BR025 - Demystifying and Understanding Bitcoin Core Development ft. Sjors, Schmidty & James O'Beirne
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I'm joined by guests Sjors Provoost), James O'Beirne) & Mike Schmidt) to discuss Bitcoin Core development.

Discussion Topics:

• 00:00:52 Guest introductions

• 00:07:48 The beginning of Bitcoin development

• 00:12:08 Modern Bitcoin development

• 00:12:57 The process for making basic changes to Bitcoin

• 00:23:35 Who decides what gets worked on?

• 00:39:05 Who chooses what gets merged?

• 00:46:31 BIPs

• 01:00:03 Is Github centralisation a risk?

• 01:05:27 Activation methods

• 01:28:30 Improving Bitcoin development and visibility/perception of development

• 01:49:35 Audience questions

Notes & Resources:

• Bitcoincore.org)

• Bitcoin Github Repo)

• Bitcoin Optech Newsletter)

• Contributing to Bitcoin Core)

• Bitcoin: A Work in Progress)

• Bitcoin, Explained)

Links & Contacts:

• Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq

• NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

• Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod

• Email: [email protected]

• Nostr & LN:⚡[email protected] (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-25/