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Bitcoin Knots

Maintainer Concentration and Bitcoin Governance Reform

The February 23, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Nova Podcast features Josh ("Secure Sovereign") presenting a quantitative governance analysis identifying merge-access concentration among a handful of Bitcoin Core maintainers.

The BIP-110 Choice: A Map of the Communities Behind Bitcoin's Data War

The BIP-110 Choice: A Map of the Communities Behind Bitcoin's Data War

A proposal with vocal grassroots support is entering its August signaling window with minimal miner support. The reason is not that Bitcoiners have stopped caring about sound money; sound money commitments now point toward different remedies. Bitcoin's most contested governance proposal in years is approaching its decisive window

Chapter 03. When exit is the only voice: Bitcoin relay policy

Chapter 03. When exit is the only voice: Bitcoin relay policy

This is the July 2026 draft of chapter 03 in my new book, When Policy Falls Behind: Bitcoin, AI, and the Governance of Fast Systems. Copyright © 2026 by Murray A Rudd. A pdf version of this chapter is available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6557201 Introduction The

Bitcoin Core Governance Rift & Miner Incentives

Bitcoin Core Governance Rift & Miner Incentives

The July 09, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Fundamentals features NVK exploring whether fee growth and price appreciation can replace shrinking block subsidies. He contends that a policy clash over the 83-byte OP_RETURN cap exposes how Bitcoin Core’s dominance shapes unwritten governance rules.