Few people understand the key technical issues currently facing the world’s dominant cryptocurrency. Andrew Chow is one of them. Chow is one of four “maintainers” for Bitcoin Core (or just Core), the ...

This week CoinDesk recounted the saga of Bitcoin developer's Luke Dashjr's proposal to amend key open-source software in a way that would have severely curtailed the use of data-oriented applications ...

Bitcoin developers working on Bitcoin Core, the software that powers a majority of nodes that back the blockchain, had a busy year in 2025, with more developers pushing out more code, according to ...

Peter Howson has received funding from The British Academy. The switch, they claim, would reduce bitcoin’s carbon footprint by 99.9%. But it’s unlikely to happen soon – and here’s why. Bitcoiners ...