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Thanks for the information. It's great to get this firsthand input. The only reason I (mis)characterized the relationship is that I was looking at this page of the Chaincode web site that lists projects:
https://chaincode.com/projects
Core is listed as the first project. My use of the word "maintain" was taken from the site.
Thanks for pointing out how you got to this characterization.
Sorry if it felt that I was pouncing on you. I feel strongly about the distinction between "Chaincode Labs pays an engineer that is a Bitcoin Core maintainer" vs "Chaincode Labs maintains Bitcoin Core". ;)
As they write on the website:
Chaincode engineers develop, review, test and maintain the reference Bitcoin implementation. [Emphasis added by me.]
Glad to hear that you had a good time at Bitdevs!
Believe me. I get it. You know a hell of a lot more about the nuance of these relationships than I do.
As a former host of NY Bitdevs, someone involved with all three of these projects, and a former employee of Chaincode Labs (CCL) to the boot, I would like to offer a different description on that:
CCL employees contribute to all of the three listed projects, but CCL does not maintain Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Optech, or the BIPs process.
CCL employs one of the current Bitcoin Core maintainers and a former Bitcoin Core maintainer. It has in the past employed other former Bitcoin Core maintainers. Several of the current employees contribute to Bitcoin Core.
Several former CCL employees were involved in founding Bitcoin Optech and CCL employees occasionally appear on the Bitcoin Optech Recap, but no Chaincode Labs employees have been heavily involved in maintaining the Bitcoin Optech, nor in the creation of the Bitcoin Optech Newsletter or Recap after I left CCL at the end of 2024.
CCL employees have written a large number of BIPs, but the current set of BIP Editors does not include any Chaincode Labs employees.