Developer Track
Monthly support$512/ month
6 months, extendable15–20 hours per week building Bitcoin or Nostr open source, with a mentor and a weekly rhythm.
/Fellowships_
Get paid to build Bitcoin open source.
Fellowships fund developers and educators to contribute to Bitcoin open source software and technical education for six months.
$ whoami
bitcoin_builder.apprentice
$ cat mission.txt
Train Bitcoin builders. Strengthen the network.
$ ls programs/
rawbit/ privacy-track/ agentic-engineering/ sovereign-bitcoiner/
Educator Track
Monthly support$256/ month
6 months, extendable10–15 hours per week creating educational material, running workshops, and growing local builder communities.
Apply by Email
Fellowship briefing
Builder roundtable
The Process
How it works.
Developers apply on the website with their proof of work and a 6-month plan. Educators send a proposal to hello@codeorange.dev. Every application is read by a human.
Check you're ready
Take the 2-minute readiness check, then apply with your PRs, project and a goal for each month.
Get accepted
Selection is based on proof of work, project fit and commitment. We only start once your mentor is confirmed.
Onboard
Month 1 is setup, mentor matching, codebase orientation and a first small PR. You get your own fellow dashboard.
Build
A standup every Monday, a review every Friday, Code Review Club and the Privacy Track, a report by the 5th, paid in bitcoin by the 10th.
Graduate
Month 6 ends with a demo, a review, and your next step: long-term open source, a role, or an extension.
Proof of work
Built in public.
Every developer fellow gets a public page that fills itself as they work: pull requests, reviews, milestones and monthly highlights. Payments stay private.
$3,072Developer fellow
Six months of the Developer Track.
$1,536Educator fellow
Six months of the Educator Track.
6+ PRsMinimum output
Expected open source output per developer fellow.
Bitcoin Only
Ready to become a Bitcoin builder?
Join the next cohort, drop into a workshop, or come say hello in Discord. The community is free and open.