Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest ...

Binance floated a similar idea in 2019 after losing 7,000 BTC worth about $40 million in a hack. CEO Changpeng Zhao suggested a coordinated reorg with mining pools to erase the theft, but he quickly ...

Bitcoin Core’s first independent audit found no serious vulnerabilities, with reviewers praising the project’s security, testing depth and overall code maturity. Bitcoin Core has cleared its ...

Key metrics tracking the development of Bitcoin Core show 2025 was a good year for the blockchain, with more developers contributing more code, says Jameson Lopp. Bitcoin developers working on the ...

If you haven’t had a good laugh at Chainalysis’ attempts to defend the use of its blockchain forensics software for law enforcement purposes in light of recent court proceedings, now may be the time.

In the ever-evolving landscape of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency platforms, Bitcoin Core—the foundational software that underpins roughly 78% of the network’s full nodes—saw a significant uptick in ...

First ever external security audit of Bitcoin Core by Quarkslab, funded by Brink, shows no critical or severe security issues. Brink, the Bitcoin development organization, recently funded the first ...

Crypto may have changed, but Bitcoin's core value proposition has not.

A group of Bitcoin Core developers has introduced a comprehensive security disclosure policy to address past shortcomings in publicizing security-critical bugs. This new policy aims to establish a ...

While attending the MIT Bitcoin Expo in Boston over the weekend I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down and talk with Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer Gloria Zhao. Gloria began ...