Bitcoin 101 for Developers & Curious Beginners | Andheri, Mumbai
Bitcoin 101 for Developers & Curious Beginners | Andheri, Mumbai takes place Sep 26, 2026 in Mumbai, India. How does Bitcoin work without a bank or a central server? And what actually happens when you send a bitcoin transaction? Join Bitshala for a beginner-friendly workshop exploring how Bitcoin works under the hood. We'll break down the key ideas in simple language, follow a transaction through the network, and guide you through creating and sending one yourself. You'll use Bitcoin's test network, so you can experiment without using real bitcoin. No prior coding or Bitcoin knowledge required. AGENDA: Keys, addresses, and ownership: What a Bitcoin wallet does, how addresses work, and how you prove you can spend your bitcoin. How transactions work: How Bitcoin tracks individual pieces of bitcoin rather than a bank-style account balance, and how those pieces get spent and combined. A transaction's journey: What happens after you hit "send," how computers on the network check your transaction, and where it waits before being included in a block. Blocks and mining: How transactions are grouped into blocks, what miners do, and how the network agrees on a shared transaction history. Bitcoin's incentives and supply: Why miners earn rewards and fees, what a "halving" means, and how Bitcoin's 21 million supply limit works. Hands-on practice: With step-by-step guidance, build, sign, and send a transaction on Bitcoin's test network. WHO'S GUIDING Led by the Bitshala Contributors. We are a community of Bitcoin developers and educators. WHAT TO EXPECT Level: Beginner-friendly. Format: An interactive workshop with explanations, room for questions, and a guided transaction exercise. Bring: A laptop and your curiosity. Experience needed: None. You don't need to know how to code. IS THIS FOR YOU? This workshop is for you if you: Have used a Bitcoin wallet and wondered what happens behind the scenes. Are a developer looking for a starting point with Bitcoin. Are new to Bitcoin and prefer learning by doing. Want to understand how a network can work without one company running it. Leave with a clearer picture of how Bitcoin works, and a test-network transaction you created yourself. To connect with Bitcoiners in Mumbai, join the Signal group About Bitshala Bitshala is a Bitcoin-focused education initiative where we help developers, designers, and curious builders learn by doing. We run cohorts, clubs, workshops, a hackerspace, and community programs that make it easier for people to explore, contribute to, and build on Bitcoin. Our focus is on hands-on learning, proof-of-work, and growing alongside a community of people who care about open technology, design, and the future of money. If you'd like to explore more, check us out on: Discord (Online Community) Cohorts Registration and Fellowship application portal Twitter (Socials and Announcements) Luma (Events Calendar)
About the event
Bitcoin 101 for Developers & Curious Beginners | Andheri, Mumbai is part of a growing calendar of focused Bitcoin gatherings where the people actually building protocols, writing contracts, and shipping products meet in person. The format is designed around real exchange, not broadcast.
Sessions cover practical ground in Bitcoin: how protocols are architected, where security assumptions break down, how governance actually gets implemented, and what the current generation of tooling makes possible that was not feasible a year ago.
The conversation tends to be specific rather than general. This is not an introduction to blockchain. It is a working gathering for people already in it.
What gets covered
Smart contract development and tooling: Foundry, Hardhat, Anchor, and the frameworks being used in production across Bitcoin, with sessions on testing patterns, deployment workflows, and common failure modes.
Protocol design and architecture: How to reason about state, composability, liquidity, and incentive design when building on a shared global ledger.
Security and auditing: Practical approaches to reviewing code, running fuzzing campaigns, setting up bug bounty programs, and learning from recent exploits.
Governance, DAOs, and treasury: How decentralized organizations make decisions at scale, manage protocol upgrades, and allocate community resources without capturing them.
Talks, demos, and the hallway
Sessions run across multiple stages with breakout rooms for smaller technical discussions. The most useful conversations often happen informally, between sessions, when the people running the protocols are accessible for real questions.
Side events and evening gatherings run around the main schedule in Mumbai, India. Check the satellite event calendar alongside the official agenda.
Getting there and registering
The event is in Mumbai, India. Register through the official event website. Passes sell out, so do not wait.
Book accommodation early if you are traveling. Conference week hotel prices in most cities spike significantly once the main block of rooms fills.