Librería de Satoshi, the Bitcoin-focused technical education organization, has announced its rebrand to ISMOS, together with the launch of a global learning platform and a new website at ismos.xyz. The organization plans to scale its Bitcoin and open-source developer education programs worldwide, creating local hubs across multiple regions and delivering instruction in students' local languages.

Since 2021, ISMOS has reached more than 3,665 people in more than 40 countries and has provided financial support to 30 open-source developers, according to a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine. The multilingual approach speaks to a structural feature of Bitcoin's technical landscape, where core documentation and developer resources have traditionally been published in English first.

“Talent is universal; opportunity is not. I founded Librería de Satoshi because I experienced the language barrier in Bitcoin firsthand. ISMOS takes that mission worldwide, so that the next great developer can come from anywhere,” said Dulce Villarreal, CEO and founder of ISMOS.

What began as a Bitcoin school for Spanish speakers has evolved into a technical education ecosystem offering a complete training path for freedom technologies and open-source developers. ISMOS brings educators and technology creators together in a space to learn and teach, built on what it calls “Freedom Tech values, in more languages, more regions, and more disciplines, with a growing presence in universities, bootcamps, and programming communities.” Born in Latin America as Librería de Satoshi, the initiative now operates as a global movement.

One Million Bitcoin Developers Around the World

ISMOS combines rigorous study programs, direct mentorship, and fellowships in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, with more languages planned soon. Subjects will include Bitcoin, cryptography, cybersecurity, mathematics, AI, Nostr, open-source software, and open AI models. The platform itself is open source, and software developers can explore its open tools at github.com/ismos-xyz. The long-term goal, per the announcement, is to train one million Bitcoin developers around the world. The rollout of additional languages, new regional hubs, and the platform's growing university and bootcamp presence will offer visible markers of progress toward that target.

Today, ISMOS is primarily supported by Btrust and the Human Rights Foundation. Other organizations, such as OpenSats and the Gemini Opportunity Fund, have backed its work in the past with smaller grants, according to the press release.

The announcement reflects nearly five years of growth and a deeper commitment to equal opportunity: “Someone coding in Argentina, Nigeria, or El Salvador deserves the same chance to build a first-class technical career as anyone in Silicon Valley or London.”

Beyond its study programs, ISMOS aims to provide individual support to standout developers through initiatives such as B4OS (Bitcoin 4 Open Source), fellowships, and its developer residencies, offering training “in their language, at their level, and with the specific support they need to go further than they imagined.” Such backing reflects how contributor work is often funded in Bitcoin, where the protocol's open-source codebase has no central company behind it and grants and fellowships serve as a key channel of support.

Press contact: Karina Conde, Director of Operations, comms@ismos.xyz.

This article first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and was written by Juan Galt.