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# bitcoin-dev-resources
A list of resources and communities for a developer willing to learn and build their career in Bitcoin (WIP)

## Technical Books

- [Grokking Bitcoin](https://github.com/kallerosenbaum/grokkingbitcoin)
- [Mastering Bitcoin](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook)
- [Mastering the Lightning Network](https://github.com/lnbook/lnbook)
- [Programming Bitcoin](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-bitcoin/9781492031482/)
- [Bitcoin: A Work in Progress](https://www.btcwip.com/)

## Other Technical Reading Resources

- [Bitcoin Optech](https://bitcoinops.org/)
- [Bitcoin Development Philosophy](https://rosenbaum.se/btcphil/)
- [Onboarding to Bitcoin Core](https://obc.256k1.dev/)
- [Bitcoin Improvement Proposals - BIP](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips)
- [Basis of the Lightning Network - BOLT (Lightning Network Specifications)](https://github.com/lightning/bolts)
- [Bitcoin Lightning Improvement Proposals - bLIP](https://github.com/lightning/blips)
- [Chaincode Bitcoin Curriculum](https://chaincode.gitbook.io/seminars/bitcoin-protocol-development)
- [Chaincode Lightning Curriculum]()
- [Bitcoin-dev Mailing List](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/)
- [Lightning-dev Mailing List](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/)
- [LND Builder’s Guide](https://docs.lightning.engineering/)
- [WebLN Guide](https://www.webln.guide/introduction/readme)
- [LNURL Specifications](https://github.com/lnurl/luds)
- [Discreet Log Contracts Specification](https://github.com/discreetlogcontracts/dlcspecs)
- [DLCs Mailing List](https://mailmanlists.org/pipermail/dlc-dev/)
- [Bitcoin Stack Exchange](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/)
- [Bitcoin Transcripts](https://btctranscripts.com/)
- [Bitcoin Search](http://bitcoinsearch.xyz)

## Educational Programs/Communities

- [Qala](https://qala.dev/) - Africa 
- [Vinteum](https://vinteum.org/) - Brazil
- [Librería de Satoshi](https://libreriadesatoshi.com/) - Spanish Speaking LATAM
- [Bitshala](https://www.bitshala.org/) - India
- [Torogoz](https://torogoz.dev/) - El Salvador
- Cubo+ - El Salvador
- [Base 58](http://base58.info)
- [Summer of Bitcoin](https://summerofbitcoin.org/) - Global / Open-Source Internship Program

## Hackerspaces/Startup Acceleration Programs

- [Pleblab](https://www.pleblab.com/) - Austin, US
- [Bitcoin Commons](https://www.bitcoincommons.com/) - Austin, US
- [ATL BitLab](https://atlbitlab.com/) - Atlanta, US
- [Wolf](http://wolfnyc.com) - New York, US
- [Bitcoin Park](https://bitcoinpark.com/) - Nashville, US
- [Bitcoin Grove](https://btcgrove.com) - Miami, US
- [PlebTLV](https://plebtlv.com/) -  Tel-Aviv, IL
- [hack.bs](https://hack.bs.it/) - Brescia, IT
- [BO฿ Space](https://www.bobspaces.net/) - Bangkok, TH
- [Fulmo](https://fulmo.org/) - Berlin, DE
- [Satoshi’s Place](https://satoshisplace.co.uk/) - Bury, UK
- [Draper Decentralized Studio](https://studio.draperx.vc/) - Global
- [Bolt.Fun](https://bolt.fun/) - Global Hackathons

## Bounties

- [Bitcoin Acks](https://bitcoinacks.com/)
- [BIP Bounties](https://bipbounty.org/)
- [NYDIG Bitcoin Bounties](https://nydig.com/bounties)
- [Bitcoin Bounties](https://bitcoinbounties.org/)

## Bitcoin/Lightning Open-source Protocol Development - Funding/Employment

- [Brink](https://brink.dev/)
- [Chaincode](https://chaincode.com/)
- [Lightning Labs](https://lightning.engineering/)
- [Vinteum](https://vinteum.org/)
- [Blockstream](https://blockstream.com/)
- [Acinq](https://acinq.co/)
- [Spiral](https://spiral.xyz/)
- [MIT Digital Currency Initiative](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/)
- [Open Sats](https://opensats.org/)
- [NBD](https://nbd.wtf/)
- [₿trust](https://twitter.com/btrustteam)
- [Digital Garage](https://www.dglab.com/en/)
- [Human Rights Foundation](https://hrf.org/programs_posts/devfund/)
- [Bitmex Open Source Developer Grant Program](https://blog.bitmex.com/grants/)
- [Okcoin Developer Grant](https://developergrant.okcoin.com/)
- [LNP/BP Association](https://www.lnp-bp.org/)
- [ZeroSync](https://zerosync.org/)

## Dev Meetings

- [Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](http://bitcoincore.reviews) (A weekly club for reviewing Bitcoin Core PRs)
- [LND PR Review Club](http://lnd.reviews) (A biweekly club for reviewing LND PRs)
- [LDK PR Review Club](https://ldk.reviews/)
- [Bitcoin Core Dev IRC Meeting](https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/)
- [Bitcoin Design Calendar](https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+%22community+call%22) (Community Calls, Design Sprints, Project Calls)
- [Lightning Specification Meeting](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+%22Lightning+Specification+Meeting%22+)

