Bitshala Bitspace

FOSS hackerspace for Bitcoin, open protocols, privacy and freedom tech builders. Devs, designers, tinkerers & protocol nerds are welcome!
Our org: @bitshala_org

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

You guys can't imagine what's in the works here. Buckle up India! ✨

[Bitmela @thebitmela]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

We’re hosting something big this October 👀

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

From @bitshala_org's first meetup in Bangalore on 9th Dec 2023 to celebrating bitcoin in 12+ cities in 2026 with 100s of people...We've come so very far.

Proud and grateful to be a part of the bitcoiner culture expanding in India!

Special thanks & kudos to all the unsung local city leads without whom none of this would be possible: @amolutxo @pseudonymous369 @studentofbtc @bala_1116 @CodeInVeins @MinerDesi @TheBitcoinGirl_ @traderremus @jaganvmohan @JoshiShreyan @GKills07

Amazing work peoples. Onwards we take bitcoin, together.

[Bitshala @bitshala_org]

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 @blinkbtc 📲, and wrapped up by inviting them to upcoming events at Bitspace @bitshala 🚀

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@vedantutage03 @imdab002 @DashXHQ Great job on this one guys!

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

3 years of building in India. today we present it to Asia.
@bitshala_org @bitshala #bitspace.

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

Let the genesis commence. @BtcSquadAsia. Chapter one.

[Bitshala @bitshala_org]

Latur’s (Maharashtra, India) first-ever Bitcoin meetup — and it’s happened on Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕🔥

Couldn’t have aligned it better. 🚀🚀🚀

[Santosh V | Student of Bitcoin @studentofbtc]

Products from @BitashaIndia on display at Pizza Day in Bangalore

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@veronika_dorson Night owls at Bitspace.

[Edil Medeiros @edil_medeiros]

I can tell about Casa21, and it's not only for programmers, but for academics.

I have made great friends with people who are way smarter than me, even though I carry all the academic titles and some of them carry none.

Yet, they pose excellent and hard questions, to the level few PhDs can understand. These spaces are just magical and bring back all the fun of working on unsolved problems.

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

We're more than a hackerspace now 🧡

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

Somewhere along the way, @bitshala #bitspace became a third place.

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@LLFOURN @newzealandhodl excited to try it out this weekend !!

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

Well well, what do we have here? 👀

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

I mean it depends. I don’t think the point of these spaces is just “solving loneliness.” I can only speak for my own space (@bitshala), not hackerspaces in general. But first... watch the video below.

Now imagine you're one of the developers these guys are talking about. Your work is helping people in countries you've never even visited. Then you come home and your flatmate, friend or cousin thinks bitcoin is some ponzi scam.

After a point you just stop talking about your work or ideas to most people around you because explaining it properly takes too much energy.

That’s the kind of loneliness we were trying to solve.

Not every hackerspace does that. A lot of them (seem like) are simple networking grounds or content factories. But I do think spaces built around a very particular kind of work or mission can matter a lot to the people inside them.

All of the devs who came to Bitspace alone two years ago now have close friends here. People who understand the "why" of the work, the obsession, the stress around it. People they can just sit beside after a long day without having to defend or explain bitcoin.

If a space can do that for even a small group of people, I think it’s worth running.

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

“bitcoin is dead”

Anyway, here’s a random Wednesday evening at Bitspace.

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

Bitcoin is carried forward by anonymous hands in small corners of the world.

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@amansonawane_04 @_paperpsych Office ❌
Bitspace ✅
😁😁

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

Signal 📈 Noise 📉

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

Bitcoin is carried forward by anonymous hands in small corners of the world.

[Santosh V | Student of Bitcoin @studentofbtc]

"What is happening with Bitcoin in India?" has been one of the most common questions we received while travelling.

We moved back to the motherland to find out. 4 months in and it humbles us every day!

🙏 to @Princey21M for being a great listener 😇

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@Basanta_Goswami

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

*average desk setup of a privacy dev*

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

One of our speakers will walk through his phone setup this time.

No whatsapp. No gmail. No google maps. No play store. And yet a phone he uses every day.

Wanna see what a privacy-first phone actually looks like? This is the closest you'll get without doing the work yourself 👇

[미나미⚡🇯🇵 @minami081031]

제가 그들을 주목하게 된 계기 중 하나는 아래의 멀티시그 워크숍입니다.
일본에서는 이런 활동을 많이 보기 어렵고, 그들의 게시물을 보면 한 번뿐인 이벤트가 아니라 여러 번 반복해서 진행되고 있다는 것을 알 수 있습니다.
https://t.co/hfCPlRPNnH

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

@kiterugumatic I have a memeeee!

[Bitshala Bitspace @bitshala]

Tell me you're a cypherpunk without telling me you're a cypherpunk.

[paperpsych @_paperpsych]

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