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BR025 - Demystifying and Understanding Bitcoin Core Development ft. Sjors, Schmidty & James O'Beirne

2023/2/22
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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:

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