## Bitcoin Open Source Communities on Discord/Slack/ChatApps

- [LND Developer Community Slack](http://lightning.engineering/slack.html)
- [Bitcoin Core IRC Channel](https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/)
- [BDK Discord](https://discord.gg/dstn4dQ)
- [LDK Discord](https://discord.gg/5AcknnMfBw)
- [Build on L2](https://www.buildonl2.com/)
- [Bitcoin Design Community](https://join.slack.com/t/bitcoindesign/shared_invite/zt-1rxp55chx-dH6pWlTtWBqRw7VztgvBGA)
- [Bitcoin Product Manager Community](https://discord.gg/Ztvwn8fycA)
- [StratumV2](https://stratumprotocol.org/assets/discord.svg)
- [Fedimint](https://chat.fedimint.org/)

## Tools/Libraries/APIs for Lightning Application Developers

- [Lightning Polar](https://lightningpolar.com/)
- [Lightning Node Connect](https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lightning-terminal/lightning-node-connect) ([lnc-web](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lnc-web) / [lnc-rn](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lnc-rn) / [lightning-node-connect](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-node-connect))
- [ZEBEDEE API/SDK](https://zebedee.io/developers/api)
- [LNPAY API/SDK](https://docs.lnpay.co/)

## Jobs in Bitcoin Companies

- [Bitcoin Talent](https://www.bitcointalent.co/)
- [Bitcoiner Jobs](https://bitcoinerjobs.com/)

## Technical Conferences

- [Advancing Bitcoin](https://www.advancingbitcoin.com/)
- [Tabconf](https://tabconf.com/)
- [Bitcoin++](https://btcplusplus.dev/)
- [BTCAzores](https://btcazores.com/)
- [Adopting Bitcoin](https://adoptingbitcoin.org/)

## Bitdevs Socratic Meetups
 
- [Amsterdam](https://bitdevsamsterdam.org/)
- [Atlanta](https://atlantabitdevs.org/)
- [Austin](https://austinbitdevs.com/)
- [Berlin](https://bitdevs.berlin/)
- [Boston](https://bostonbitdevs.org/)
- [Chicago](https://chibitdevs.org/)
- [Denver](http://denverbitdevs.com/)
- [Honolulu](http://www.honolulubitdevs.com/)
- [Kampala](https://twitter.com/BitDevsKla)
- [Lagos](https://twitter.com/BitDevsLagos)
- [London](https://londonbitdevs.org/)
- [Los Angeles](https://bitdevsla.org/)
- [Miami](https://miamibitdevs.org/)
- [Nairobi](https://twitter.com/BitDevsNBO)
- [Paris](https://twitter.com/bitdevsfr)
- [Portland](https://www.meetup.com/portlandbitdevs/)
- [Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill](https://trianglebitdevs.org/)
- [San Francisco](https://sfbitcoindevs.org/)
- [San Juan](https://sanjuanbitdevs.org/)
- [São Paulo](https://saopaulobitdevs.org/)
- [Taipei](https://bitdevs.tw/)
- [Tampa](https://tampabitdevs.io/)
- [Vancouver](https://bitdevs.ca/)
- [Washington, D.C.](https://dcbitdevs.org/)

## Bitcoin-focused VCs

- [Ten31](https://ten31.vc/)
- [Hivemind](https://hivemind.vc/)
- [Trammel Venture Partners](https://tvp.fund/)
- [Lightning Ventures](https://ltng.ventures/)
- [Bitcoiner Ventures](https://www.bitcoinerventures.com/)
- [Fulgur Ventures](https://fulgur.ventures/)
- [Stillmark](https://www.stillmark.com/)
- [Ego Death Capital](https://egodeath.capital/)
- [Kingsway Capital](https://www.kingswaycap.com/)
- [Mimesis Capital](https://www.mimesiscapital.com/)
- [PlanB Ventures](https://venture.angellist.com/planb-ventures/syndicate?utm_campaign=syndicate_direct_link)
- [Seetee](https://www.seetee.io/)
- [Axiom Capital](http://axiombtc.capital)
- [Timechain VC](https://timechain.concentric.vc/)

## Bitcoin Dev Twitter Accounts

- [Bitcoin Core Devs](https://twitter.com/i/lists/1416770080885641216)
- [Lightning Network Devs](https://twitter.com/i/lists/1416773279721967618)

## Bitcoin Dev Blogs

- [Elle Mouton](https://ellemouton.com/)
- [Rusty Russel](https://rusty-lightning.medium.com/) / [Rusty’s Other Blog](http://rusty.ozlabs.org/)
- [Anthony Towns](https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/)
- [Gloria Zhao](https://github.com/glozow/bitcoin-notes)
- [Bastien Teinturier](https://github.com/t-bast/lightning-docs)
- [Mark Erhardt (Murch)](https://murch.one/)
- [Peter Todd](https://petertodd.org/)
- [Jeremy Rubin](https://rubin.io/blog/)
- [Matt Corallo](https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/)
- [James O’Beirne](https://jameso.be/)
- [Jon Atack](https://jonatack.github.io/)
- [0xB10C](https://b10c.me/)
- [Bitcoin.ninja](http://bitcoin.ninja)
- [Christian Decker](https://snyke.net/)
- [Oliver Gugger](https://gugger.guru/)

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