Bitcoin Development Meetings, Forums, and Additional Resources

All the Bitcoin development discussion forums you need to know about 📅

So, you want to track Bitcoin protocol development and learn how to get involved?

Well, you’ve come to the right place.

Below is an overview of the public forums where discussions about Bitcoin Core and protocol development occur.

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Introduction

Bitcoin is a technology developed and maintained by a decentralized collective.

The processes and norms that govern Bitcoin’s development are discussed in the first post of this series. Key participants in the Bitcoin development process are highlighted in the second post.

This third tool in the BTC Toolkit highlights the public forums where anyone can get involved and start contributing to Bitcoin development.

In addition, this document offers supplementary resources for readers to learn more about Bitcoin’s evolution and actively participate in current discussions on this topic through in-person meetings and conferences.

Although not an exhaustive list of all the available resources and touchpoints for Bitcoin developers, the primary meetings and forums where conversations about the development of Bitcoin Core and the Bitcoin protocol are highlighted below.

As with all BTC Toolkit posts, the information in this post is subject to change. Readers are encouraged to bookmark the link to this post or the entire BTC Toolkit series as evergreen reference material for navigating the complexities of the Bitcoin development and governance process.

Please refer to the Update Log at the bottom of the post to see the latest revision date and changes made.

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Bitcoin Core Developers Meeting

Similar to the Ethereum All Core Developers (ACD) calls, a weekly meeting series brings together Bitcoin Core developers to discuss and coordinate the development of Bitcoin Core software.

These meetings take place on Thursdays at 16:00 UTC/ 12:00 ET on the Libera.Chat Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network.