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3,272 applicants. 50 selected contributors from 7 countries. 26 bitcoin orgs. One very exciting summer ahead.
Summer of Bitcoin 2026 is officially underway. Meet the next generation of Bitcoin builders:
Summer of Bitcoin
@summerofbitcoin
introducing university students to bitcoin open-source development and design. learn more at summerofbitcoin.org
Joined June 2021
- curious students → open-source contributors → funded bitcoin builders. Huge congratulations, Nishant 🧡I thought the tweet content would be encrypted 😉 Thanks to @spiralbtc for supporting my work on Lightning Network security! Also thanks to @summerofbitcoin for introducing me to Bitcoin & LN, and to my mentor Matt Morehouse 🙌
- what compounding looks like A year ago: first PR. Today: shipping to @fedimint + earning your first sats from OSS. Summer of Bitcoin → real-world contributors. This is the pipeline 🧡1 year ago: my first open-source PR. That journey started with @summerofbitcoin and led me to contributing to Fedimint. Recently completed my first OSS bounty, 0.01 BTC making the SDK work with React Native. Grateful to @ALewin for mentorship & @bitshala_org for the support.
- step 1: apply to @summerofbitcoin step 2: pick up rothbard step 3: question everything you thought you knew about money step 4: take the orange pill 🍊⚡️Just read Rothbard’s What Has Government Done to Our Money? It completely changes how you think about money. Money was never created by the state. Gold won because the market chose it. Inflation is a hidden tax. Fractional reserve banking expands money artificially. 👇
- “Bitcoin’s long-term resilience depends on a strong open-source contributor pipeline,” said Adi Shankara, Program Lead at Summer of Bitcoin. Strong candidates - apply by Feb 15!
