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Builders, step away from the screen
The BOSS Summit is a 6 day invite-only gathering in Dharamshala for India's most dedicated Bitcoin open-source contributors.
We bring together contributors from across the ecosystem to exchange ideas, share progress, and tackle problems that don't get solved in mailing lists or pull requests. Sessions are detailed and hands-on, discussions are open brainstormings, and everyone in the room is there because they're building, reviewing, or designing something that matters.
The pace is unhurried. Talks and sessions happen on a hillside terrace, not under stage lights. Conversations run long, and some of the most important ones happen off the schedule... over shared meals, evening walks, or while looking at the mighty Himalayas.
It's a rare chance to step away from the noise, focus on the work that matters, and leave with new perspectives that can shape Bitcoin's future.
Is this your kind of room?
The BOSS Summit is for people who already shape Bitcoin's open-source software.
Developers, reviewers, maintainers, researchers — if your work touches Core, Lightning, wallets, privacy tools, nostr, or protocol research, this is where you'll find your peers.
Every seat is by invitation. Not because we want to keep people out, but because the conversations move fast, go deep, and assume you already know the terrain.What happens when the right people meet in the right place
For six days, you'll be surrounded by people who work on the same kinds of problems you do, and who care about getting them right.
Some sessions go deep: two-hour workshops where a small group pulls apart one thorny issue until it's clearer, cleaner, or killed entirely. Others are lighter: open-stage talks where anyone can grab the mic and share an idea, a pattern, or a warning worth hearing. You'll hear what others are building before it's public. You'll get candid feedback on your own ideas. You'll swap notes on roadblocks and trade-offs, and make decisions with people who've been in the code.And because we're in Dharamshala, it's not all sitting in chairs. The setting gives space for ideas to breathe, and for the right ones to stick.
A few things you can count on
Focused Technical Sessions
Intimate working sessions on current and emerging Bitcoin projects. Dig into real code, review proposals, and workshop ideas with the people actually building them.
Unsolved Problem Deep Dives
Structured explorations into the hard problems still waiting for the right solution — from scaling challenges to protocol-level design decisions that shape Bitcoin's future.
Unscripted Breakthroughs
No slides, no scripts. The best ideas emerge from real-time debate among people who deeply understand the problem space. These sessions let that happen.
Off-the-Record Roundtables
A safe space for sensitive topics and early-stage ideas. Chatham House rules apply — speak freely about what's next without worrying about public attribution.
Evenings That Become Plans
A walk, a meal, an argument that becomes a plan. Everything is arranged so the discussion matters more than the schedule. The best collaborations start here.
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Who's shaping the conversation
Past summits have included a mix of maintainers, protocol researchers, wallet engineers, UX designers working on key management, privacy engineers, and infrastructure maintainers.
Following are some of the projects that our summit attendees work on.
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