According to ChainCatcher news and reported by Bitcoin Magazine, Chaincode Labs in New York awarded the first Bitcoin scholarship to 17-year-old Ishaana Misra, making her the youngest core code contributor in the 15-year history of Bitcoin technology. The scholarship was selected from 232 applicants worldwide, covering her tuition for one year and potentially renewable each year to support her entire undergraduate education.
Misra started programming at the age of 12 and entered the Bitcoin space after reading the Bitcoin white paper before high school. She transitioned from running nodes to contributing to the Bitcoin Core codebase by self-learning C++. Misra stated that the Bitcoin community values work results over age, and this atmosphere is particularly friendly to young developers.
Adam Jonas, CEO of Chaincode Labs, said that this scholarship aims to encourage young people to engage in Bitcoin open-source development and provide them with experience and educational support.
