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 ...

Bitcoin developers working on Bitcoin Core, the software that powers a majority of nodes that back the blockchain, had a busy year in 2025, with more developers pushing out more code, according to ...

Bitcoin blockchain’s reputation as a network that mainly supports digital gold may be changing as efforts gain traction to add new features via a software upgrade to its code. The front-runner in the ...

Greenpeace USA and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), with $5 million in backing from Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen, recently launched the Change The Code Campaign. This lobbying effort — ...

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 ...