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Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
More new people are contributing to Bitcoin Core in 2026.
First-timers, Jan–Sep:
• first code merged: 80, up from 42 in 2025 (1.9×)
• first PR opened: 254, up from 197 (+29%)
27 new people got code merged in Aug–Sep alone.
#TABConf
State of Bitcoin Core — September 2026
• 144 PRs merged (+69% YoY)
• Median time-to-merge: 6.9d
• 125 human reviewers (-7% YoY)
• 424 open PRs · 15 first-time merged contributors
• 32.0rc2 out for testing
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#Bitcoin #BitcoinCore
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Spent the weekend in the grant thread. Same debate, over and over.
We boiled the whole debate down to four points.
Been thinking about this for months. A map of projects × contributors × grants; that’s what we’re building, and I think it helps.
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Reviews per PR is not a security ranking.
we are in a winter of bugs, and I want to see how a simple metric holds up.
LND 4.5 vs CLN 0.7
Could go either way. We’ll see.
ALT LND vs Core Lightning repo-health comparison. Review depth 4.5 vs 0.7. Source: orange-repo-health
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
that’s right. bitcoin-only became a proxy for quality.
we all fall for proxies. it’s just easier than doing the 'thinking'. human nature, hard to blame anyone.
so, what we need is internal check. we need oss data-driven way to score apps and libs. so plebs stop treating the buzzwords as the quality check.
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
crazy that #Buzz is sitting just behind OpenClaw in downloads right now… 125k and counting
shipping velocity though? 🔥
agents, for sure, know how to cook
Great product, #Buzz.
Early numbers looking like ~10K+ DAU.
Great launch or a decent launch for a great product?
Either way, they’re shipping like crazy for sure.
One release every day... no wait every 18 hours.
I am positive all the agents are working overtime.
@bradleyaxen @moneyball @_tombrow
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Not a Bitcoin take. A communist one, maybe.
Everyone is free to engage with Bitcoin however they choose. You, Saylor, me, anyone.
Bitcoin doesn’t rely on people being good. It relies on incentives that make honesty the smart (and profitable) move.
So the question for everyone is: how do we keep them accountable?
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Goes without saying that funding decentralization is moving in the right direction
2nd, we’re seeing a real uptick in new devs joining the ecosystem.
Credit to the efforts of
Brink, Opensats and Btrust.
sorukumar.github.io/orange-d…
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
pls check out what else devs are working on for v32, while we are at it.
sorukumar.github.io/orange-d…
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
1/
Is the Knots repo a mess? Some devs have said as much on X.
Instead of vibes, we looked at the actual code history.
No takes on BIP-110 merits.
Just engineering + resource constraints. after all, Ideas stand or fall on execution.
Let’s look at the numbers!
cc @JuanSGalt
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Respect for the 7+ years on secp256k1.
Here's a data view of his contributions across the ecosystem:
sorukumar.github.io/orange-d…
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
shout out to @sorukumar and the @Bitcoindatalabs team for building the Orange Dev Suite, a useful tool for tracking #bitcoin development and governance 🛠️
learn more about the suite and its data visualizations in this week's BTC Before Light NL:
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Turned Greg’s viral sleeping VC thread into a 21-slide comedy carousel 😂
The quote tweets were absolute gold.
Made in ~1 hour with Grok + Gemini (faster than just reading them all).
Swipe through the chaos + watch the narrated video version 👇
Thanks for the spark @gregisenberg!
@gregisenberg
Quote tweets are pure gold 😂
Here’s the best of them — 21 funniest VC horror stories turned into a carousel.
Made in ~1 hour with Grok + Gemini.
Thanks for the goldmine Greg!
Part 1/6: Swipe → (barefoot peanuts, toilet paper VC, etc.)
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Congratulations, @conduition_io. Great pick, Mike!
your profile shows the pattern clearly:
Consistent, high-signal work through mailing list posts and Delving discussions on post-quantum cryptography.
Does this reflect your work accurately? I’d appreciate any thoughts on how to make it better.
sorukumar.github.io/orange-d…
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Big thanks to @SoruKumar for an electric session at Bitcoin Builders Club #8 ⚡️
Bitcoin Data Labs is one of those projects that makes the whole ecosystem easier to understand.
More visibility into Bitcoin and Lightning means more builders can move with confidence, ask better questions, and build better products. 🔭
Big love to everyone who showed up with curiosity, energy, and a real builder mindset.
Learn more about @BitcoinDataLabs:
bitcoindatalabs.org
🤙Next Bitcoin Builders Club is coming on June 15th:
luma.com/uqciwy43
Thanks to @STATION_Austin @CapitalFactory and @PlebLab for sponsoring. ✌️
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Big thanks to @SoruKumar for an electric session at Bitcoin Builders Club #8⚡️
@Bitcoindatalabs is one of those projects that makes the whole ecosystem easier to understand.
More visibility into Bitcoin⚡️Lightning means more people can build with confidence.
Big love to everyone who showed up with curiosity & builder energy.
Learn more about Bitcoin Data Labs: bitcoindatalabs.org
💻📱Recap video dropping on Monday: youtu.be/jJI9aRjIOrg
📅⚡️Next one in June:
luma.com/uqciwy43
Bitcoin Data Labs retweeted
Car is spot on. Making Bitcoin data truly legible changes everything.
That spirit is why I founded Bitcoin Data Labs.
teapawt.org/orangemetrics/status/1…
Data everywhere. Yet almost impossible to drink. Water, water everywhere… not a drop to drink.
What @sorukumar is building with Bitcoin Data Labs really is highly consequential for anyone trying to understand where Bitcoin and Lightning are heading.
If you care about Bitcoin, Lightning, data, and where ecosystem intelligence is moving, I highly recommend coming through on Monday.
You’ll get exposed to a project that makes the network easier to see, understand, and build around.