SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution

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 Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast