At our Vadodara meetup, we went deep into Bitcoin’s 21 million supply limit, Proof of Work, difficulty adjustment, and how full nodes independently enforce the rules. We also talked about what’s coming up in Jaipur: BOSS Summit Winter 2026 and @thebitmela. A few folks even grabbed their last-minute tickets right there! If you've been thinking about joining us, consider this your last reminder. 🛠️ BOSS Summit | 27–29 October 🎟️

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Last call to join the next generation of Bitcoin developers 🚀 The Bitcoin Protocol Development (BPD) Cohort - Season 3 has officially kicked off, but it’s not too late to catch up. We are still accepting registrations as we head into Week 1. If you are ready to move beyond the basics and dive deep into the core mechanics of the Bitcoin protocol, now is the time to jump in. 🗓️ TODAY - Week 1 Session: Friday, 23rd October 2026 ⏰ Time: 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC) 📍 BPD Cohort voice channels in Bitshala Discord This 6-week intensive program is built around the renowned Chaincode Labs curriculum. You won’t just be reading; you’ll be solving coding challenges and tackling technical assignments that simulate real-world protocol development. 📌 Apply here:

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Today’s Bitshala Club: Can you spot a multisig spend on Taproot? Cryptographic Foundations of Bitcoin | Today · 8 PM IST | 2:30 PM UTC After wrapping up our ECDSA vs. Schnorr comparison, we’re moving into MuSig2, the protocol that lets multiple signers collaboratively produce a single Schnorr signature. With host Kartikeya Sharma, we’ll unpack: Rogue-Key Attacks: Why simply adding public keys is unsafe, and how MuSig2’s key aggregation coefficients defend against malicious keys. Partial Signatures: How multiple participants combine their signing contributions into one valid Schnorr signature. Taproot Privacy: How an n-of-n multisig spend can look just like a single-key spend on-chain. Protocol Deep Dive: The cryptographic assumptions and coordination required to make multi-party signing secure. 📍 8 PM on Bitshala Discord:

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Want to learn Rust? Learn it by building something real. Building Bitcoin in Rust (BR) Season 2 is now open for registration: an 11-week, hands-on cohort based on Braiins' Building Bitcoin in Rust by Lukáš Hozda. Instead of isolated exercises, you'll learn Rust in the context of a real system, Bitcoin. That covers ownership, traits and testing, then mining, async networking, node design and wallet construction. What you'll take away: • Rust fundamentals with real context • Domain modeling for Bitcoin • Production-style engineering habits • Concurrency and async skills • An end-to-end Bitcoin builder path Who it's for: developers who know at least one programming language and want to learn Rust through practical building. 🗓️ Starts 10 Nov 2026 · Tuesdays, 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC) 🎓 Proof-of-Work certificate on completion 📌 Apply now:

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BOSS Battle 2026 brought builders together across three tracks & each winning team now has received the reward of $1,000 USD-equivalent in Bitcoin. 🏆 Cypherpunk: Haystack / Yogesh 🏆 Machine Money: Infernuous / Team Nigeria 🏆 Freedom Stack: EcashMesh / Ayush The payouts are complete & the transaction is verifiable on-chain:

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What defines a Bitcoin powerhouse before it becomes a household name? Join us today (21-Oct-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club After studying 50 companies, from miners and lenders to custodians, we're wrapping up our Early Riders Top 50 series today with: 🔹Onramp 🔹 River 🔹Strike 🔹Lightspark 🔹Arch And try to understand what patterns actually separate successful Bitcoin businesses from the rest? Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server:

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BOSS Summit Winter 2026 schedule is officially LIVE 🗓️⚡️ We’re heading to Jaipur for a week of deep dives, building, and Bitcoin evolution. 🗓️The Schedule: Oct 26: Check-in (from 11:00 AM) & Community Kickoff Oct 27: AI, Dev Tooling & Bitcoin Core Oct 28: Post-Quantum Crypto & Self-Custody UX Oct 29: Lightning, Ecash & Decentralized Web Oct 30–31: Bitmela It’s going to be an intensive week of learning and collaboration. 🚨 Limited Capacity Update We’ve managed to make room for 10 additional people to join the BOSS sessions. If you are a developer, FOSS contributor, or Bitcoin builder looking for your tribe, this is for you. 🛠️🧡 For ₹2,499, you get: ✅ Full access to 3 days of sessions ✅ Daily lunch & evening snacks ✅ Direct networking with top builders ➡️ Secure your spot: luma.com/bitshalaboss BOSS Summit will be followed by two days at thebitmela. ➡️ Buy Bitmela Tickets here:

