An investigation assures that a small network controls the development of Bitcoin Core

The investigation points to conflicts of interest at Brink, the NGO that finances Core. After a controversial change to Core in version 30, the adoption of the Knots client grew noticeably. Hodlonaut, a bitcoiner known for his court case against the fake Satoshi Craig Wright, published in his own magazine Citadel21 the first of four … Read more

First external audit of Bitcoin Core. What results did it show?

The audit was coordinated by Brink, an organization that funds eight Core developers. Currently, almost 80% of Bitcoin node operators run Bitcoin Core. Brink, a nonprofit organization that funds Bitcoin Core developers, published its 2025 Engineering Impact Report yesterday, March 26, documenting the first independent security audit of the Bitcoin Core client in its 16-year … Read more

Salvadoran children start mining bitcoin and have already installed 5 nodes

According to Node Nation, an educational program that operates in El Salvador, for the fifth and last time in 2024 a Bitcoin node was installed by primary school children. The same kids are mining bitcoin with a Bitaxe machine. It happened in a public school in El Salvador. Those responsible for the initiative are the … Read more

BTC is not the real Bitcoin

The defendants are Bitcoin Core and Square Up. Modifications such as SegWit or Taproot denature Bitcoin, according to Wright. Craig Wright, also known as faketoshi by a large sector of bitcoiners, presented an alleged legal document before the Rolls Building Chancery Division Court, located in London, England, to begin a judicial process on October 10, … Read more

A serious vulnerability affected Bitcoin until 2023

A vulnerability considered to be of high severity affected Bitcoin Core until May 2023. This vulnerability and two more, considered to be of medium severity, affected the Bitcoin Core project until version 25.0. The public disclosure of these flaws and their resolutions are due to Niklas Gögge, a developer who announced them through the poste … Read more

The first DEX has arrived that will bridge Fractal and the main Bitcoin network

They will launch a bridge between Fractal and Bitcoin called SimpleBridge, in October. Each swap has a commission of 0.3%. The Fractal Bitcoin team revealed an integration with Pizzaswap, the first decentralized exchange (DEX) that runs simultaneously on both Bitcoin and Fractal. Pizzaswap, which previously ran on the Bitcoin main and testnets, is now available … Read more