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Gloria Zhao is now a Bitcoin Core maintainer github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25524

2159 sats \ 12 comments \ @k00b 8 Jul 2022 bitcoin

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Jul 2024

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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @hector 9 Jul 2022 freebie

Who decides who gets to be a maintainer?

Is this voted via a dao or something?

What if i want to participate?

1001 sats \ 0 replies \ @softglitter2d 11 Jul 2022

Here is a outstanding piece of content made by Amiti Uttarwar where she made a step-by-step guide of how to contribute. It's called Onboarding to Bitcoin Core

TL/DR: fork the Bitcoin Core, make tests, play with commands, assist to Bitcoin PR and start working.

2 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 9 Jul 2022

Other maintainers I believe ... which is why it's a pretty big deal.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @cyclic_dangle302 10 Jul 2022 freebie

or just one maintainer

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @hector 11 Jul 2022

Who decides then?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 11 Jul 2022

I think cyclic was just saying that it only takes one maintainer to add another.

16 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 10 Jul 2022

In our community, this is like someone being knighted.

117 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 8 Jul 2022

There is also an article on Bitcoin Magazine with some additional information:

Gloria Zhao Becomes First Female Bitcoin Core Maintainer, Pieter Wuille Steps Down | Bitcoin Magazine
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https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/first-female-bitcoin-core-maintainer