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Are you sure your Bitcoin private keys are truly safe from a signature-based attack? Join us today (19-Oct-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech We will be breaking down the evolution of node communication and critical security vulnerabilities, covering: 🔹ECDSA Fundamentals: An overview of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm. 🔹The Role of the Nonce: Why the value k is the most sensitive part of a signature. 🔹The Dark Skippy Attack: How a malicious signer can exfiltrate your seed phrase through seemingly normal signatures. 🔹BIP 461: Exploring the new standard for verifiable signing to protect your assets against these sophisticated attacks. 📍 8 PM IST only on Discord:

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Just a day after ClaudeAI brought attention to the origins of NIST’s elliptic curve parameters, we gathered in Pune to explore the mathematics that helps secure Bitcoin. We spent time understanding secp256k1, ECDSA, and Schnorr signatures. We also looked ahead at quantum computing and what it could mean for Bitcoin’s cryptographic future. These conversations matter because security is never something we should accept blindly. We should understand how it works, question its assumptions, and stay curious about what comes next. That’s what we want Bitshala to be about. People coming together to learn, ask difficult questions, and understand Bitcoin a little more deeply than they did before. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Deccan, Pune on 17-Oct-2026, and made the session what it was. The best part of learning is that there’s always more to discover. 🟠

Today (17-Oct-2026) in Chandigarh, just one person showed up for our Bitcoin meetup. We sat down, had a conversation, and started with a simple question: What is money? We went deep into how to build a solid foundation, exchanged some read's like The Internet of Money and Broken Money to understand further. Every conversation counts when it comes to orange-pilling the world 📚🚀

An incredible evening of hands-on learning in Chennai (17-Oct-2026). We took a deep dive into the inner workings of Bitcoin with a session at Bitcoin: Watch It Work. From the moment you hit 'send' to final confirmation, we explored it all: 🔹Transaction structures & the Mempool 🔹Understanding fee rates 🔹Hands-on RBF & CPFP on Testnet using @SparrowWallet 🔹Leveraging @mempool features to visualize the network Huge thanks to everyone who joined us to watch Bitcoin work in real time ⚡️

Congratulations to our Programming Bitcoin (PB) Season 2 graduates 🚀 Over 8 weeks, participants worked through the entire Bitcoin stack hands-on in a local regtest environment, starting with cryptography and moving on to transactions, scripting, networking and more. Working on regtest means learning by doing: spinning up a node, mining blocks on demand, and seeing exactly how each layer of Bitcoin behaves, without touching real funds. To everyone who earned their certificates, well done. Bitcoin needs more engineers who understand it from the protocol up. 🎉

Bitcoin Protocol Development (BPD) Cohort - Season 3 starts today🟠 A 6‑week immersive cohort to give in-depth dive into the Bitcoin protocol Built around Bitcoin Protocol Development by Chaincode Labs, you’ll be doing Coding Challenges along with weekly Question Assignments 🔐🌐 ⚡Who’s it for? If you’ve already explored Bitcoin’s technicalities and want to level up, this cohort is for you. 📌 Apply here:

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Everyone is invited to join the orientation session today at 8:00 PM IST ⁠and decide if the cohort is right for you. 📍 8 PM on Bitshala Discord:

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Today’s Bitshala Reading Club: Where does new money actually come from? 📖 Week 5 | Friday, 16 October | 8 PM IST How does the modern financial system create money? What roles do banks and central banks play in the process? Join us today as we explore Part Four of Broken Money by Lyn Alden and unpack the mechanics of the global monetary system. 📍 8 PM on Bitshala Discord:

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Congratulations to our Mastering Bitcoin Season 6 graduates! Over the last 10 weeks, they worked through the 3rd edition of Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos, building a deeper understanding of the technology that powers Bitcoin. From transactions and HD wallets to mining and consensus, they went beyond the surface to understand how Bitcoin actually works. Every chapter completed. Every concept questioned. Every bit of effort earned. Congratulations to everyone who earned their certificates. The real journey begins when you take what you've learned and put it to work. The rabbit hole goes deeper. Keep going. 🟠

