The ₿OSS Challenge is designed to get you started in a career in open source

There are about ~150 full-time contributors in all of bitcoin open source software (₿OSS) development and only ~40 of them work on Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin is not bulletproof. It needs constant maintenance and attention.

Serious about a career in bitcoin open source software? Do you dream of professional freedom? Do you want your work to have a profound impact? Do you want to work on the most challenging engineering problems? Take the ₿OSS Challenge and start yourself on a new path.

Nominations are open for the 2025 Bitcoin Research Prize! Submit papers that made an impact on Bitcoin or Lightning published after 2021: forms.gle/9fo6wUtQ5iaWtQaJ6 Here is the talk by last year’s winners @n1ckler & @chelseakomlo --> youtu.be/9j1smRr_Ebc

ECC-based signatures that expose the public key put an estimated 4–10 million BTC at risk. Current post-quantum signatures are significantly larger. However, since this is a rapidly evolving research topic, we expect improvements in reducing sizes in the near future.

Experts project CRQCs to emerge by 2030–2035, so the report proposes a dual-track strategy to ensure preparedness: • A minimal contingency path (~2 years) for rapid response to unexpected breakthroughs • A comprehensive path (~7 years) to develop & refine optimal solutions

Is Bitcoin ready for the quantum era? Read our report at: chaincode.com/bitcoin-post-q… @ClaraShik & @ozdeadman explore the threats posed by cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs) and outline a strategic path forward. Here are the key takeaways: 🧵👇

Rust for Bitcoiners is a new course rolling out next week Curriculum 👇 github.com/bitcoin-dev-proje… Sign up here 👇 chaincode.applytojob.com/app… We hope you will join us! 🦀 #bitcoin

Curious about last year? Check out the exceptional talk by the winners of the 2023 Bitcoin Research Prize! Prof. Guo and Prof. Ren delve into the trade-offs between security and latency, and their implication to Bitcoin: youtu.be/QH-7nQU7JTQ

We agree it's time to deal with it. In a related move, Chaincode would like to announce a couple of policy updates.