Bitcoin Core From the Inside | Jon Atack | BIS #195
By Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf
Aired Mar 23, 2026 · 2h 11m · Last boosted 24d ago
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Jon Atack joins the Bitcoin Infinity Show to talk about his years-long insider experience as a Bitcoin Core contributor, revealing how DEI-influenced selection criteria, centralized developer pipelines at Chaincode Labs, and social power dynamics reshaped the culture of Bitcoin's most important open source project. The conversation covers how hand-picked developers were fast-tracked while independent contributors struggled for funding, why the OP_RETURN controversy was the culmination of years of eroding trust, and Jon's case for why Bitcoin needs multiple competing implementations to restore meritocracy and decentralization. Jon also shares the untold story of how he helped Knut rewrite his...
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My new favourite podcast
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Whic pr?
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Thanks for the insights. 👏
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Very enlightening insider view on some pretty gross corruption, and a clear sign that we need more node implementations, as well as decentralized funding, however that can be managed. I wouldn't mind excluding people willing to live in NYC, SF, and London, if it came down to either having them exclusively or everyone else. These are cities where the realities of economics are most hidden under layers of financializa…
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I'd love to see a core fork that is completely developed and maintained by nyms. Satoshi showed us the way, and it's a shame we didn't follow his example and make pseudonymity the defining characteristic of Bitcoin development culture. Any dev who's legal identity is known can be assumed to be compromised at this point.