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image From Code to Consensus: The Elegant Logic Behind Bitcoin Mining 📍 Vashi, Navi Mumbai 📅 Saturday, June 13 | 11:00 AM Stripped down to its core, Bitcoin mining is just a giant, automated game of guessing a lucky number according to a strict set of rules. ​ Mining might happen on complex chips, but Bitcoin's security relies on rules anyone can understand. 📌 Register at :
image Ever wondered how Bitcoin keeps upgrading without a CEO, company, or anyone calling the shots? Nobody controls Bitcoin. Still, the protocol keeps evolving without falling apart. At our next Bitshala Vadodara Meetup, we’re breaking down how Bitcoin consensus actually works: ⚡ BIP Process ⚡ Node Consensus ⚡ Soft Forks vs Hard Forks ⚡ Economic Majority ⚡ The Blocksize Wars ⚡ How decentralised systems coordinate at global scale If you’re into: • Computer Science • Networking • Distributed Systems • Open Source • Cryptography • Bitcoin infrastructure - You’ll probably fit right in. 🗓️ 12th June 2026 ⏰ 5 PM to 7 PM IST 📍 Aniradichita Theatre & Films, Alkapuri, Vadodara Hosted by Bitshala 🟠 📌Register at:
image Bitcoin Wallets (Haryana) 📍Cheeka, Haryana 📅Saturday, June 13 | 10:00 AM Most people treat Bitcoin wallets like digital leather purses, but they are actually closer to a keychain for a global locker system. This is an interactive, concept-first workshop. We will use visual analogies, live demonstrations, and step-by-step breakdowns. There will be no complex coding, no price speculation, and no stupid questions. 📌Register at :
image Join us today (28-May-2026) at 7:00 PM IST / 1:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Kernel Club Session 8: Hands-on with py-bitcoinkernel We will cover: i) Contextual Check in Bitcoinkernel & py-bitcoinkernel ii) Review all the API methods in py-bitcoinkernel. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session : Pre-requisites: Docs site for all Bitcoinkernel API's:
image Join us today (27-May-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club Today, We will Deep dive into Strive — “The Daily Dividend Company” 🧠⚡ • Bitcoin treasury strategy • Digital Credit & yield • BTC-backed products • Capital structure innovation • Daily dividend model Plus: how Strive fits into Bitcoin Treasury Companies. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server:
image Mastering Lightning Network (LN) Cohort - Season 3 begins TODAY! 🚀 Orientation session - 27th May 2026 - 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC). We’ll kick off with an Orientation Call today in our discord server: Everyone is invited to join the call, learn more about the cohort structure, expectations, and outcomes — and then decide if this journey is the right fit for you. 📘 Based on Mastering the Lightning Network, LND Builder’s Guide & Chaincode resources Who’s it for? 👉 Developers, designers, builders & curious Bitcoiners 📌 Applications are open: See you at 8:00 PM IST! 🚀
image 🍕Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 just wrapped across India – and it was LEGENDARY! From record-breaking turnouts to intimate first meet-ups, Bitshala communities showed up strong in 11 cities with great pizza, deeper conversations, and unstoppable Bitcoin energy! • Bangalore🌆 – Lively mix of newbies & OGs diving into why Bitcoin exists. Gifted everyone Spiritual Money books, set them up on Blink wallet, and invited them to Bitspace events. Pure vibes! • Vadodara – Went down the rabbit hole on the legendary 10,000 BTC pizza and why Bitcoin is the apex predator. Delicious pizzas and even better signal. • Varanasi - 4 were tech majors, 2 were journalism majors, and 1 was a finance major and, all from Premier Institutes asking relevant questions from mining, to taxes, to resources to learn. • Latur🔥 – The city’s first-ever Bitcoin meet-up, perfectly timed on Pizza Day. Couldn’t have asked for a better launch! • Mumbai – Absolute blast! Deep dives into what makes Bitcoin money, problems with the current system, Cryobrick intro by Alok, and Koshh Seedplate raffle entries. • Chennai – Covered Bitcoin basics, Pizza Day lore, Bitshala, and the Bitasha Koshh giveaway. Epic Q&A with everyone sharing journeys. Shoutout to OGs Sai & Saravanan for the early-days reflection – thank you for the support! • Hyderabad⚡️– Record-breaking ~100 people – biggest Bitcoin meet-up in the city yet! 30-min history & lore session + lively Q&A + Bitshala education talk. Energy was unreal.🫡 • Delhi – From 10,000 BTC pizzas in 2010 to paying for pizza with 1 sat today! Abhijay crushed the @BTCPay Server demo – attendees actually experienced self-sovereign payments live. Delhi’s scene is heating up fast. • Haryana – Our first Bitcoin meetup in the state! Just 5 of us but we talked for 3+ hours on doubts, ideas & future plans. Small room, massive signal. More coming to Haryana & Punjab soon. • Pune – Quality time with enthusiastic Satoshis (old & new). Great discussions on Bitcoin and the full Pizza Day history. The vibe was perfect. • Indore – Great pizza, even better conversations. Mixed crowd explored Bitcoin’s origins and why it still matters today. Huge thanks to every single Bitcoiner who showed up, asked questions, shared ideas, and kept the fire burning.🧡 Massive shoutout to Bitasha for powering the Koshh Seedplate raffles across cities – real self-custody love! 🤗 Bitcoin education is spreading city by city. This is just the beginning. 🙌 Develop & Design Bitcoin Open Source Software | Bitshala.org
image Join us today (26-May-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Mining Club Today, We’ll dive into how a Bitcoin miner works—block construction, Merkle root, and hashing—plus walk through a hands-on example building a block from raw transactions to valid proof of work. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
