Wladimir van der Laan

Salting the grave: 10 years since BTC killed Satoshi’s alert key
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2 November, 2026

Salting the grave: 10 years since BTC killed Satoshi’s alert key

Bitcoin’s original alert system, built by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010, began its retirement in 2016, revealing a defining divide between...
Wladimir van der Laan steps back from BTC Core role, asks for more decentralization
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23 January, 2021

Wladimir van der Laan steps back from BTC Core role, asks for more decentralization

Core protocol developer Wladimir van der Laan has been the public leader of the small centralized dev team that secretly...