Bitshala (@bitshala_org) — Twitter Score 8 out of 1000

Bitshala is a grassroots Bitcoin open-source developer education initiative founded by Rajarshi Maitra that nurtures and supports Bitcoin free and open-source software contributors in India. Bitshala's Twitter Score is 8.3 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #110,268 among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Bitshala runs study cohorts, clubs, meetups, a paid fellowship program, and Bitspace, a physical collaboration hub for Bitcoin contributors. Its educational activities include Bitcoin Core pull-request review clubs and hands-on cohorts covering core Bitcoin concepts. Bitshala also organizes the BOSS Summit, an invite-only gathering for contributors working on Bitcoin open-source software.

Bitshala has received backing from Btrust, which selected it for a long-term developer-education support grant spanning three consecutive years of funding subject to annual performance reviews. OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation Bitcoin Development Fund have also backed the initiative. OpenSats reported that close to 1,500 people had completed at least one Bitshala cohort across ten Indian cities, with ten participants going on to work full-time on Bitcoin through grants. Bitshala has published 2,195 posts and has been mentioned by 14 accounts a total of 37 times.

Who follows Bitshala on X?

The accounts that follow Bitshala include 43 founders, 2 angel investors and 32 influencers, among them Calvin, Samson Mow, Alex Gladstein, Christine D. Kim, Neha Narula and Stephan Livera.