image Markets, Money & You Every Sunday, May 31 - July 05 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IST | Google meet Have you ever wondered what really powers the world of money and markets, and how it quietly shapes your everyday life? From inflation and housing prices to salaries, savings, loans, and investments, monetary systems influence far more than most people realize. ‘Markets, Money and You’ is a beginner-friendly lecture series that explores how money evolved, why financial systems behave the way they do, and how technological change continues to reshape the global economy. Through history, economics, financial crises, and emerging ideas, culminating in Bitcoin and AI-driven payments. The series aims to help ordinary people better understand the forces shaping their financial future. This is a 6-part series covering: Commodity Money, Gold & Early Banking Fiat Transition & Economic Frameworks Technological Supremacy & Systemic Change Modern Monetary Crises Shortcomings of Traditional Store-of-Value Assets Bitcoin & Future Financial Architecture 📌 Register at:
image Bitcoin 101: Designing Digital Scarcity - The Architecture of Absolute Consensus Sunday, June 14 | 10:00 AM | AHMEDABAD Absolute digital scarcity cannot be enforced by a line of code; it requires anchoring data to the laws of thermodynamics. Most introductory events focus on price charts, trading strategies, and market hype. We are skipping the financial noise entirely. This session pivots to the engineering reality: how an open-source protocol achieves global, digital scarcity without a central authority. We will unpack the system architecture that allows thousands of untrusted computers to maintain a single, unhackable truth. 📌 Register at:
image Join us today (25-May-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech Today, We will discuss the following: i) Which systems and protocols outside of Bitcoin are vulnerable to cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQC) ? ii) What types of attacks are anticipated ? iii) Migration pathways - processes & challenges iv) PQ Algorithms Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
Pizza Day Indore meetup update🍕 ⚡️ Great pizza, even better conversations. Dived into the history of Bitcoin Pizza Day — how it all started and why it still matters. A vibrant mix of newbies and seasoned Bitcoiners 👥— we explored why Bitcoin exists and how it works ₿. Thank you everyone who joined 🙌
Pizza Day Pune meetup was exciting🍕⚡️ Spent some quality time with fellow enthusiastic Satoshis and also got to meet some new folks. Had a great time discussing Bitcoin, sharing ideas, and educating everyone about the history behind Bitcoin Pizza Day. Really enjoyed the conversations and the vibe throughout the meetup!
First Bitcoin meetup in Haryana ✅🍕 Celebrated Bitcoin Pizza Day with a close-knit group of 5 — and honestly, that’s how strong communities start. Planned for 12–2 pm, but we ended up talking for 3+ hours. Pure Bitcoin conversations — doubts, ideas, and future plans. Small room, big signal. We’ll keep this going until more meetups start popping up across Haryana & Punjab 🚀 image
🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day in Delhi hit different. From 10,000 BTC pizzas in 2010 to pizza for just 1 sat today… we’ve come a long way. We kicked things off with a @BTCPay Server intro session by Abhijay — Bitshala starter grantee & fellow. A solid walkthrough on enabling self-sovereign payments ⚡ Attendees got to actually experience it — availing pizza for just 1 sat using BTCPay. Real-world Bitcoin in action. Great turnout, curious minds, and lots of conversations around adoption, tools, and education. Delhi’s Bitcoin scene is heating up 🔥 More to come 🚀
🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day in Hyderabad was a HUGE success. We just set the record for the largest Bitcoin meetup in the city so far. Nearly 100 people showed up, and the energy was unreal ⚡ Great pizza, even better conversations. Spent ~30 mins diving into the history and lore of Bitcoin Pizza Day — how it all started and why it still matters. Followed by a lively Q&A 👀 We also spent time talking about Bitshala and the work being done to spread Bitcoin education 📚 Lots of curiosity and thoughtful discussion from attendees. 📖 Launching a Bitcoin Reading Club in Hyderabad. The ecosystem here is growing fast. And of course… sats were earned, not given 😄 ⚡ Chess games ⚡ Quizzes ⚡ Friendly competition Hyderabad showed up strong. This is just the beginning 🚀 image
Vadodara, thank you for showing up! 🙌 We went down the rabbit hole of the legendary 10,000 BTC Pizza, discussed what makes Bitcoin the apex predator, and obviously, had some delicious pizzas! 🍕 Until next time! 🚀
What a lively Bitcoin Pizza Day evening in Bangalore! 🌆⚡ A vibrant mix of newbies and seasoned Bitcoiners 👥—we explored why Bitcoin exists and how it works ₿. We gifted everyone a copy of Spiritual Money 📘, got them set up with Blink Wallet 📲, and wrapped up by inviting them to upcoming events at Bitspace 🚀
We had a great evening in Chennai! 🌆⚡ We covered why Bitcoin ₿, Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕, Bitshala, and Bitasha Seedplate giveaway contest 🎁—before diving into an engaging Q&A with everyone sharing their Bitcoin journeys. @Saiyasodharan & Sarvanan reflected on the early days when it was just the two of them at meetups in 2017–18 👥, and thanked Bitshala for supporting the ecosystem’s growth 🙏
🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day in Mumbai was a blast. Tons of discussions, great energy all around — from why Pizza Day is celebrated, to what makes Bitcoin “money,” to the problems with the current system. Also got an intro to Cryobrick (Bitcoin hardware wallet) by Alok Participants entered the Bitcoin Pizza Day Raffle to win a Koshh Seedplate by Bitasha India. Thank you everyone who joined 🙌