Upcoming Bitshala Cohorts Schedule
1) Learn Bitcoin from the Command Line Cohort (LBTCL) - Season 3 begins from 11-May-2026
2) Mastering Bitcoin (MB) - Season 5 begins from 21-May-2026
3) Mastering Lightning (ML) - Season 3 begins from 27-May-2026
📌 Applications are now open:
🚀 Bitshala: Mastering Bitcoin (MB) Cohort - Season 5 ⚡
📅 Starts 21st May 2026 | 8‑Week Cohort | Thursdays, 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC)
An immersive cohort based on Mastering Bitcoin (3rd ed.) by Andreas Antonopoulos, combining self‑study, discussions, and live sessions to understand how Bitcoin works—from transactions and wallets to mining and consensus.
👉 For developers, designers, professionals, and curious learners.
✅ No coding experience required
🎓 Earn a Proof‑of‑Work certificate on completion
📌 Applications are open: 
🚀 Bitshala: Mastering Lightning Network (LN) Cohort - Season 3 ⚡
📅 Starts 27th May 2026 | 8‑Weeks | Wednesdays, 8:00 PM IST (2:30 PM UTC)
Go beyond on‑chain Bitcoin and learn to build on Lightning with a hands‑on, guided cohort.
What you’ll get:
⚡ Self‑study + weekly live sessions
⚡ Group discussions & live Q&A
⚡ LN engineering, node ops, channels, routing, security & real‑world use cases
Who’s it for? 👉 Developers, designers, builders & curious Bitcoiners
✅ Prerequisites: Intermediate Bitcoin knowledge
📘 Based on Mastering the Lightning Network, LND Builder’s Guide & Chaincode resources
📌 Applications are open:
Bitshala's Learn Bitcoin from the Command Line Cohort (LBTCL) - Season 3 begins on 11th May 2026.
A 6‑week hands‑on cohort focused on learning Bitcoin Core through the CLI.
Includes:
⚡ Guided modules
⚡ Community discussions & Q&A
⚡ Weekly live sessions
Who should join?
👉 Intermediate learners with basic Bitcoin knowledge and comfort using Unix/Linux CLI — especially developers and builders.
Prerequisites:
⚡Bitcoin fundamentals
⚡Command-line familiarity
You’ll gain:
✅ Practical Bitcoin Core & node management skills
✅ Scripting experience
✅ Builder community access
✅ Certificate + potential fellowship opportunities
Applications are open now →
Join us today (24-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Mining Club
Today, we’ll cover: difficulty drop, rigs hitting shutdown, wild mining setups (greenhouses + space ASICs 👀), and why you should switch to optimized firmware (BraiinsOS, LuxOS, Vnish, bixbit).
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
Join us today (23-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech
Today, we will discuss:
i) Lightning capacity vs spendable liquidity
ii) Why routes exist but payments fail
iii) Why channel management exists at all ?
iv) Channel factories, coin pools & multiparty channels
Based on René Pickhardt’s paper “A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks.”
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session: 
Join us today (19-Mar-2026) at 7:00 PM IST / 1:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Kernel Club
Session 6: Introduction to py-bitcoinkernel
We will cover:
i) What does language bindings mean and why do they exist?
ii) What is py-bitcoinkernel?
iii) Use-cases for py-bitcoinkernel.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session :
Join us today (18-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club
Today, we’ll deep dive into STRC — a rising core layer in Bitcoin capital markets.
In this session, we’ll explore:
🔹 What it is & why adoption is accelerating
🔹 BTC-denominated yield & treasury strategies
🔹 Role in BTCTCs + latest developments
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
Join us today (16-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Latest in Bitcoin Tech
Today, we will discuss, Cluster Mempool 101
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
🔔 Reminder: Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Workshop — Navi Mumbai!
📅 Tomorrow — Sat, 14 Mar 2026
🕐 11 AM – 1 PM
📍 Vashi, Navi Mumbai
Learn about:
⚡ Bitcoin hardware wallets & types
🔑 Seed phrases
🛠️ Hands-on with SeedSigner + Sparrow Wallet (Testnet)
🟠 Bitcoin-only. Beginner friendly. No prior knowledge needed!
RSVP 👇
Join us today (11-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club
Today, we'll discuss Digital Credit vs Private Credit 🧠📊⚡
We’ll cover private credit growth, redemption gates, liquidity mismatches, and how Bitcoin‑backed digital credit markets differ.
A capital‑markets lens on credit evolution — from opaque, illiquid lending structures to transparent, programmable collateral systems.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
Join us today (10-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Mining Club
Today, we will discuss:
i) Parasite Pool’s 2 recent blocks via rented hashrate
ii) the Braiins Hashpower Dashboard
iii) mining updates—incl. American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC) reportedly linked to the Trump family doubling down on BTC mining & accumulation.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session:
Join us today (05-Mar-2026) at 7:00 PM IST / 1:30 PM UTC for Bitcoin Kernel Club
Session 6: Introduction to py-bitcoinkernel
We will cover:
i) What does language bindings mean and why do they exist?
ii) What is py-bitcoinkernel?
iii) Use-cases for py-bitcoinkernel.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session :
Join us today (04-Mar-2026) at 8:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM UTC for TradFi & Bitcoin Club
Today, we'll discuss Launch of Ledn - Bitcoin ABS (Asset-Backed Securities)🧠📊⚡
In this session, we’ll discuss:
🔹 What Bitcoin ABS is ?
🔹 How traditional ABS works ?
🔹 What Ledn is securitizing ?
🔹 Risk layers & cash flows
🔹 Institutional Bitcoin yield implications
Bitcoin is entering structured finance. Don’t miss it.
Join us in lounge of Bitshala discord server for the session: 