Btrust Builders

My Qala / Bitcoin Journey

Btrust Builders

Jan 19, 2023 — 1 min read

Writtnen By Bamidele Oluwatobi

Note: Following Btrust's aquisition of Qala on Sept 5, 2023, Qala is now known as Btrust Builders.

How it Started….

I was randomly scrolling through my twitter timeline sometime in the year 2020 can’t remember the month and day vividly when I saw a tweet from Bernard calling unto African developers to come learn Lightning and Bitcoin development with Qala full-time, I was a bit skeptical to apply because he specifically stated that the program is not for junior developers.

Bamidele's journey continues here: https://medium.com/@teebams49/my-qala-bitcoin-journey-3260132f5b69

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