Bitcoin Core Development

Saturday, August 31, 2024

At the “Bitcoin Burg Academy” I talked about Bitcoin Core development to an non-techincal audience. Often when I talk to non-technical Bitcoiners, they don’t really know much about the Bitcoin Core open-source software project but are very interested to learn more about it. In this talk, I covered the basics starting from the beginning with Satoshi, to the early years without Satoshi, to how Bitcoin Core development works now. I detail how Bitcoin Core developers communicate, I briefly introduce GitHub, Issues, PRs, and review, and I discuss what jobs maintainers have and how Developer Funding works.

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October 19, 2023

FFM BTC Meetup: New features in Bitcoin Core v26.0

The upcoming Bitcoin Core v26.0 release will include new experimental features like AssumeUTXO and P2P transport v2. At the Frankfurt Bitcoin Meetup (German), I explained the Bitcoin Core development process, that for this release cycle contributors focused their review on specific projects, and …