Samson Mow says the backlash over BIP-110 wasn’t accidental, blaming Bitcoin Core’s handling of the OP_RETURN debate for fueling the blowup. At stake is a bigger fight over whether Bitcoin should stay money-first or tolerate more on-chain data.
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Nine Bitcoin-linked firms have formed a $15 million consortium to fund quantum-resistant research, with post-quantum cryptography as the first priority. Bitcoin isn’t broken today, but the group says preparing for a long-term cryptographic threat beats waiting for a nasty surprise.
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DOG Mode is reigniting Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight by changing relay policy, not consensus, and pushing back against defaults that filter valid transactions like Ordinals and Runes. It’s a battle over neutral block space, network bloat, and who really sets Bitcoin’s rules.
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Bitcoin Core 31.1rc1 patches a PrivateBroadcast flaw that could leak a user’s IP address, while also bringing privacy, validation, wallet, networking, MuSig2, and tooling improvements. It’s a release candidate, so the real test happens before the stable drop.
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Maelstrom’s Bitcoin Grant Program just hit a useful milestone: 20 months in, five developers funded, four still active, and a stack of real Bitcoin work to show for it. No token nonsense, no marketing fog machine — just people grinding on Bitcoin Core, privacy tooling, and the infrastructure that keeps the network alive. 5 developers […]
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Bitcoin Core discloses bug that could let miners crash nodes Bitcoin Core has disclosed CVE-2024-52911, a high-severity vulnerability that could let a miner crash some Bitcoin nodes by feeding them a specially crafted invalid block. The fix was already bundled into Bitcoin Core 29.0, but the awkward part is obvious: plenty of node operators still […]
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Bitcoin Core v31.0rc4 Testnet Release: A Leap for Privacy and Efficiency? Bitcoin developers have just unleashed v31.0rc4 on the testnet, a hefty update following v30.2 that could redefine how the network tackles transactions, privacy, and performance. Aimed at miners, node operators, wallet providers, and researchers, this release candidate packs some serious upgrades—but with big changes […]
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Bitcoin Core Development Hits Overdrive in 2025: Code, Cash, and Chaos Bitcoin Core, the beating heart of the Bitcoin network, is seeing a massive surge in development action through 2025, proving that even amidst market crashes and geopolitical firefights, the community is doubling down on building unshakeable decentralized money. With 78% of full nodes running […]
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Bitcoin Core v30.0 Drops: Lower Fees, Sleek Upgrades, and a Data Limit Shitstorm Bitcoin Core v30.0 has hit the scene, packing a punch with lower transaction fees, a revamped wallet system, a polished user interface, and a highly divisive bump in the OP_RETURN data limit to 100KB. While many of these changes aim to make […]
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Bitcoin Core vs. Knots: A 15-Year Governance War Satoshi Fought Is Bitcoin still the untamed, rebel currency Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned, or has it become a perpetual battleground for tech nerds obsessed with control? The latest clash between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots over transaction policies and arbitrary data inclusion isn’t fresh drama—it’s a rerun of […]
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