2023 – 2026

Looking back

Since January 2023 Rikto Xonghoti has taught Bitcoin in Assamese: on X Spaces, in translation, in classrooms and at tea stalls across Assam. Here is what we have done so far, the biggest first.

A Diploma class in Assamese on a video call

01 Since January 2024

The Bitcoin Diploma, in Assamese

1stMi Primer Bitcoin graduation in India

We teach the Bitcoin Diploma by Mi Primer Bitcoin for free, in Assamese and English. The first cohort met online four evenings a week for two months. 13 people joined and 4 graduated in March 2024. Mi Primer Bitcoin called it the first Diploma graduation in India.

More cohorts followed online in May and November 2024. In June 2024 we opened a Bitcoin Hub in Assam and ran the first offline cohort there. A new Assamese cohort started in October 2025.

About the Diploma →

Cover of বিটকইন একবিংশতি, 21 Lessons in Assamese

02 2023

The whitepaper and 21 Lessons in Assamese

11of 21 Lessons translated so far

In September 2023 we published the Bitcoin whitepaper in Assamese. A week later Pallab started on 21 Lessons by Gigi, as বিটকইন একবিংশতি. The introductions and 11 lessons are out, one at a time.

Read 21 Lessons →

The first Bitcoin meetup in Assam, at KazirangaA meetup in KaliaborAn adda in Nagaon

03 Since July 2023

Meetups across Assam

9places in Assam we have met in

Our first meetup was at Dhanshree resort in Kaziranga on 23 July 2023. We know of no Bitcoin-only meetup in Northeast India before it.

Since November 2024 we meet every month: first in Titabar, then Golaghat, Nagaon, Kaliabor, Sivasagar, Guwahati, Dhemaji and the Dhansiri riverside near Nambor. People come with questions and leave with a wallet.

All events →

Xonghoti Podcast cover

04 January–June 2023

The first Bitcoin podcast in Assamese

20episodes recorded live on X Spaces

Every week for six months we read the Bitcoin whitepaper aloud in Assamese on X Spaces and talked it through. Those 20 sessions became Season 1 of the Xonghoti Podcast.

Listen →

Students with their certificates after the Bitcoin quiz in Titabar (faces blurred)

05 Since November 2023

Schools, colleges and universities

1stBitcoin quiz in Northeast India

On Children’s Day 2023 we held a Bitcoin quiz with Zero Positive Education Hub in Titabar. The prizes were in sats, and every student learned to send a payment. The same month we taught an online seminar for Sri Medha Public School in Telangana with DesiBitcoinShow.

In 2025 we spoke at Assam Down Town University, NIT Silchar and IIT Guwahati.

The quiz on X →

Our Bitcoin node dashboard on a screen at the Bitcoin Hub

06 2023–2025

Running our own Bitcoin

1stMi Primer Bitcoin light node in India

In December 2023 we joined the Mi Primer Bitcoin node network as its first light node in India. In August 2024 we started our own Bitcoin node, the first in Assam that we know of. In June 2025 we assembled a Bitaxe miner here and showed it at IIT Guwahati.

In September 2024 the Human Rights Foundation gave us a grant from its Bitcoin Development Fund.

The HRF grant →

Everything else

  1. Pizza Day in three towns at once: Golaghat, Titabar and Kaliabor.

    Pizza Day in three towns at once: Golaghat, Titabar and Kaliabor.

    Pizza Day in three towns at once: Golaghat, Titabar and Kaliabor.

  2. A free Freedom Tech Workshop in Guwahati.

  3. A Bitcoin stall at the Mising Youth Festival in Kareng, Dhemaji, and at Bogibeel.

    A Bitcoin stall at the Mising Youth Festival in Kareng, Dhemaji, and at Bogibeel.

    A Bitcoin stall at the Mising Youth Festival in Kareng, Dhemaji, and at Bogibeel.

  4. “Bitcoin is a meme?” in Guwahati, with DesiBitcoinShow.

    “Bitcoin is a meme?” in Guwahati, with DesiBitcoinShow.

    “Bitcoin is a meme?” in Guwahati, with DesiBitcoinShow.

  1. Bitcoiners cleaned up a ghat on the Dhansiri near Nambor forest, then talked Nostr and Bitchat.

    Bitcoiners cleaned up a ghat on the Dhansiri near Nambor forest, then talked Nostr and Bitchat.

    Bitcoiners cleaned up a ghat on the Dhansiri near Nambor forest, then talked Nostr and Bitchat.

  2. Our first meetup in Sivasagar.

  3. A new Assamese Diploma cohort.

  4. Anurag lectured at IIT Guwahati.

    Anurag lectured at IIT Guwahati.

    Anurag lectured at IIT Guwahati.

  5. A meetup in Kaliabor with a Bitchat demo.

  6. An adda in Nagaon.

  7. Our first locally assembled Bitaxe miner started hashing.

  8. The first Pizza Day meetup in Assam, in Golaghat with Bitshala.

    The first Pizza Day meetup in Assam, in Golaghat with Bitshala.

    The first Pizza Day meetup in Assam, in Golaghat with Bitshala.

  9. At the Bitplebs Summit in Goa.

  10. A talk at NIT Silchar, our first step into the Barak Valley.

  11. Anurag spoke at Assam Down Town University, Guwahati.

    Anurag spoke at Assam Down Town University, Guwahati.

    Anurag spoke at Assam Down Town University, Guwahati.

  12. Xonghoti t-shirts handed out at a meetup.

  1. A Bitcoin poster campaign by Bhaskar.

    A Bitcoin poster campaign by Bhaskar.

    A Bitcoin poster campaign by Bhaskar.

  2. The third Diploma cohort, with a Lightning payments session on day two.

    The third Diploma cohort, with a Lightning payments session on day two.

    The third Diploma cohort, with a Lightning payments session on day two.

  3. Monthly meetups began in Titabar.

  4. Pallab was a lead educator for The Core’s fifth cohort.

  5. A grant from the Human Rights Foundation.

  6. Our own Bitcoin node went live.

  7. The Bitcoin Hub in Assam opened with the first offline Diploma cohort.

    The Bitcoin Hub in Assam opened with the first offline Diploma cohort.

    The Bitcoin Hub in Assam opened with the first offline Diploma cohort.

  8. The second Diploma cohort, online.

  9. Co-hosted the Bitcoin Halving Party in Goa with Bitshala and friends.

    Co-hosted the Bitcoin Halving Party in Goa with Bitshala and friends.

    Co-hosted the Bitcoin Halving Party in Goa with Bitshala and friends.

  10. The first Diploma cohort graduated: 13 joined, 4 certified.

  1. The first Mi Primer Bitcoin light node in India.

  2. An online seminar for Sri Medha Public School, Telangana, with DesiBitcoinShow.

    An online seminar for Sri Medha Public School, Telangana, with DesiBitcoinShow.

    An online seminar for Sri Medha Public School, Telangana, with DesiBitcoinShow.

  3. The first Bitcoin quiz in Northeast India, with prizes in sats.

    The first Bitcoin quiz in Northeast India, with prizes in sats.

    The first Bitcoin quiz in Northeast India, with prizes in sats.

  4. An anonymous donor gave us a million sats on Geyser.

  5. 21 Lessons in Assamese began.

  6. The Bitcoin whitepaper in Assamese.

  7. Monthly addas on X Spaces.

  8. The first Bitcoin meetup in Assam, at Kaziranga.

  9. We finished reading the whitepaper aloud on X Spaces.

  10. The first weekly X Space in Assamese.

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