$BTC The Bitcoin Core development team $BTC has expanded with the addition of a new trusted key holder granted main branch commit access, effective January 8, 2026, as reported by ChainCatcher.$BTC
The developer, known by the pseudonym TheCharlatan (also referred to as sedited), becomes the sixth core maintainer of Bitcoin Core. This is the first addition to the trusted maintainer group since May 2023, highlighting a significant step in Bitcoin Core’s ongoing development.Marco Falke
Gloria Zhao
Ryan Ofsky
Hennadii Stepanov
Ava Chow
TheCharlatan
TheCharlatan is a computer science graduate from the University of Zurich, originally from South Africa, and is known for work on reproducible builds and research into Bitcoin Core’s verification logic.
📌 This move strengthens the security, reliability, and long-term development of the Bitcoin Core protocol.
With this update, the current Bitcoin Core maintainer team now include
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