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As of today, only 5 developers are engaged in bitcoin development
According to The Wall Street Journal, as of today, only 5 developers are working on bitcoin. On Thursday, Vladimir van der Laan, the main developer of bitcoin until now, was deprived of access to the GitHub Bitcoin Core repository, the main «place» of bitcoin protocol development.
Laan made the decision to resign in August 2022, but has only officially stepped down from the BTC now. Currently, only 5 developers have access to Bitcoin Core — over the past 18 months, four bitcoin developers have stepped down without giving specific reasons.
Developers of the flagship cryptocurrency are essentially volunteers who sometimes receive charitable donations from bitcoin whales. However, these donations are insufficient compared to the salaries of other specialists in the crypto industry. Therefore, the desire of developers to take so-called sabbaticals is quite understandable.
At the end of January this year, developer Jeremy Rubin announced his resignation. He temporarily left his position as a developer of the VTS and stopped all his projects to improve the blockchain. Recently, Rubin has been actively promoting the idea of the BIP-119 standard, a protocol that optimizes transactions between multiple senders and recipients, preventing network overload. However, many developers do not consider the implementation of BIP-119 to be urgent, and some openly criticize Rubin’s ideas, such as Adam Beck, Matt Corallo, and Eric Lombroso. Analysts have suggested that it was the rejection by colleagues that could have influenced the developer’s decision to resign.
As for Vladimir van der Laan, the main reason for his resignation is exhaustion, the developer explained. Сатоші Накамото" href="https://noworries.media/biography/satoshi-nakamoto/" data-bio-id="4232">Satoshi Nakamoto 's successor said that he was tired of the constant attention of the cryptocurrency community and criticism for any mistakes. Vladimir Van Der Laan denied rumors about his involvement in other cryptocurrency projects.