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Bitcoin Developer School

A Bitcoin OSS contributor pipeline with a fellowship layer.

Learn practical Bitcoin skills, become a capable builder, or bring hands-on Bitcoin education to your community.

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Our developer pipeline:

  1. Workshops and meetups
  2. Study cohorts
  3. Privacy Track
  4. Code Review Club
  5. Fellowships
  6. Full-time Bitcoin OSS development

$ status: builders moving from first meetup to public contribution

Programs

Pick a practical next step.

🛡️ Monthly workshop

Sovereign Bitcoiner

Self-custody, full nodes, multisig, inheritance, Ecash, and Fedimint for people who want real independence.

 ₿ 10-week cohort

rawBit

A protocol deep-dive through transactions, Scripts, Taproot, PSBTs, and P2P networking - with homework and sats.

 🔐 6-month track

Bitcoin Privacy Track

Contribution-first developer training around Silent Payments, Payjoin, Floresta, Kyoto, and Lightning privacy.

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Workshop scenes

Photos from real sessions.

Code Orange is practical, social, and hardware-first. Students learn around tables with nodes, signing devices, laptops, and mentors close by.

Code Orange fellowship presentation with students around a tableFellowship briefing
Code Orange meetup with projector and Bitcoin toolsLive demo
Laptop showing a Bitcoin node during a Code Orange sessionNode practice
Code Orange workshop table with signing devices and Bitcoin toolsSigning devices
Code Orange students using signing devices at a workshop tableHands-on signing

Recurring events

Always something happening.

See the live Code Orange calendar here, then add it to your own calendar so workshops, cohorts, and study calls stay visible.

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Developer community

We build the community. They build Bitcoin.

Public contributor profiles from the Code Orange GitHub community repo.

ChaitikaSilent Payments and Lightning cohort contributor.
DayvvoLightning and eCash ecosystem contributor.
PeterBitcoin Core and rust-bitcoin contributor.
VaanContributor to rust-bitcoin and BDK wallet infrastructure.
RazorBitcoin P2P security monitoring contributor and BOSS participant.
ArowoloAsync Payjoin (BIP77) contributor.
PsychemistWallet, Lightning, and protocol contributor.
DiegodevNetwork monitoring and Taproot tooling contributor.
Mwihotirust-bitcoin and contributor tooling builder.
MuhammadRust builder targeting Floresta, BDK, and SeedSigner.
YongkiEmerging Bitcoin Core contributor.
IlieEmerging Bitaxe and Stratum V2 contributor.
ElijahhhEmerging Lightning Network contributor.
KiritoEmerging coinswap and Stratum V2 contributor.

View GitHub profiles →

For community leaders

Run a Code Orange workshop.

Free, editable, localizable workshops for beginners through advanced Bitcoin learners. Get the materials, adapt them for your community, and join a network of hosts.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much does it cost?

All Code Orange programs are free for accepted students. The school is funded through Bitcoin grants, donations, and partnerships.

Do I need prior coding experience?

rawBit and the Bitcoin Privacy Track expect comfort with a programming language. Bitcoin Basics, Sovereign Bitcoiner, OpenClaw, and Vibe Coding welcome curious beginners.

Can I join remotely?

Yes. Most sessions run online through Discord, with hands-on hardware sessions layered in where they help.

Can I run a workshop?

Yes. The curriculum is open source and the community can help with local adaptation, links, and promotion.