Category: Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin core non-profit gets approved for tax exemption, perks for donors

February 10, 2021

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501(3)(c) status boosts the project’s legitimacy as well as its efficiency in using donations. 1845 Total views 10 Total shares A new non-profit aiming to fund Bitcoin development education and research has been approved for special tax status, conferring benefits on donors. Brink, which launched in the fall, has been approved as a 503(c)(3) organization […]

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Are You Running a Bitcoin Node?

January 29, 2021

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And if you aren’t, what’s stopping you? A full node setup(Colin Harper) Jan 29, 2021 at 9:07 p.m. UTC Are You Running a Bitcoin Node? “Are you running the numbers?” This is what Bitcoin Core developer Andrew Chow is trying to find out in a new survey.  Sponsored by a grant from MIT’s Digital Currency […]

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Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization

January 22, 2021

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“One thing is clear: this is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously,” said Wladimir van der Laan. Jan 22, 2021 at 10:34 p.m. UTC Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization Bitcoin Core lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan has decided to take “even more” of a “background […]

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Bitcoin Developers Weigh the Costs of Defying White Paper Copyright Claim

January 22, 2021

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Should anyone in an open source community have to bear the legal brunt of a seemingly senseless lawsuit? (Siddhant Kumar/Unsplash) Jan 22, 2021 at 10:16 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2021 at 10:23 p.m. UTC Bitcoin Developers Weigh the Costs of Defying White Paper Copyright Claim The Bitcoin community is debating the extent to which Bitcoin […]

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Craig Wright ultimatum: Take ‘my’ Bitcoin whitepaper down or face lawsuit

January 21, 2021

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Legal threats by self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, have caused one site to remove what he claims is “his” Bitcoin whitepaper. But others are refusing to give up so easily. 12968 Total views 32 Total shares Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, has threatened legal action against […]

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Bitmain reportedly cuts off funding to Bitcoin Core developers

December 2, 2020

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Bitcoin Core touts itself as a direct descendant of Satoshi Nakamoto’s original Bitcoin software client. 8485 Total views 24 Total shares Bitmain, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) miner producers, has reportedly halted its funding for some primary developers maintaining Bitcoin-related software. Jonas Schnelli, a major Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer, claimed that Bitmain […]

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