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

Alyssa HertigApr 1, 2020

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.

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

Alyssa HertigFeb 19, 2020

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

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BitMEX Operator Ups Grant for Bitcoin Development to $100K

Paddy BakerApr 1, 2020

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

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

Alyssa HertigFeb 13, 2020

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

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

Alyssa HertigJan 24, 2020

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.

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

Alyssa Hertig

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

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What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code

Alyssa Hertig

CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software.

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Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet

Alyssa Hertig

Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network.

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Where to Find Bitcoin’s Rising Stars

Leigh Cuen

The Chaincode Labs summer residency program shows how decentralized software development evolves.

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‘Hard Core Fund’ Collects 50 BTC to Support Bitcoin Developers

Leigh Cuen

This bitcoin evangelist is bridging the gap between the Asian mining industry and global open source developers.

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Michael Ford Named Newest Bitcoin Core Code Maintainer

Alyssa Hertig

Long-time Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford has been named the newest maintainer of the open-source software project.

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Lightning Co-Creator Releases Code for Bitcoin Scaling Concept

Alyssa Hertig

Co-author of the lightning network white paper Tadge Dryja has released new code for a proposed scaling solution he's been working on for a year.

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Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin’s Bandwidth

Alyssa Hertig

A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes.

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Next Bitcoin Core Release to Finally Connect Hardware Wallets to Full Nodes

Alyssa Hertig

The coming release of Bitcoin Core will finally, natively allow users to connect bitcoin full nodes to hardware wallets.

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