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image Join us today (13-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for The Cryptographic Foundations of Bitcoin club In today's session, We’ll explore: i) One-Way Functions and computational hardness ii) Discrete Logarithms and SHA-256 iii) Hard-core predicates iv) Digital signatures, Fiat–Shamir, and Schnorr nonce reuse Plus, a practical look at how these functions transition into Digital Signatures, featuring the Fiat-Shamir Transform and a critical warning on the dangers of nonce reuse in Schnorr signatures. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server:
image Bitshala Bitcoinversations : Delhi Edition ⚡️ 🗓️ Sunday, 16th August 🕜 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ​Join us for Bitshala Bitcoinversations in Delhi, a casual gathering for developers, enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the future of money. 🎙️Special Guest ​: We are excited to be joined by Suyash, Device Engineer at Trezor, who will be sharing his experience working on Bitcoin hardware, his journey in the ecosystem, and insights into building secure, open-source devices for self-custody. ​ Whether you're interested in hardware wallets, Bitcoin security, open-source development, or simply curious about how Bitcoin devices are built, this will be a great opportunity to learn and ask questions. 📌Register now:
image Mastering Bitcoin (MB) Cohort - Season 6 begins TODAY! 🚀 Orientation session - 13th August 2026 - 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC) Based on Mastering Bitcoin (3rd edition) by Andreas Antonopoulos, this eight-week cohort will help you understand how Bitcoin works, from transactions, wallets, and nodes to mining, consensus, and security. The program combines self-study, discussions, and live sessions. ✅ No coding experience required. If you’re new to Bitcoin and want to learn from the basics, this is a great place to start. We’re kicking off the Orientation Call today in Bitshala Discord Server Everyone is welcome to join the call. We’ll explain the cohort structure, expectations, learning outcomes, and how the sessions will work. After the orientation, you can decide whether this journey is the right fit for you. See you at 8:00 PM IST! 🚀 📌 Apply here:
image Join us today (12-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club In today's session, We’ll explore Liana Wallet, an open-source, self-custodial Bitcoin wallet featuring: i) Time locks and inheritance-friendly recovery ii) Miniscript and Taproot support iii) Coin control iv) Flexible multisig configurations Plus, a hands-on session where we’ll set up wallets for different needs: simple inheritance, expanding multisig, or your own custom setup. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server:
image Bitshala is coming to Parul University, Vadodara to help students go from writing code to contributing to real-world software. 📅 Aug 14 | 12:30 PM 📍 Parul University, Vadodara Student → Contributor: How to Break into the FOSS World Learn: • Git & GitHub • How open-source projects actually work • How to make your first contribution • AI tools for developers • Bitcoin as an engineering case study Open to all. Register:
image Join us today (11-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Hardware & Sovereignty Club We’ll explore: i) Android SecureRandom and the wallet thefts it enabled ii) “Milk Sad” and 120,000+ affected wallets iii) Why critical key-generation failures keep recurring—and how to fix them Join us in Bitshala discord lounge:
image Join us today (10-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech Today, we will discuss Anzen, a vault construct that claims to achieve a balance between "Security", "Ease of Use" and "Trustlessness" w.r.t self-custody of Bitcoin. The article explaining Anzen can be found here: Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
image Not Your Entropy, Not Your Bitcoin | Chennai 📅 Saturday, 15th August 🕡 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM What if your 24-word seed looks perfectly random… but really isn’t? ​We usually trust our hardware wallet, phone, or computer to generate that secret for us. It gives us 12 or 24 random-looking words, we write them down, and move on. This meetup is about understanding what actually sits underneath the words randomness, entropy, and secure key generation, without treating the wallet as a black box. Seats are limited. 📌Register now: ​
From students and developers to entrepreneurs, the room was buzzing with curiosity and energy at Bitshala Pune meetup (08-Aug-2026) ⚡️ We explored the key difference between a Bitcoin wallet and a Bitcoin node, and why wallets don’t store Bitcoin, but manage the cryptographic keys that control it. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped spark meaningful conversations about Bitcoin’s protocol reality. 🧡
