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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Bitcoin and the VPN Debacle: Can BSV Truly Solve the Privacy Puzzle? Privacy on the internet is under siege, with tools like VPNs—marketed as bastions of security—often turning out to be Trojan horses for surveillance. Amid this betrayal, Bitcoin, and specifically the controversial Bitcoin SV (BSV), is being touted as a radical fix not just […]
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Bitcoin’s Rebellion Against Big Tech, Big Banks, and Big Gov: Can BSV Deliver? Bitcoin was born as a defiant answer to centralized control, a digital uprising against the iron triangle of Big Tech, Big Banks, and Big Government that has shaped money, data, and behavior for centuries. Yet, somewhere along the way, its revolutionary spark […]
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After more than a decade of self-imposed restrictions and political theater, Bitcoin Core is finally preparing to remove one of its most counterproductive policy limitations. Pull Request #32406, which removes the default 80-byte OP_RETURN size limit, represents far more than a technical adjustment—it’s a symbolic victory over the ideological purists who have spent years strangling […]
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Spam Wars: Bitcoin Core Devs Spark Fury Over Blockchain’s True Calling Bitcoin, the pioneer of decentralized currency, finds itself embroiled in yet another fierce showdown that could redefine its trajectory. On June 6, 2025, a coalition of 31 Bitcoin Core developers released a statement asserting their neutral position on non-monetary uses of the blockchain—such as […]
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