bitcoin developers


Технології

‘Just Don’t Break’ Bitcoin: Devs Debate Tech Upgrades to Top Crypto

The bitcoiners gathered at OP_Next were decidedly in favor of progress – but not too much progress, and certainly not too fast.

Will Foxley opens OP_NEXT (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Will Bitcoin’s New BIP Editors Streamline Development?

Five new editors were added to help speed up the process of approving and merging Bitcoin Improvement Proposals.

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Consensus Magazine

Austin: Where Remote-Work Crypto Developers Actually Choose to Live

A critical mass of the world’s top Bitcoin developers and mining companies call the No. 9 spot in CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 their home, lured by the city’s attractive weather, live music and food scene, as well as the lack of state income taxes.

Parker Lewis, left, interviewing former Riot Blockchain Chief Commercial Officer Chad Harris at Bitcoin Commons in May 2023.

Технології

Crypto Miner Marathon Pledges $500K in Matching Funds to Brink for Bitcoin Development

Marathon CEO Fred Thiel tells CoinDesk in an interview that he wants to make sure development and maintenance of the open-source Bitcoin Core client software are "properly funded."

Fred Thiel at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Технології

Bitcoin Core Developer Dhruvkaran Mehta Steps Away, Teases New Startup Idea

The developer known as @dhruv on Twitter and GitHub, formerly a Google software engineer and now a successful entrepreneur, is taking a break from working on Bitcoin for another shot at a startup.

Snippet of code pulled from Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324, co-authored by Dhruv Mehta. (GitHub)

Технології

Planners of Bitcoin Conference in Atlanta Move to Open Source Their Agenda

The conference has been running since 2018 but topics and speakers for this year's TABConf event will be chosen partly based on proposals from the general public via GitHub.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Технології

Reviewing Code Is Mind-Numbing: Q&A With Bitcoin Maintainer Andrew Chow

He stumbled upon Bitcoin in high school while looking for ways to pay for his favorite video games. He now reviews and improves Bitcoin’s code for a living. Sometimes it's boring and mind-numbing but he does it anyway. Somebody has to.

Andrew Chow (Advancing Bitcoin 2020)

Технології

Proposed Bitcoin Vault Feature Could Thwart Malicious Hackers

The feature is still in draft form and would require a soft fork in order to be adopted into Bitcoin Core.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Технології

Bitcoin Core Developer Marco Falke Steps Down From Maintainer Role

Falke was Bitcoin Core’s most prolific contributor, with more than 2,000 commits over seven years.

Bitcoin Core developer Marco Falke (Twitter)

Фінанси

Bitcoin Protocol Development Steadily Progressing Despite Only 40-60 Monthly Active Developers: NYDIG

The report was written by Bitcoin-focused investment firm, New York Digital Investment Group

Gráfico de número de empleados y capitalización de mercado de bitcoin vs gigantes fintech. (CoinDesk)

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