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Bitcoin Dev Project
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The go-to resource for developers to learn bitcoin and related technologies. Get inspired to kickstart and grow your career in bitcoin open source software (₿OSS).
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bitcoin_devs 11 months ago
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
🚀 Help us save Satoshi! And learn the fundamentals of bitcoin tech while you’re at it 📢 Introducing Saving Satoshi! The world’s first interactive, practice-focused game to teach you bitcoin development. www.savingsatoshi.com Bitcoin tech can be hard to learn. Yes, there are many incredible resources. Our goal is to complement them and add our drop of interactivity to the ocean of learning. Try Saving Satoshi today! image What will you learn? - How to find and decode the hidden message in the genesis block - Elliptic curve cryptography - Message signing and verification - Building a transaction - Building a block template - Bitcoin Script - How the Lightning network works - And so, so much more! How is Saving Satoshi different? - Logged in state to remember your progress - Ability to share accomplishments publicly - A real story to motivate you to learn - Free and Open Source image Saving Satoshi started as a hackathon idea: “How can we make bitcoin tech education more engaging and fun?” Since then it’s become a game with 10 fun chapters, and support for both Python and JavaScript Worldwide there are groups like TabConf and Scalar School playing together. image Give Saving Satoshi a go today, and let us know what you think. Shoutout to the team that helped bring this over the finish line image Now be quick, Satoshi needs you! www.savingsatoshi.com
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
🚀 Decoding Bitcoin! An interactive, exercise-first way to learn bitcoin development 100% free and open-source 👇 Dive into bitcoin tech with us below! Decoding Bitcoin makes learning bitcoin tech easier, funner, and more efficient It gives you the perfect mix of - Concise explanations - Real-world exercises - Tons of interactive demos image Being able to play with interactive elements to understand Bitcoin concepts is the best way to solidify a working mental model image No libraries allowed, you’ll craft everything from scratch! We support both JavaScript and Python (of course!) Each bitcoin concept comes with its own exercise, so you’ll learn not just how things work, but also when and where to use them. image By the end of each module, you’ll challenge yourself by creating a project to test your understanding. image We’ve started with the first module on Scripts. More content is coming soon! Please share your feedback on this first release—it helps us understand what you want to see next, whether it’s content or new features.
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
Incredible walkthrough of our ecosystem! Thank you to @npub1gjyt...ektz for the deep dive! We look forward to building more products, services, and infrastructure to enable the world to study and contribute to bitcoin FOSS. View quoted note →
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
📢 Introducing Bitcoin Search v2 Want to find that one specific technical bitcoin nugget? You’re in luck! There is only one place that allows you to search the depths of bitcoin’s technical ecosystem and retrieve the highest signal info about bitcoin tech. 🔗👇 Bitcoin Search is unique Unlike Google, when you search for “lightning” We actually know what you mean (Hint: It’s not electric sparks in the sky. Or an ice hockey team in Florida). image Features We let you sort and filter by categories that matter - Authors and - Sources And in ways that matter - Relevance and - Date And with views you love: dark 🌑 & light 🌞 Scope The scope of the product is laser focused: bitcoin tech Users can suggest sources deeper in the product. This bolsters our repo of bitcoin tech sources We build pathways to scrape the data Which grows our library of bitcoin tech literature and resources Ecosystem of Knowledge Creation Bitcoin Search thrives as a collaborative ecosystem. As you do more Transcript Reviews and suggest new credible sources, our database continuously expands and improves, ultimately benefiting the entire Bitcoin technical community. It’s a virtuous cycle of knowledge creation image We already had a live V1. Why build a V2? We wanted to improve comprehension of the product for newer devs interested in bitcoin tech While improving its usability, and increasing a sense of delight when using it. image Biggest thanks to the team! Dev: Emmanuel, Solomon, Balogun, Otuedon Design: @paperpsych Dev Lead: Theo Vision: Jonas Product: @art assoiants So, give Bitcoin Search a go! Tell us what you like and don’t like. What’s missing. What should we do better? And importantly - what kinds of products and tools are missing for bitcoin devs and builders in the ecosystem?
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
Want to contribute to #Bitcoin FOSS development But don't know where to start? 📢 Introducing Bitcoin Good First Issues! A tool designed specifically for devs just entering bitcoin development. 🤔 We know it’s hard to guess which projects to start with and what issues to tackle. Bitcoin Good First Issues gathers beginner-friendly issues labelled Bug, Help Wanted, and (heh) Good First Issues. It pulls them live for your from vetted Free Open Source Software projects. 🛠️ Why Give It a Go? - Vetted Projects - Easy Navigation - Lowered Barrier to Entry Whether you're just starting or already a developer, Bitcoin Good First Issues is built to accelerate your contributions. Give it a roll and make a difference! Let’s build the future of bitcoin together. 👩‍💻 Check the image below to learn how the data flow works: image 🖤 Biggest thanks to our team! - Vision: Theo - Ideation: Emmanuel, Solomon, Abubakar Ismail - Design: Theo with thanks to paperpsych - Dev: Theo, Solomon, Balogun - Product: @art assoiants 📃 Examples of vetted FOSS projects in Bitcoin Good First Issues - BDK - Core LN - Eclair - Fedimint - LDK - Polar - Stratum Mining We're looking forward to your feedback!
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
Better search For better learning And better buidling Coming. image
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bitcoin_devs 1 year ago
We're building a ton of products - Tool to make bitcoin concepts easier to grok - Tool to make it easier to find issues to work on - Tool to remove friction in finding bitcoin-related technical content Soon