OKCoin, BitMEX Sponsor Bitcoin Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar

OKCoin and BitMEX just sponsored another Bitcoin Core developer, Amiti Uttarwar, who is focused on privacy tech and education.

Latest Bitcoin Core Code Release Protects Against Nation-State Attacks

Bitcoin Core released a new software update Wednesday. Notably, it includes experimental software to hedge against attacks from nation-states and ISPs.

Why a Startup You’ve Never Heard of Is Now Sponsoring a Bitcoin Core Developer

CardCoins becomes one of the elite few to sponsor a Bitcoin Core developer – in this instance, Hennadii Stepanov, aka Hebasto.

BitMEX Operator Ups Grant for Bitcoin Development to $100K

HDR Global Trading has supported bitcoin maintainer Michael Ford since he was appointed last summer.

GitHub Is Burying Bitcoin Code Inside an Arctic Mountain to Ride Out the Next 1,000 Years

Deep inside a forsaken coal mine on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, the Bitcoin Core code repository will be kept on film reels and stored for centuries.

Bitcoin Coders Confront an Old Quandary: How to Upgrade an Entire Network

An old debate is resurfacing in the bitcoin developer community, underscoring one of the critical challenges confronting decentralized systems.

Here’s How to Inspect Bitcoin’s Next (Likely) Major Upgrade Yourself

With bitcoin’s next likely major upgrade in the works, students of the cryptocurrency can inspect the code themselves, helped by core developers.

Bitcoin’s Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade ‘Taproot’ Just Took a Big Step Forward

A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin's largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles.

‘Building’ Bitcoin’s Software Just Got a Bit More Trustless

There's a bit less trust now needed when developers compile the software at the heart of bitcoin.