Arthur Hayes's family office Maelstrom awarded the first grant from its Bitcoin developer program to contributor Rkrux. The funding will support Rkrux working full-time on contributing to Bitcoin Core as an open source project.
While you can interact with the Bitcoin network solely using a wallet, running your own node delivers privacy benefits and grants the ability to verify your transactions and Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap. The fifth installment of “10 Steps to Self-Sovereignty” powered by Ledger.
After four years of work, James O'Beirne's assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.