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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==
  
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The Bitcoin.org site has been hosted on [http://pages.github.com Pages.GitHub.com] since 2011.
 
The Bitcoin.org site has been hosted on [http://pages.github.com Pages.GitHub.com] since 2011.
 
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==
 
 
* [[BIP]] (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal)
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
 
* [http://www.Bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] website
 
* [http://www.Bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] website
* [http://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues bitcoin/bitcoin project] on GitHub
 
* [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=244765 Development mailing list]
 
* {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} IRC channel ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs history])
 
 
* [[Bitcoin:Community_portal|Community portal]]
 
* [[Bitcoin:Community_portal|Community portal]]
  
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[[Category:Developer]]
 

Revision as of 18:20, 11 November 2012

History

The Bitcoin.org domain was registered on August 18, 2008 -- presumably by Satoshi Nakamoto before even publishing the Bitcoin design paper[1].

The Bitcoin.org site has been hosted on Pages.GitHub.com since 2011.

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