Bitcoin Builders Club meets Monday, May 18 to hear Soru Kumar present his open-source Bitcoin and Lightning data infrastructure work at Bitcoin Data Labs.
Soru is building tools, dashboards, and datasets that make the Bitcoin ecosystem easier to understand, analyze, and build on. Bitcoin Data Labs focuses on live Bitcoin and Lightning data, on-chain metrics, mining pool analytics, developer activity, and Lightning Network visualization.
Soru is looking for practical feedback from builders, analysts, and engineers on:
• What Bitcoin and Lightning data is hardest to access today
• Which dashboards or metrics would be most useful for founders and developers
• How builders would use open APIs and structured datasets
• UX tradeoffs for making complex Bitcoin data easier to understand
• What data tools the community wants Bitcoin Data Labs to prioritize next
Topics on the table include:
• Lightning Network graph visualization
• Lightning node profiles and ranking methods
• Mining pool profiling and analytics
• Bitcoin developer contribution tracking
• On-chain metrics and network stats
• Drag-and-drop dashboard creation
• Open APIs for Bitcoin and Lightning datasets
• Making Bitcoin data more visual, useful, and “Bitcoinful” for everyone
Bitcoin Builders Club is your monthly hangout in Austin, TX, for devs, hackers, and founders come together to share ideas, demo projects, and explore the cutting edge of what’s possible. Whether hacking on Bitcoin Lightning, developing open-source tools, or launching your next startup, this is your space to build in public, connect with peers, and get real-time feedback from a community of open-source creators.
Every month, expect Austin-style hospitality featuring homestyle food prepared by a local chef, cold drinks, and vibrant conversations with fellow hackers, builders, and founders dedicated to pushing bitcoin innovation forward in Austin.
What to Expect
Start BBC: 6:15 PM to 6:30 PM
Car shares community updates and key Austin Bitcoin ecosystem happenings.
Networking, Food + Hack and Tell: 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Meet builders as everyone settles in. Homestyle food and cold drinks provided by Chef Johnny Ochoa.
Builder Session: 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Late to the party? Come on in. There’s still plenty of time for questions, conversations, and meeting good people.
Event Sponsors
Station Austin
Thank you to Station Austin for sponsoring Bitcoin Builders Club. Station Austin is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They bring together the best entrepreneurs in the state and connect them with their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers.
PlebLab (https://pleblab.dev)
Supporting thousands of builders shaping Bitcoin’s future. Hackerspace & Community Accelerator for the Bitcoin Era in Austin, Texas since 2021.
🗓 Monday, May 18, 2026
🕔 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
📍 Capital Factory
701 Brazos St · Austin, TX
✨ Austin Bitcoin PlebLab is a group of misfit hackers who firmly believe that coming together to support developers is key for bitcoin to continue. Free and open-source development is critical to breakthroughs in bitcoin. The FOSS ethos is at the center of what we do here at Pleb Lab.