Next Chapter for Bitcoin

The Bitcoin protocol has been chugging along for about 12 years. It has undergone quite a few upgrades to its code over that period that have introduced functionality and compatibility enhancements. Other minor bugs have also been constantly monitored and fixed by Bitcoin Core developers over the years. Since the code is open-source, any community member can propose changes that are implemented via network consensus. The voting mechanism helps ensure that the network participants are fully involved in approving upgrades…