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A curated list of Bitcoin Core resources for contributors and developers.
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# Awesome Bitcoin Core [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



A curated list of Bitcoin Core resources for contributors and developers. 



## Contents

- [Communications](#communications)

- [Contributing to Bitcoin Core](#contributing-to-bitcoin-core)

- [Documentation](#documentation)

- [Explorers](#explorers)

- [Learn C++](#learn-c)

- [Read](#read)

- [Seminars & Talks](#seminars--talks)

- [Technical Learning](#technical-learning)

- [Testing](#testing)

- [Tools](#tools)

- [Videos](#videos)



## Communications



- [Bitcoin Core IRC channel](https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#bitcoin-core-dev) - IRC channel for Bitcoin Core developers.

  - [searchable archive](https://bitcoin-irc.chaincode.com/bitcoin-core-dev)

  - [/ircmeetings/logs](https://bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch/ircmeetings/logs/)

  - [logs](https://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/)

  - [Misc IRC channel logs](https://gnusha.org/)

- [Bitcoin Core mailing list](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-core-dev)

- [Bitcoin StackExchange](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/)



## Contributing to Bitcoin Core

- [Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews/) - A weekly review club for Bitcoin Core PRs.

- [Contributing guidelines](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

- [Developer notes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/developer-notes.md)

- [High-priority for review pull requests](https://github.com/orgs/bitcoin/projects/1?query=is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc)

- [How to contribute pull requests](https://jonatack.github.io/articles/how-to-contribute-pull-requests-to-bitcoin-core)

- [On reviewing, and helping those who do it](https://jonatack.github.io/articles/on-reviewing-and-helping-those-who-do-it)

- [Productivity notes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/productivity.md)

- [Debugging Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/fjahr/debugging_bitcoin)



### Articles



- [A gentle introduction to Bitcoin Core Development](https://bitcointechtalk.com/a-gentle-introduction-to-bitcoin-core-development-fdc95eaee6b8) - By Jimmy Song.

- [Contributing to Bitcoin Core, a personal account](https://bitcointechtalk.com/contributing-to-bitcoin-core-a-personal-account-35f3a594340b) - By John Newbery.

- [Onboarding to Bitcoin Core](https://medium.com/@amitiu/onboarding-to-bitcoin-core-7c1a83b20365) - By Amiti Uttarwar.



### Notes by contributors



- Amiti Uttarwar's [notes](https://github.com/amitiuttarwar/bitcoin-notes).

- Gloria Zhao's [notes](https://github.com/glozow/bitcoin-notes).

- [Scripts, tools & info for doing Bitcoin Core development and code review](https://github.com/fanquake/core-review) - By Michael Ford.



### Podcasts



- [Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer](https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/becoming-a-bitcoin-core-developer-with-amiti-uttarwar) - With Amiti Uttarwar.

- [Bitcoin Core Contribution](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/124/) - With Jon Atack.

- [Brink: Bitcoin Development](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/229/) - With John Newbery.

- [Funding Bitcoin Development](https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/funding-bitcoin-development) - With John Newbery.

- [Learning Bitcoin Core & Hosting PR Review Club](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/216/) - With Gloria Zhao.



### Review Pull requests



- [How to review a Bitcoin Core pull request](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u132F0nCjxo) - By Gloria Zhao (video).

- [How to review pull requests](https://jonatack.github.io/articles/how-to-review-pull-requests-in-bitcoin-core) - By Jon Atack.



## Documentation



- [Bitcoin Core Architecture](https://github.com/chaincodelabs/bitcoin-core-onboarding/blob/main/1.0_bitcoin_core_architecture.asciidoc)

- [Bitcoin Core Developer Documentation](https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/)



- [Onboarding to Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/chaincodelabs/onboarding-to-bitcoin-core)



## Explorers



- [3xpl](https://3xpl.com/bitcoin)

- [Blockchair](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin)

- [Blockstream Explorer](https://blockstream.info/)

- [Mempool.space](https://mempool.space/)



## Learn C++



- [CppCon](https://www.youtube.com/user/CppCon)

- [cpplearn.com](https://cpplearn.com/)

- [cppreference.com](https://en.cppreference.com/w/)

- [C++ Core Guidelines](https://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines)



## Read



- [Bitcoin Core source code](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)

- [Bitcoin Optech](https://bitcoinops.org/)

- [Bitcoin Protocol Development Curriculum](https://github.com/chaincodelabs/bitcoin-curriculum)

- [Bitcoin Transcripts](https://btctranscripts.com/)

- [bitcoin-dev blog](https://bitcoin-dev.blog/)

- [Elliptic Curve Cryptography: a gentle introduction](https://andrea.corbellini.name/2015/05/17/elliptic-curve-cryptography-a-gentle-introduction/)

- [Mastering Bitcoin](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook)

- [White paper](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)



## Seminars & Talks



- [A Deep Dive with Bitcoin Core Developer Greg Maxwell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQ-3VvNCHE)

- [Chaincode Labs](https://learning.chaincode.com/) - Weekly video calls diving deep into security concerns, adversarial thinking, and approaches to Bitcoin and Lightning protocol design.



## Technical Learning



- [learnmeabitcoin.com](https://learnmeabitcoin.com/) - By Greg Walker.

- [Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line](https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line) - By Blockchain Commons.

- [TeachBitcoin](https://teachbitcoin.io/presentations/#/) - By James C.

- [Understanding the Technical Side of Bitcoin](https://pierre-rochard.medium.com/understanding-the-technical-side-of-bitcoin-2c212dd65c09) - By Pierre Rochard.



## Testing



- [MarcoFalke's test coverage dashboard](https://marcofalke.github.io/btc_cov/) - Test coverage of Bitcoin Core.

- [test/README.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/test/README.md) - How to run the test suite.



## Tools



- [convos](https://convos.chat/) - A web-based IRC client.

- [Mnemonic code converter](https://iancoleman.io/bip39/)

- [Bitcoin Technical Search](https://bitcoinsearch.xyz/) - A search engine tailored for technical bitcoin content.



## Videos



- [Andreas M. Antonopoulos](https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop/videos) - Free unbiased educational videos on all things Bitcoin and open blockchain.

- [princeton.edu Bitcoin lectures](https://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/)

- [Stephan Livera](https://www.youtube.com/c/StephanLivera/videos) - Learn more about Bitcoin's economics & technology.

- The Bitcoin Lesson [YouTube playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjyTtFk7i2AHvjMo0-ftIVqSNGPcwCaJt) explaining Mining, Transactions, Keys & Addresses, Script.