Raj⚡🌋 (🏗️ bitshala) (@RajarshiMaitra) — Twitter Score 27 out of 1000

Raj Bitshala is a Bitcoin free and open-source developer who founded Bitshala, a developer-education initiative dedicated to training new contributors for open-source Bitcoin and Lightning work. Raj Bitshala's Twitter Score is 27 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #36,291 (top 10%) among 493,952 tracked accounts.

Raj Bitshala launched Bitshala in January 2023 to bring structured education to Bitcoin open-source contribution, running cohorts, study clubs, review sessions, fellowships, and community events. Before founding Bitshala, he left a structural-engineering career in May 2021 to work on Bitcoin full time, a transition that preceded his deeper involvement in the ecosystem.

Raj Bitshala previously worked at Bitcoin Development Kit as a developer, where he authored tutorials covering BDK wallets with Bitcoin Core RPC and BIP157 compact-filter light clients, and co-authored a miniscript and descriptors tutorial. He was also formerly a contributor to Bitcoin Core, with his first pull request, adding functionality to the testing framework, merged prior to a June 2020 account he published of the experience. He is additionally affiliated with Bitcoin Only India.

Raj Bitshala has published 15,484 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 51 accounts a total of 125 times, reflecting consistent engagement within Bitcoin developer circles.

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The accounts that follow Raj Bitshala include 149 founders, 14 angel investors and 86 influencers, among them Arjun Balaji, Matthew Graham, Tim Copeland, leighcuen.substack.com, Dylan LeClair and Documenting Itcoin.