Base58: bitcoin protocol school

get off first base, get onto the shroomified rabbit-warren of bitcoin with @base58btc's bitcoin tech tree base58.school

my mom is trying out the new course platform I launched for @base58school in Prague a few weeks ago 🧡

NOW IN BETA: Base58's Intro to (Wire) Protocols course is now live on our newly launched course platform. Implement a wire parsing protocol for TLVs in Python, from the comfort of your browser. base58.school/courses/intro-…

Learning doesn’t always have to happen behind a screen, in a classroom, or through endless slides. Sometimes, the best way to understand Bitcoin is to become the network itself. Last Saturday at the DadaHub, our Dadas stepped into the Bitcoin protocol through a Live Action Role Play (LARP) session led by our founder, @marcelorraine, in collaboration with @base58school and @niftynei. And what started as a learning exercise quickly became something much bigger. There were moments of intense concentration as teams raced to verify transactions, protect the network, and outsmart each other. There were moments of fierce competition too. At one point, the room felt less like a workshop and more like a championship final. Nobody wanted to lose. (Although rumours suggest the real motivation may have been avoiding a certain karaoke performance after the session. 😭) But that’s the magic of experiences like these. People arrived to learn Bitcoin. They left understanding it. Not because they memorised definitions, but because they experienced the protocol in action. The laughter was constant. The debates were loud. The strategy sessions were serious. And somewhere between acting as nodes, miners, and wallets, abstract concepts suddenly became real. And because Bitcoin is ultimately about people, not just technology, we ended the day sharing something equally important: our stories. From our tribal showcase, where Dadas introduced each other to the beauty and uniqueness of their cultures, to a karaoke session that proved enthusiasm is far more important than vocal talent, the day reminded us that community is built in moments like these. Moments where strangers become friends. Where learning becomes memorable. Where women interested in Bitcoin realise they are part of something bigger than themselves. This is what Bitcoin Dada has always been about. Not just education. Belonging. Here’s a short recap of how the day went down. 💛 And if you missed this one... let's just say you’ll want to be at the next LARP session. Photos coming soon, so stick around. #BitcoinDada #WomenInBitcoin #BitcoinEducation #AfricaBitcoin #BitcoinCommunity #LARP #BASE58

Enormous vote of confidence from the Texas Bitcoin Foundation in Base58 and our team; super excited to move the needle on Bitcoin understanding this year 🫡

this is how bitcoin private keys work

No theory. Just hands on Bitcoin Transactions with @base58school and @btcplusplus Founder @niftynei on the @HRF Stage at @thebitcoinconf.

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Last week @avihu28's paper titled "Quantum Safe Bitcoin" dropped. He describes a novel technique for using 'transaction pinning' and hashing to create post-quantum bitcoin locking scripts. The term 'transaction pinning' has previously been used in bitcoin for which attack?

Coming to @TheBitcoinConf in Vegas in two weeks? Join the Base58 Work(shop) (formerly known as LARP) team for a happy hour on Wed, April 28th from 5-7p We'll be chatting about past and upcoming facilitator trainings and what's new for 2026! luma.com/rny028qq

honestly it's kind of insane the level of Big Brains that building the @base58school transactions course gave me best way to learn things is to do them 🫡

trivia: this transaction requires two preimages and a signature to unlock. in the witness stack, what is the last item? poll in next post

not a dev but want to hear what we’re up to?? i’ll be in vegas this April talking about all things bitcoin dev ecosystem cc @btcplusplus + @base58school

it's that time of the month (trivia for bitdevs in Austin) MuSig2 maybe be music to some developers ears. What's the most importance difference between MuSig2 and FROST?

Great talk from @achow101 about writing bitcoin BIPS

If you’re in Austin, come celebrate bitcoin’s birthday with Base58 at Saturn 🪐 bar on Congress Not in Austin? Today’s the last day to grab a free seat in our self-paced online class about bitcoin transactions. See next post for link 🔗

@marcelorraine @BitcoinMagazine @Trezor 🧡

October sharpened the work further. I attended the Global Bitcoin Summit, earned certification through the @base58school Educators’ Bitcoin LARP workshop, visited the @BitcoinMagazine offices, and participated in @Trezor Trustless by Design workshop in Prague. These experiences strengthened how I think about education, resilience, privacy, and responsibility as the work scales.

𝐀 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞: 2025 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. January opened in Cape Town with a talk at the second edition of @AdoptingBTC . It set the tone for the year by keeping the work close to people, context, and the real questions around access, education, and sovereignty. April took me to Nigeria, where I delivered a keynote at the 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 organised by BITCOIN DADA. The experience deepened my understanding of what it takes to convene, curate, and lead rooms that aim to build, not just discuss, change. 1/n

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Getting started in bitcoin open source? Want to ace @ChaincodeLabs’s BOSS program? Today you can join Matthew, a Base58 alum, in completing our online Udemy course completely for free! Use code “2026NYE” at checkout for a free signup. But hurry, offer expires Jan 3rd!