Jon Atack joins me to talk about his experience with open source software development, and to talk about the process of Bitcoin Core development and code review. We talk:

  • Becoming a Bitcoin Core contributor
  • How to best contribute
  • Communication channels for development
  • Priorities in Bitcoin development
  • Funding for development

Jon Atack Links:

  • Twitter: @jonatack (https://twitter.com/jonatack)
  • Github: @jonatack (https://github.com/jonatack)
  • Bitcoin Core PR Review Club: https://bitcoincore.reviews and https://twitter.com/BitcoinCorePRs
  • How to Review Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-review-bitcoin-core-prs.md
  • How to Make Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-make-bitcoin-core-prs.md
  • Bitcoin Core Peer Review process: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#peer-review
  • “On Consensus” by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282

Sponsor links:

  • Kraken
  • Unchained Capital
  • GiveBitcoin
  • Bitcoin Outletuse code: LIVERA for 21% off

Stephan Livera links:

  • Show notes and website
  • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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