Bitcoin Core 22.0 Explained
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado has rebranded, and is now called Bitcoin, Explained!Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:Bitcoin TVAppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss Bitcoin Core 22.0, the latest major release of the Bitcoin Core software client, currently the de facto reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Van Wirdum and Provoost highlight several improvements to the Bitcoin Core software. The first of these is hardware wallet support in the graphical user interface....
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