
Sovrav
PM juggling Bitcoin FOSS projects and ventures like a circus performer.
Anmol Sharma
When he is not talking about Bitcoin,he is busy writing code. But let's be honest, he is usually busy talking about Bitcoin.
Emjshrx
Joined Bitshala to run Bitcoin Core on his Dive Computer. Didn’t work, but he’ll keep trying.
Faisal
Joined as a learner, now leading like a pro... while making sure that the club activities are fun and running like a well-oiled machine.
Keraliss
Contemplating by a river in his humble hut with his laptop, he codes. He says thats all he needs.
Paperpsych
If he’s not designing, he’s writing copy, if he’s not doing that, he’s planning some events. If not that.. he’s probably watching Mad Men!
Our Advisors
Adam Jonas
An invisible force in Bitcoin. Nobody knows what he does. So we’ve stopped asking.
Adi Shankar
The monk who gave us the name and the logo, but never explained what they mean.