Project
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin node and wallet software
Bitcoin Core is free and open-source software that serves as a bitcoin node (the set of which form the Bitcoin network) and provides a bitcoin wallet which fully verifies payments. It is considered to be bitcoin's reference implementation.
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“Bitcoin Core is free and open-source software that serves as a bitcoin node (the set of which form the Bitcoin network) and provides a bitcoin wallet which fully verifies payments.”
Named in 2 pieces
Bitcoin & Mining
Pieter Wuille Splits the Signature, and Bitcoin Splits Too
Pieter Wuille proposed segregated witness in Hong Kong in December 2015, and 97.5 percent of Bitcoin transactions spent SegWit in September 2026.
Bitcoin & Mining
Wladimir van der Laan Merges Bitcoin Core, Then Hands Off
Wladimir van der Laan maintained Bitcoin Core from April 2014, made about 24 percent of its merges in 2020, and stepped back in January 2021.