20 people showed up in Hyderabad despite the heavy rain, and what an evening it was! ⚡️🌧️ At Bitshala Bitcoinversations: Hyderabad Edition (08-Aug-2026), we had engaging conversations with Avinash Burra about his life experiences, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Policy in India, and much more, followed by an insightful Q&A. Also shared a presentation on Bitmela and the work we’re building. Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and made it special! 🧡₿
A great session on Bitcoin Transactions, Blocks & Mining in Andheri, Mumbai (08-Aug-2026) 🚀 We explored hash functions, candidate blocks, mining, hashrate, Nakamoto consensus, and the Bitcoin network. We also introduced Bitshala, a Bitcoin-focused education initiative helping developers, designers, and curious builders contribute to Bitcoin open source through clubs, cohorts, fellowships, and the BOSS Summit. Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🙌
image Join us today (07-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitshala Reading Club We're in Week 4 of The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel as part of the Bitcoin Reading Club. In today's session, we'll cover Chapters 13–16 and discuss the timeless principles behind better financial decisions, managing risk, understanding human behavior, and building long-term wealth. Whether you're new to personal finance or a seasoned Bitcoiner, you'll leave with practical insights that can improve the way you think about money. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session :
Something exciting is about to begin! 🚀🔐 What a great start to The Cryptographic Foundations of Bitcoin club! 🎉 We kicked off our first session by meeting one another, exploring the roadmap ahead, and beginning our journey through the cryptographic ideas that make Bitcoin possible. We have an exciting journey ahead! 🧠⚡
image 🎉Mastering Lightning Network Cohort – Season 3 has graduated! 🚀 Congratulations to everyone who completed the journey and deepened their understanding of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. 🔐 Applications are now open for the new seasons of: 1️⃣ Programming Bitcoin 2️⃣ Mastering Bitcoin 3️⃣ Mastering Lightning Network 📌 Apply here: Learn more about the cohorts on the Bitshala website bitshala.org/cohorts/
image Join us today, 6 August 2026, at 7:00 PM IST / 1:30 PM UTC for the first session of The Cryptographic Foundations of Bitcoin club. We’ll introduce the full roadmap, from one-way functions, hashes, and Proof-of-Work to Merkle trees, elliptic curves, ECDSA, Schnorr, MuSig2, and FROST, and discuss what “hard” really means in cryptography. We’ll also meet one another before we begin. 🕒 Note on timing: Today’s session starts at 7:00 PM IST / 1:30 PM UTC. This is a one-off shift. From next week onward, we’ll return to the usual 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC, every Thursday.
image Bitshala Bitcoinversations: Hyderabad Edition ⚡️ Join us for Bitshala Bitcoinversations in Hyderabad—a casual gathering for developers, enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the future of money. ​Whether you're a developer looking to contribute to Open Source, a student curious about the ecosystem, or a builder exploring new ideas, come grab a chair and join the conversation! 🎙️ Special Guest ​We are excited to be joined by Avi Burra, Bitcoiner, Novelist, Filmmaker, and Architect, who will be sharing his personal Bitcoin journey, unique perspective, and creative insights with the group. 📌 Register at:
image Join us today (04-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Hardware & Sovereignty Club We’re covering today, The Coldcard Exploit & Hardware RNG Audit: i) The Root Cause: How a linker bug redirected seed generation to weak software. ii) Architecture Comparisons: How Trezor, Ledger, Tangem, and Coldcard differ. iii) Minimizing Hardware Trust: Verify open-source code and perform key checks. iv) Hardware Wallets vs. Dedicated Phones: Are wiped old phones viable for self-custody? Join us in Bitshala discord lounge:
At Vadodara Bitcoin Meetup #7, we're doing something different. Most people use Bitcoin, but we will talk to it. Bring your laptop and spend two hours interacting directly with Bitcoin Core through the command line in the regtest mode. No wallets. No block explorers. No slides. Just you, a terminal, and the software that powers the world's first decentralized monetary network. This hands-on lab is designed as an introduction to Bitshala's Learn Bitcoin from the Command Line (LBTCL) cohort, one of our most loved technical programs. 📅 8 August 🕕 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 💻 Bring your laptop Seats are limited. Register now: https://luma.com/n6pggu88%E2%9C%A8 image
image Join us today (03-Aug-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech Today, we will discuss: i) Random processes and entropy ii) Entropy’s relationship to private keys iii) How Satoshi generated entropy and private keys iv) How hardware wallets generate entropy v) Hardware-generated vs. human-generated entropy This primer will help participants make informed decisions amid recent concerns involving a particular hardware wallet. Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session: