A release date and activation timeline are set for Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade, but developers and other stakeholders are still debating the best method to coordinate… Read More »Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized
It was all a meme. Well, Dogecoin still is a meme – just a more expensive meme. And as the price rises from the depths,… Read More »Dogecoin’s Surging Price Has Resurrected Its Technical Development
Many of Bitcoin’s most active stakeholders have just about nailed down the activation method for Taproot, the Bitcoin software’s biggest upgrade in years. In a… Read More »Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD
“Are you running the numbers?” This is what Bitcoin Core developer Andrew Chow is trying to find out in a new survey. Sponsored by a… Read More »Are You Running a Bitcoin Node?
Marathon Patent Group (MARA) announced Thursday it will bankroll the work of Bitcoin Core developer Jonas Schnelli. The year-long grant is worth $96,000, payable in… Read More »Longtime Bitcoin Developer Jonas Schnelli Receives Open-Source Grant
The Bitcoin community is debating the extent to which Bitcoin Core developers and maintainers should shoulder the symbolic burden of hosting its white paper, particularly… Read More »Bitcoin Developers Weigh the Costs of Defying White Paper Copyright Claim
Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan has decided to take “even more” of a “background role” for the sake of further decentralizing the… Read More »Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization
Originally slated for Dec. 1, 2020, Bitcoin Core version 0.21.0 is now available for download, and includes a handful of notable changes to Bitcoin’s primary… Read More »Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
Bitcoin has been declared dead or dying roughly 390 times since 2010. But this year it’s dying much less frequently. In 2020, bitcoin has been… Read More »2020 Saw the Fewest Bitcoin ‘Obituaries’ in 8 Years
Coinbase has revealed the inaugural recipients of its Crypto Community Fund developer grants. First announced in October, the fund was established to support Bitcoin developers… Read More »Coinbase Awards Its First Round of Bitcoin Developer Grants
The website is home to Bitcoin Core, the most popular software version of bitcoin’s code. To be clear: Bitcoin’s blockchain itself was not attacked, only… Read More »Bitcoin.org Briefly Shut Down by Denial of Service Attack; Bitcoin Not Affected
“If Bitcoin is decentralized, who funds its development?” This longstanding question, historically answered by the quiet work of volunteer Bitcoin developers, now has a new… Read More »BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work
