114 sats \ 9 replies \ @k00b 14 Sep 2022 \ on: I'm Steve Lee, lead of Spiral. AMA. bitcoin
What's the most surprising thing you've learned funding FOSS bitcoin?
That finding and training developers is harder than finding $$$ for support. Both of course matter and more money is needed from new funders, but FOSS bitcoin devs are hard to find. Not only do they need to know how to code, they need to be passionate enough about bitcoin to want to work on open-source bitcoin, and they need to be able to "be their own boss" by defining their own projects, manage their time well, and be able to self-motivate. It is a rare breed, and we're lucky to have those that are doing it.
reply
Is there an open source training documentation or roadmap that one can utilize to ramp up on Bitcoin development?
For example, what training do devs go through when you bring them in Spiral?
I believe devs can train themselves provided proper documentation/videos and if Spiral can find the $$$ to support them then the ecosystem would explode!
reply
There are some high quality training programs out there, although there needs to be more of them and we need more scale. But do check out Chaincode, Jimmy Song's Programming Bitcoin, and Summer of Bitcoin.
reply
https://qala.dev is another
reply
Don't you think it a bit tone-deaf when there are countless unfunded devs and projects in the space?
What do you say to them?