Every Taproot signature comes down to one equation: s = k + e·x So why can't anyone forge it? 🔐 Tonight we finish our signatures deep dive with @sha512rma: → ECDSA vs. Schnorr → Multisig + a critical attack vector → The Forking Lemma: forging Schnorr = solving the DLP 8 PM on Bitshala Discord:

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What separates a resilient Bitcoin business from one that collapses? Growth alone doesn't guarantee durability. Business models, custody practices, counterparty exposure, and risk management all matter. At this week's TradFi & Bitcoin Club, we continue our Early Riders’ Top 50 Bitcoin Companies series with a closer look at the companies shaping financial infrastructure around Bitcoin, alongside some of the industry's most consequential failures. 📅 Wednesday, 14 October 2026 | 8:00 PM IST | 2:30 PM UTC 📍 Join the discussion in the Bitshala Discord Lounge:

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Our discussion will cover: 🔹 Lending Models: Examining the rise and collapse of BlockFi and Celsius, and the risks embedded in their business models. 🔹 Custody & Security: Comparing Anchorage Digital’s institutional custody approach with Casa’s focus on individual self-custody. 🔹 Institutional Infrastructure: Understanding the distinct roles of Galaxy and Fireblocks in financial services and digital asset infrastructure. 🔹 Bitcoin-Backed Lending: Exploring Ledn’s lending model and how it differs from failed competitors. 🔹 Systemic Failures: Drawing lessons from FTX and the Terra ecosystem, including counterparty risk and the fragility of financial models. The goal is to look beyond the headlines and understand the underlying business decisions, incentives, and risks. For developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone interested in the intersection of traditional finance and Bitcoin, these lessons matter.

That's a wrap on Building Bitcoin in Rust (BR) Season 1 🎓🦀 Over the last 10 weeks, our cohort dived deep into the Braiins curriculum. They worked through Rust's foundations, ownership and traits, all the way to async networking and Bitcoin node design. What stood out most was the transformation. Participants arrived Rust curious and left shipping production-style Bitcoin projects. Everyone who completed the work has earned a Proof-of-Work certificate. Special recognition goes to our top participants: 🥇 ibearua 🥈 Wandia Mugo 🥉 Anshuman 🎁 yunus_abdul 🎁 colmwanga And honorary mentions for R27, aditaya, NisargXplores, oneshheraldofnothing and sreepadam. Bitcoin's future depends on engineers who understand it from the ground up. Programs like this are how we build that bench, and this cohort shows the next generation of Bitcoin engineers is already here. 🚀 Thank you to every participant, mentor and contributor who made Season 1 happen. 🧡

That's a wrap on Building Bitcoin in Rust (BR) Season 1 🎓🦀 10 weeks in the Braiins curriculum, from ownership and traits to async networking and node design. These builders went from Rust curious to shipping production-style Bitcoin projects, and earned their Proof-of-Work certificates doing it. ⚡ Top 5: ibearua 🥇 Wandia Mugo 🥈 Anshuman 🥉 yunus_abdul and colmwanga 🎁 Honorary mentions: R27, aditaya, NisargXplores, oneshheraldofnothing, sreepadam The next generation of Bitcoin engineers is here. 🧡🚀 #bitcoin #rust #nostr #nostr #bitshala #bitshala

🏆 BOSS Battle 2026: We have our winners! Four weeks of building, problem-solving, and shipping code. Three tracks. One open-source mission. But first, a thank you to every builder who showed up and made this what we envisioned. You made BOSS Battle happen. 🧡 Meet our winners: 🔐 Cypherpunk | Bitcoin Privacy 🏆 Haystack by Yogesh - Wallet privacy through decoy addresses. 🔗

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🤖 Machine Money | Bitcoin + AI 🏆 Infernos by Team Nigeria 🇳🇬 - Permissionless AI inference, paid with Lightning. 🔗

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🌐 Freedom Stack | Nostr + Ecash 🏆 EcashMesh by Ayush - One payment layer for different ecash sources. 🔗

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Congratulations to our winners! And to every runner-up and participant, thank you for building in the open. Your work matters. Now, let's take this energy to Jaipur. 🔥 BOSS Winter Summit | Oct 27–29 Our last few spots are available at ₹2,499, including BOSS access, lunch, and evening snacks. 🎟️ Get your pass:

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