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A Bitcoin-focused research center.
Bay Area
Joined September 2024
Getting ramped up as a new contributor in the FOSS Bitcoin ecosystem isn't easy. There is so much to do, so much to learn. In our effort to lift up and support the next generation, we are excited to announce our 2025 Visiting Scholar program! Over three months, our Visiting
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Thank you for the kind words @miketwenty1! @tabconf 7 was incredible, and it wouldn't have happened without the efforts from you and the team. The BitDevs Socratic Village got a lot of great engagement and helped drive forward the conversations around mining centralization and
Thank you to everyone who came to @tabconf 7 and made it wonderful this year! 4 days of: cordial debates, technical workshops, talks and panels, interactivities, meshtastic devices, hardware hacking, the CTB puzzle. So much fun. 7 Things I would like to share from TABConf 7.
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We had 12 members from the Vinteum community attending @tabconf, and even got to hang out with another BR Bitcoin Mafia member from @lclhostresearch. Five of them gave talks or workshops. Thank you, TabConf, for the great event!
Thank you to everyone who came to @tabconf 7 and made it wonderful this year! 4 days of: cordial debates, technical workshops, talks and panels, interactivities, meshtastic devices, hardware hacking, the CTB puzzle. So much fun. 7 Things I would like to share from TABConf 7.
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Thank you David! It's an honor to have your support. We are so excited for the future of our organization and grateful to have you and @lightspark as members of the Localhost Family. ❤️
We are thrilled to be in a position to support the FOSS Bitcoin ecosystem. It's vital for the Bitcoin ecosystem. If you're so inclined, support @lclhostresearch, they're doing amazing work.
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You know what’s frustrating? When you’ve got the skills, the drive, and the ideas to make an impact, but the only thing stopping you is a border stamp. That’s the reality for so many brilliant Bitcoin developers across Africa and the Global South. They can write world‑class
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Today is the big day! The @tabconf BitDevs Socratic Village opens at 10:30AM. Come join us for the kickoff, we'll be making a special announcement! 😉 Our first event is a Socratic Session focused on long-running projects within Bitcoin Core. Learn about the kernel,
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See you all at TABConf! Our whole team will be there. During the first two days of the conference, @murchandamus and other Core contributors will be holding court at the "Bitcoin Core Builder Table." Stop by and get involved in the conversation! https://t.co/8TvJHZ4bKz On Days 3
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Bitcoin Core Description: Bitcoin Core is a full node implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Link(s) to source Repos: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin What would an attendee learn from visiting ...
Today is the day 💃
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In ~2 weeks from now, we'll be disclosing 5 low severity vulnerabilities. We'll also shortly be releasing v29.2 & v28.3. The 27.x branch has now reached its end of li fe.
Bitcoin Core v30.0 was released! It is available from: https://t.co/WpMuMaeRoz Release notes:
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The Bitcoin Core development process and distribution model actually makes it somewhat harder to fix security issues, compared to other serious software distributors. Take Google Chrome as an example. The CVE fixing happy path is to develop and review a fix in private, push that
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Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree. Contribute to bitcoin/bitcoin development by creating an account on GitHub.
@adam3us They can always push security fixes in v29 like any serious software distributor does, not forcing anyone to upgrade to unwanted/unprepared for functional changes… and I should know I work for a software editor for 15+ years
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Have you authored a BIP before? Considered writing one? Or just curious about the BIP process? Murch has authored BIP 3, a new process BIP which has received significant review from the community and it's time to activate it. Check it out!
And now for something completely different… who is ready to activate BIP 3?
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Meetup starts in an hour! Come join us. 😇
See you tomorrow for another fantastic @SFBitcoinDevs here at Presidio Bitcoin! RSVP:
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@hhebasto Also tested a SwiftSync reindex-chainstate prototype ( https://t.co/VYRADF6CJ0) on an underclocked cheap Pi 5, powered by a cheap battery pack (floating in a cheap aquarium for effect). Reindex progress streamed over Wi-Fi to the expensive screen behind it. It finished validating
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At Localhost, each contributor in our Bitcoin Core Unit has their own Independent Focus area. In some cases, that's the Bitcoin Core Wallet (e.g. @achow101)! We also have Shared Projects that draw a small percentage of each contributor's time—currently wallet-focused. Overall,
@bitschmidty @MrHodl @Excellion @bitcoinoptech @1A1zBTC @2140dev @lclhostresearch thanks for data! > 30-40 full time engineers focusing on maintaining and hardening mission critical software for a $2.5T network doesnt feel like too many to me. fair, and I am a fan of security focus. more of that is good. also re focus i understand @lclhostresearch is
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Join us for a special event with Mark "Murch" Erhardt (@murchandamus) of Localhost Research (@lclhostresearch) Murch will speak with real university students live on air about Bitcoin Core. A tell-all interview! Tuesday, October 7th, 7:00pm EST Live broadcast w/@BTCStudents
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Notes from the stream:
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Tune in! A worthwhile exercise for those who are curious about metaprotocols, data-stuffing schemes, and mempool policy rules.
live now thought experiment: what would it take to actually stop arbitrary data? https://t.co/a83LuWGFwj
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1/ Recently, compact block reconstruction rates have fallen. This impacts block propagation times in a way that disproportionately hurts small miners. @0xB10C has been closely following the issue and proposed predictively prefilling txs in compact block announcements.
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Congratulations to @2140dev on the addition. Very excited to see what comes next from @sr_gi and 2140's talent pipeline. 🚀
My next stop is Amsterdam. I'm joining @2140dev to continue working on what I love. To help them make Bitcoin a suitable career option for new developers and to keep pushing for a more decentralized Bitcoin development space.
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