Choose your Track. Build your Layer.
Find Your Muse
Our Tracks are designed for engineers ready to go beyond the surface and work directly within Bitcoin’s open-source stack.
Each track is a focused technical pathway from understanding Bitcoin at the protocol layer to building on Lightning, managing open repositories, or shaping user experience in decentralized systems.
Find your Muse.
Mastering Bitcoin
Understand the code that started it all.
Dive into Bitcoin’s architecture from the inside out, transactions, blocks, nodes, and consensus. You’ll learn how Bitcoin actually works under the hood and why its design is unstoppable. By the end, you’ll not only use Bitcoin, you’ll think in Bitcoin.
Focus areas: Bitcoin protocol, transactions, UTXOs, nodes, consensus, privacy, and security.
Dive into Bitcoin’s architecture from the inside out, transactions, blocks, nodes, and consensus. You’ll learn how Bitcoin actually works under the hood and why its design is unstoppable. By the end, you’ll not only use Bitcoin, you’ll think in Bitcoin.
Focus areas: Bitcoin protocol, transactions, UTXOs, nodes, consensus, privacy, and security.
Mastering Lightning
Because freedom should move at the speed of light.
Learn how the Lightning Network makes Bitcoin scalable, instant, and global. Build payment channels, understand routing, and experiment with real nodes. This is for builders who believe Bitcoin isn’t just money but also communication.
Focus areas: Payment channels, HTLCs, routing, node management, Lightning app development.
Learn how the Lightning Network makes Bitcoin scalable, instant, and global. Build payment channels, understand routing, and experiment with real nodes. This is for builders who believe Bitcoin isn’t just money but also communication.
Focus areas: Payment channels, HTLCs, routing, node management, Lightning app development.
Programming Bitcoin
Code that speaks the Bitcoin language.
Start from first principles, build Bitcoin from scratch using Python, just as Jimmy Song teaches. Understand every function, hash, and signature until you can recreate the system yourself. It’s not about memorising code, it’s about mastering logic.
Focus areas: Cryptography, transactions, digital signatures, serialization, Python scripting for Bitcoin.
Start from first principles, build Bitcoin from scratch using Python, just as Jimmy Song teaches. Understand every function, hash, and signature until you can recreate the system yourself. It’s not about memorising code, it’s about mastering logic.
Focus areas: Cryptography, transactions, digital signatures, serialization, Python scripting for Bitcoin.
UI/UX for Bitcoin
Design that respects sovereignty.
Bitcoin interfaces should be simple, secure, and human. In this pathway, you’ll design with intention, crafting experiences that make self-custody intuitive and accessible. You’ll merge aesthetics with protocol-level understanding.
Focus areas: User experience design, wallet flows, usability for emerging markets, accessibility, and trustless design principles.
Bitcoin interfaces should be simple, secure, and human. In this pathway, you’ll design with intention, crafting experiences that make self-custody intuitive and accessible. You’ll merge aesthetics with protocol-level understanding.
Focus areas: User experience design, wallet flows, usability for emerging markets, accessibility, and trustless design principles.
Git & GitHub
Your gateway to open source.
Every builder contributes to something bigger. Learn how to use Git the right way, from commits and branches to pull requests and collaboration. This is how your work lives on-chain, not the blockchain, but the chain of builders before you.
Focus areas: Git fundamentals, branching, collaboration workflows, open-source contribution, and code review culture.
Every builder contributes to something bigger. Learn how to use Git the right way, from commits and branches to pull requests and collaboration. This is how your work lives on-chain, not the blockchain, but the chain of builders before you.
Focus areas: Git fundamentals, branching, collaboration workflows, open-source contribution, and code review culture.
Solo Node
For self-paced builders verifying their own path.
This is where independent builders begin. A curated reading path for those who learn by doing, and verify their own understanding.
From whitepapers to code walkthroughs, each resource in this list is open-source, timeless, and designed to deepen your connection to Bitcoin’s architecture.
This is where independent builders begin. A curated reading path for those who learn by doing, and verify their own understanding.
From whitepapers to code walkthroughs, each resource in this list is open-source, timeless, and designed to deepen your connection to Bitcoin’s architecture.
Meet Our Tutors
The minds guiding our tracks are active contributors, engineers, and builders shaping Bitcoin across Africa and beyond.
Each tutor brings real-world experience, from running nodes and building Lightning apps to contributing code and designing user experiences that make Bitcoin more accessible.
Together, they form the human layer of our open-source mission.
Munirat
Software Engineer
Lamar
Software Engineer
Erik
Bitcoin Product Designer
Peter
Open Source Contributor
Mogashi
Bitcoin UX Researcher
Theophilus
Open Source Contributor
Jennifer
Software Engineer
Tobechi
Software Engineer
Tobi
Software Engineer
Vayras
Bitcoin Developer and Bitshala Fellow
Frequently Asked Questions
Dada Devs is a network for African female engineers building on Bitcoin and Lightning. We guide experienced developers into open-source contribution, running nodes, shipping Lightning apps, and working on real Bitcoin repos.
Yes. Dada Devs is designed for developers who already code in at least one language (Python, JavaScript, C++, Rust, etc.).
We don't teach programming fundamental, we teach Bitcoin development.
You'll learn how Bitcoin works at the protocol level, how to build on Lightning, use GitHub effectively, and contribute to open-source projects.
Each cohort focuses on practical builds, not theory.
Engineers and developers across Africa with experience in software development who want to specialize in Bitcoin.
We prioritize female developers, but male allies can participate in select labs and hackathons.
No. Dada Devs programs are fully sponsored through community and partner support. You only need your time, commitment, and a laptop that can run a full Bitcoin node.
Applications are reviewed based on technical background, motivation, and alignment with open- source principles.
We value curiosity and contribution over titles.
Each cohort runs for 4-8 weeks with weekly sessions, labs, and peer projects. Expect to dedicate 4-6 hours per week.
Graduates join our builder network, a community of Bitcoin developers, maintainers, and contributors working on open-source projects across Africa.
You'll have access to mentorship, opportunities, and collaborations with global Bitcoin teams.
Yes. We welcome experienced Bitcoin developers, designers, and educators as mentors. You can host technical sessions, code reviews, or join our open-source sprints.
Visit dadadevs.com and click "Apply to Build.”
You'll fill out a short form about your background, experience, and technical focus (Bitcoin, Lightning, UI/UX, GitHub).