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An informal association of [[People|participants]] who architect, design, build, release and support the Bitcoin.org client software released as [[bitcoind]] and [[Bitcoin-Qt]].  The group also leads and influences development related to the Bitcoin [[protocol specification]].
Collaboration by the group occurs through the [http://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues Bitcoin/Bitcoin project] on GitHub, [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=244765 Bitcoin development mailing list], the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#bitcoin-dev #bitcoin-dev] IRC channel, on the [[BitcoinTalk]] forum (primarily on the [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0 Development & Technical Discussion] board), the [[Main_Page|Bitcoin wiki]] and through other other various online [[Bitcoin:Community_portal|communities]].
The [[development process]] followed by the group has evolved and now a [[BIP|Bitcoin Improvement Process]] is generally followed.  A [[release process]] has also been formalized.
==History==
==History==


The Bitcoin.org domain was registered on August 18, 2008 -- presumably by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] before even publishing the Bitcoin design paper<ref>[http://en.bitcoin.it/w/History Bitcoin History]</ref>.
The Bitcoin.org domain was registered on August 18, 2008<ref>[http://whois.domaintools.com/bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org whois], retrieved 16 July 2015</ref> -- presumably by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] before even publishing the Bitcoin design paper<ref>[http://en.bitcoin.it/w/History Bitcoin History]</ref>. (Note: the Bitcoin.org site says it was co-registered by [[Sirius]]<ref name="who_owns_bitcoin.org">[https://bitcoin.org/en/about-us#own Who owns Bitcoin.org?], Bitcoin.org, retrieved 16 July 2015</ref>, although Sirius says he wasn't involved in Bitcoin until 2009.)<ref>[http://sc5.io/posts/sc5er-intro-the-bitcoin-guy the Bitcoin Guy], Martti Malmi, retrieved 17 July 2015</ref>
 
On May 7, 2012 the project's lead developer, [[Gavin Andresen]], announced plans for forming the Bitcoin Testing Project<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=80019.0 Bitcoin Testing Project]</ref>.


==See Also==
The Bitcoin.org site was hosted on [http://pages.github.com Pages.GitHub.com] from 2011 to 2014.  It was moved to an independent server in early 2014 for the Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release<ref>[https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.0 Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release notes], Bitcoin.org, 19 March 2014</ref> so that the Bitcoin Core binaries didn't have to be hosted on SourceForge any longer.  Funding for the server came from the Bitcoin Foundation<ref>[https://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/q1-sponsorship-award-bitcoin-org/ Q1 Sponsorship Award: Bitcoin.org], Andrew Nolen, Bitcoin Foundation Blog, 13 March 2014</ref> and has been continued through to 31 August 2015.<ref>[https://blog.bitcoinfoundation.org/bitcoin-org-walk-down-memory-lane/ Bitcoin.org: A Walk Down Memory Lane], Saïvann Carignan, Bitcoin Foundation Blog, 17 September 2015</ref>
 
* [[BIP]] (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal)


==External Links==
==External Links==


* [http://www.Bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] website
* [https://bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] website
* [http://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues bitcoin/bitcoin project] on GitHub
* [https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org Source repository] (mostly MIT licensed)<ref>[https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/blob/master/COPYING Copying file], Bitcoin.org source repository, retrieved 16 July 2015</ref>
* [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=244765 Development mailing list]
* [[Project:Community_portal|Community portal]]
* {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} IRC channel ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs history])
* [[Bitcoin:Community_portal|Community portal]]


==References==
==References==


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Latest revision as of 14:03, 16 July 2015

History

The Bitcoin.org domain was registered on August 18, 2008[1] -- presumably by Satoshi Nakamoto before even publishing the Bitcoin design paper[2]. (Note: the Bitcoin.org site says it was co-registered by Sirius[3], although Sirius says he wasn't involved in Bitcoin until 2009.)[4]

The Bitcoin.org site was hosted on Pages.GitHub.com from 2011 to 2014. It was moved to an independent server in early 2014 for the Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release[5] so that the Bitcoin Core binaries didn't have to be hosted on SourceForge any longer. Funding for the server came from the Bitcoin Foundation[6] and has been continued through to 31 August 2015.[7]

External Links

References

  1. Bitcoin.org whois, retrieved 16 July 2015
  2. Bitcoin History
  3. Who owns Bitcoin.org?, Bitcoin.org, retrieved 16 July 2015
  4. the Bitcoin Guy, Martti Malmi, retrieved 17 July 2015
  5. Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 release notes, Bitcoin.org, 19 March 2014
  6. Q1 Sponsorship Award: Bitcoin.org, Andrew Nolen, Bitcoin Foundation Blog, 13 March 2014
  7. Bitcoin.org: A Walk Down Memory Lane, Saïvann Carignan, Bitcoin Foundation Blog, 17 September 2015
  8. Copying file, Bitcoin.org source repository, retrieved 16 July 2015