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}}'''Wladimir J. van der Laan''' is the maintainer of [[Bitcoin Core]] since 2014 April 7th.
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|residence=Eindhoven, The Netherlands
He took over this position from [[Gavin Andresen]].
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|knownfor=Contributions to [[Bitcoin Core]]
==See also==
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|notableworks=[[Visucore]]<!-- was bitcoin-qt started by laan? -->
* [[Original client developers]]
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|twitter=orionwl
==External Links==
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}}'''Wladimir J. van der Laan''' is the current [[Core maintainer|maintainer]] of [[Bitcoin Core]].
* [https://bitcoinfoundation.org/2014/04/bitcoin-core-maintainer-wladimir-van-der-laan/ Announcement on the Bitcoin Foundation blog]
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On April 7, 2014, [[Gavin Andresen]] stepped down from the position of Core maintainer and nominated Laan as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bitcoin Core Maintainer: Wladimir van der Laan|work=[[Bitcoin Foundation]]|date=7 April 2014|url=https://bitcoinfoundation.org/2014/04/bitcoin-core-maintainer-wladimir-van-der-laan/|author=[[Gavin Andresen|Andresen, Gavin]]|accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref>
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On January 21st, 2021, Wlad announced that he would be delegating his tasks.<ref>[https://laanwj.github.io/2021/01/21/decentralize.html The Widening Gyre on Lannwj's blog]</ref>
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Wladimir gradualy stepped down in the following 2 years. On February 2023 Wladimir removed his own merge privileges. <ref>[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27054 Bitcoin Core pull request #27054]</ref>
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 30 December 2023

Wladimir van der Laan
Names/AliasesWlad, laanwj
ResidenceEindhoven, The Netherlands
Active2011–present
Known forContributions to Bitcoin Core
Notable work(s)Visucore
 Twitter 
Wladimir J. van der Laan is the current maintainer of Bitcoin Core.

On April 7, 2014, Gavin Andresen stepped down from the position of Core maintainer and nominated Laan as his successor.[1]

On January 21st, 2021, Wlad announced that he would be delegating his tasks.[2]

Wladimir gradualy stepped down in the following 2 years. On February 2023 Wladimir removed his own merge privileges. [3]

References

Predecessor:
Gavin Andresen
Bitcoin Core maintainer
2014–2022
Successor:
No more "lead maintainer"

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