Summer of Bitcoin
a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to bitcoin open-source development and design
For students
Learn how bitcoin works
Bitcoin is the best money we've ever had. Learn how it works from a curated set of resources and experts.
Contribute to bitcoin projects
Contribute to the most important technology of our time under the mentorship of established bitcoin developers and designers.
Earn bitcoin as stipend
Make the most of your summer break by earning 3000 USD in bitcoin as stipend.
Build a career in bitcoin
Get a return offer for next summer, receive a full-time open-source grant or get placed in the most reputed bitcoin companies.
For open-source organizations
More code and more code reviews
Guide students on real-world software development
Identify and bring in new project contributors
Inspire young students for a career in bitcoin
Testimonials
Summer of Bitcoin allowed me to meet some of the most passionate folks I've seen so far and work with them to make Bitcoin better. It introduced me to the Bitcoin community and led me to a wonderful internship opportunity at Chaincode Labs to continue being a part of a monetary revolution! What more could I possibly ask for?
Sriram Devata
Hired at Chaincode LabsSummer of Bitcoin was a life-changing experience. I got to learn so much about Bitcoin and LN in just a couple of months. Apart from that, I met some really talented developers and mentors across the world, which helped me in landing an internship at Blockstream!
Aditya Sharma
Hired at BlockstreamFrom starting out clueless about Bitcoin to realizing that everything can be learnt and meeting some of the nicest people on the planet, Summer of Bitcoin was the most fulfilling experience in my life. I’m super grateful that I get to have fun every day working on Bitcoin.
Stratospher
Bitcoin core contributor, Superlunar granteeBefore everything else, I would like to thank Summer of Bitcoin for unlocking so many golden doors for my career and allowing me to meet such inspirational people. I could have never envisioned that I could do something so remarkable while having fun doing it. It rekindled the fire in me to do something momentous for this world. It has taught me to dream big and given me the bravery to follow them.
Shashwat Vangani
Bitcoin core contributor, Superlunar granteeSummer of Bitcoin was the turning point of my life. I met so many amazing mentors and super talented people there. We learnt so much about Bitcoin from protocol level to applications built on top of it! Thanks to SoB, I landed a job at Galoy!
Sandipan Dey
Hired at GaloyThanks to Summer of Bitcoin for introducing me to Bitcoin, Open Source, the community of Bitcoin Protocol Development, and helping me get an amazing internship at Chaincode Labs.
Arnab Sen
Hired at Chaincode LabsSummer of Bitcoin was such an exciting journey in getting started with Bitcoin and open-source development. I got to learn so much about Bitcoin and Miniscript in just a few months with a bunch of passionate, wonderful mentors and the amazing Bitcoin community who helped us throughout our journey. I landed an internship at Chaincode Labs which would not have been possible without Summer of Bitcoin!