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Bitcoin core dev receives grant for maintaining BIP repository
26.9.2024
Developer Jon Atack believes that Bitcoin plays a role in human freedom, decentralization of power, privacy and self-sovereignty.
Bad actors and ‘block storms’ — Bitcoin dev calls for testnet reboot
6.5.2024
Bitcoin’s testnet needs to be reset so it can remain free for developers to use, says software engineer Jameson Lopp
Lightning devs must ‘wake up’ and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin dev
27.11.2023
Antoine Riard, who left the Lightning Network in October, argues the Lightning Network is also at risk of becoming increasingly centralized and susceptible to single points of failure and censorship risks
Former Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen Regrets Previous Support for Craig Wright, Calls it a 'Mistake' – Here's Why
7.2.2023
Gavin Andresen, the former lead Bitcoin developer appointed by Satoshi Nakamoto himself, now regrets that he once supported the controversial Australian computer scientist Craig Wright.
Writing on his personal blog earlier this month, Andresen called it “a mistake” to trust Craig Wright, and said...
Former Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen Revises 2016 Blog Post, Calls Trust in Craig Wright a ‘Mistake’
6.2.2023
During the first week of Feb. 2023, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision from March 2022 in the case of Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading Limited (TTL) vs. 16 cryptocurrency developers. The case will proceed to trial as Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto...
Early Bitcoin dev misses out on $1.3B after selling too soon
20.12.2020
"I'd be a billionaire now if I hadn't sold the 55,000 bitcoins I mined on my laptop in 2009-2010 way too early."
Bitcoin’s Early Days: Reporter Recalls $200K Sushi Dinner After Spending 10 BTC, Former Bitcoin Dev Sells 55,000 BTC for Under $30 a Coin
19.12.2020
As bitcoin touched an all-time price high this week, the tech reporter at the New York Times, Kashmir Hill, recalled how she spent 10 BTC ($224k) for a sushi dinner for a couple of dozen strangers. Hill wrote about the dining experience in a recent article called “How I Blew My Bitcoin...
Ex-Bitcoin Dev Settles Defamation Suit Over Sex Assault Claims
17.6.2020
Former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has settled his defamation suit against fellow a privacy-tech expert who publicly accused him of sexual misconduct
Satoshi Nakamoto Had Outside Cryptography Help, Says Early Bitcoin Dev
1.6.2020
Satoshi Nakamoto sought help from expert cryptographers, which allowed him to make Bitcoin secure, says an early developer
Ethereum Founder Tells Bitcoin Dev: BTC Wasn’t Always ‘Digital Gold’
2.4.2020
Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin, got into a Twitter spat with a Bitcoin developer when he told him the Bitcoin narrative had changed from ‘P2P cash’ to ‘digital gold’
More New Bitcoin Dev Funds Needed, Key Funding Players Revealed - Study
30.3.2020
The outlook for Bitcoin (BTC) development is generally positive, and although funding and training incentives “could improve,” funding is “far more distributed than it has been in the past,” per a new report.
The report, compiled by BitMEX, confirmed many of the findings of Cryptonews.com’s...
Bitcoin Dev Reveals Multisig UI Teaser for Hardware Wallets, Full Nodes
29.8.2019
A Bitcoin educator has unveiled an alpha user interface for Bitcoin hardware wallet and full node multisignature protection
Square Crypto Hires Blockstream Co-Founder, Open Source Bitcoin Dev
20.8.2019
Square Crypto announce hiring of Blockstream co-founder