Raj
Founder at Bitshala
India
Summary
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RockstarRaj is a founder and contemplative Rust developer with 8 years of experience building and maintaining Bitcoin infrastructure and wallet tooling. He has hands-on backend experience contributing bug fixes and refactors to the widely used bitcoindevkit/bdk Rust wallet library, addressing coin selection, blockchain interaction logic, and build/test reliability. As founder of Bitshala and lead dev at utxo-teleport, he blends product-minded engineering with community mentorship and open-source stewardship. Based in India, he focuses on pragmatic, safety-conscious code that fixes real-world crypto problems rather than chasing novelty. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful problem-solver who prefers refining foundational systems over flashy surface features.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
descriptor10
bitcoin10
rust10
bitcoins10
bitcoin-wallet10
blockchain9
testing9
min8
tinyscript8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
bitcoindevkit/bdk
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
A modern, lightweight, descriptor-based wallet library written in Rust!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:416 reviews, 44 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Raj primarily contributed to bug fixes and refactoring within the `bdk` repository, a Rust-based Bitcoin wallet library. Their commits demonstrate a focus on resolving errors in coin selection and blockchain interaction logic. Furthermore, the user was involved in refactoring test configurations and dependency management. The changes included modifications in core functionalities, specifically addressing float substraction and fixing build configurations.
wallet-libraryrustdescriptorminiscriptwallet
Bitshala/PB-cohort
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
A cooperative study group for Programming Bitcoin. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-bitcoin/9781492031482/
Contributions:42 reviews, 23 PRs, 31 pushes in 3 months
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