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

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/