The Speedy Trial Was a Way to Cope Out of the Drama

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: producer@coinkite.com
• Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)

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