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Bitcoin Core Developer Pieter Wuille Scales Back His Maintenance Role
8.7.2022
Peter Wuille has surrendered his maintenance permissions but will continue contributing to various Bitcoin projects
Bitcoin Core developer Samuel Dobson decides it is "Time to go"
10.12.2021
Dobson is the second developer to leave Bitcoin Core in the past two months
Bitcoin Core Releases Taproot Soft Fork
15.11.2021
Bitcoin Core recently succeeded in its controversial Segwit update with the Taproot soft fork upgrade. It is the first upgrade since 2017, taking place at block 709632 and 2493 transactions. A soft fork requires a consensus majority, while a hard fork asks for the entire network’s agreement. Given...
US Bitcoin mining giant Core Scientific set for Nasdaq listing via $4.3B SPAC deal
21.7.2021
The Bitcoin miner will merge with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp in the latest crypto SPAC deal
Bitcoin network node count sets new all-time high
15.7.2021
Bitcoin’s node count has achieved another all-time high milestone with almost half of the nodes running on Tor
Bitcoin.org blocks access to Bitcoin software download in the UK
2.7.2021
Apart from removing the white paper, Cøbra has removed access to Bitcoin software for site visitors from the United Kingdom
Marathon’s Bitcoin Mining Pool Will ‘No Longer Filter Transactions’ — Marapool Begins Signaling for Taproot
1.6.2021
On Monday, the publicly-listed enterprise mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings announced the company has adopted the latest codebase offered by Bitcoin Core developers that features Taproot. Marathon is now signaling for Taproot according to the announcement. The North American bitcoin miner...
‘Ossification Is Stupid:’ Bitcoin Development Controversy Strikes ‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation
17.4.2021
The well known software developer Luke Dashjr is in the midst of controversy over how to upgrade the Bitcoin network in order to add the Taproot protocol. Bitcoin Core developers want to upgrade with “Speedy trial,” which will allow miners to push the feature through. However, Luke...
Twitter CEO donates 1 BTC to Bitcoin core development non-profit
23.2.2021
Brink, a fledgling Bitcoin non-profit outfit, got the nod from Jack Dorsey via a BTC donation
Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized
17.2.2021
The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?
Dogecoin’s Surging Price Has Resurrected Its Technical Development
10.2.2021
Wow, after such price rise, Dogecoin’s developers have much coding to do
Bitcoin core non-profit gets approved for tax exemption, perks for donors
10.2.2021
501(3)(c) status boosts the project's legitimacy as well as its efficiency in using donations
Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD
3.2.2021
The meeting ended with rough consensus in favor of BIP8 (false), as well as with approval of two possible methods to put this BIP into motion
Are You Running a Bitcoin Node?
29.1.2021
And if you aren't, what's stopping you?
Longtime Bitcoin Developer Jonas Schnelli Receives Open-Source Grant
28.1.2021
Jonas Schnelli joins other Bitcoin developers who are sponsored by high-caliber Bitcoin companies
Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization
22.1.2021
"One thing is clear: this is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously," said Wladimir van der Laan
Bitcoin Developers Weigh the Costs of Defying White Paper Copyright Claim
22.1.2021
Should anyone in an open source community have to bear the legal brunt of a seemingly senseless lawsuit?
Craig Wright ultimatum: Take ‘my’ Bitcoin whitepaper down or face lawsuit
21.1.2021
Legal threats by self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, have caused one site to remove what he claims is “his” Bitcoin whitepaper. But others are refusing to give up so easily
Bitcoin node count hits new all-time high
20.1.2021
Amid increasing distrust of custodial solutions and recent upgrades to Bitcoin Core, more Bitcoiners are starting to run their own nodes
Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 Brings Taproot Closer and Adds Tor, Fee, Signet Changes
15.1.2021
Bitcoin Core Project announced that Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 has been released, bringing a variety of fixes and upgrades to the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol, including a step towards the much-anticipated Taproot upgrade, fee changes, a new type of testing ground, new type of wallet support, and more.
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