Bitcoin Core

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Bitcoin Development Boost: FTX Is Donating $450K to Brink
Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange is committing to a three-year sponsorship of the coding nonprofit.
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Locked In: Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Gets Its 90% Mandate
Taproot opens up new possibilities for privacy, multisignature wallets and security as well as scaling.
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Okcoin Awards $100K Grant to Bitcoin Development Non-Profit Brink
The grants allow more developers to maintain and support Bitcoin’s codebase.
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Consensus 2021: 7 Questions for Bitcoin Anarchist Eric Voskuil
We asked a Bitcoin developer about the patronage model, on-chain privacy, lessons from Taproot and Bitcoin's energy consumption.
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Users Decide Bitcoin's Consensus, but What Is a Bitcoin 'User'?
Should users include anyone holding or just those running nodes? Depends on if a protocol change is on the table, our panelists explain.
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Bitcoin Taproot Activation Has Begun; Miners Now Have 3 Months to Get on Board
The upgrade has been years in the making. It's time to see if the deliberation has paid off.
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Taproot Speedy Trial Code Merged Into Bitcoin Core
The merge puts an end to a long road of activation discussions – now all that's left is Taproot's actual activation.
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Final Taproot Activation Specifics Chosen With a Bitcoin Blockchain 'Coin Toss'
The coin toss is a stand-in for the rough consensus that stakeholders usually broker to make these decisions.
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New Taproot Activation Timeline Means the Upgrade Is (Probably) Coming to Bitcoin This Fall
If the timeline holds, Taproot’s November activation could make for an exciting autumn for bitcoiners.
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‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation on Bitcoin Could Still Include a Safety Net
Speedy Trial is nearly approved for activating Taproot, but the code may still include a “user activated soft fork” safety net, just in case.
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