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 ...

The software driving Bitcoin’s network was upgraded Wednesday, with security fixes addressing a problem that defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox blamed for losing nearly half a billion dollars worth of ...

Bitcoin Core adds a new trusted maintainer for the first time since 2023, while BTC trades near $91K amid strong corporate ...

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 ...

Bitcoin Core appoints TheCharlatan as the sixth Trusted Key maintainer after three years. The South African developer gains ...

A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could jeopardize the future of open source software development. The crux of the case in question ...

Jessica Jonas, chief legal officer of the nonprofit Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund, discussed the potential legal ramifications of a high profile lawsuit against Bitcoin core developers during the Bitcoin ...

Last week, Galoy launched Lana, software that enables banks to accept bitcoin as collateral for loans. Lana helps community and challenger banks (the banks with which Galoy is looking to work) to ...

It may not matter if Craig Wright created Bitcoin. The real question is whether the nearly 4,000 patents he controls or has pending will force computer programmers around the world to stop using ...

A newly disclosed software flaw in the Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon could allow malicious validators to disrupt parts of the network’s consensus process, potentially slowing block production ...

Bitcoin’s roller-coaster price swings on Wednesday were caused by an influx of new buyers and software that couldn’t keep up, according to the largest exchange, Mt. Gox. People trading bitcoin on the ...