pull down to refresh
To be honest, this was the first thing that went through my head when I saw Amboss for the first time.
The only thing I would use here is accessing the publicly available features in a private browsing window over VPN, and even that has its risks.
You should post this in the Plebnet Telegram since they are pretty big on amboss over there.
I think it depends on how you want to get involved:
L1 protocol stuff? Definitely C++ since core is written in C++. However, with Python, you can also improve the core test suite.
For L2 protocol stuff, I think Golang or Rust are good candidates (LND is written in Go, CLN in C/Rust)
If you just want to build applications like SN, you can use any stack basically. SN uses NextJS + Postgres.
Jon Atack has a lot of resources on how to contribute: https://jonatack.github.io/articles.
But don't forget that reviewing and testing also counts as contributing. That's where most people are needed:
Remember that testing issues and reviewing are the most effective ways you can contribute as a new contributor (and will teach you more about the codebase than opening PRs).
-- https://jonatack.github.io/articles/how-to-contribute-pull-requests-to-bitcoin-core
I would really like to see a NIP where each follow is just another event. The contact lists seem kind of orthogonal to the rest of the protocol and are one of my least favorite aspects of its design.