2 Prominent Bitcoin Core Contributors Step Away From Their Roles

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2 Prominent Bitcoin Core Contributors Step Away From Their Roles
Veteran open source Bitcoin developer John Newbery announced on Friday he will take a step back from his work, continuing a series of departures surrounding Bitcoin Core, an implementation of Bitcoin’s software that keeps the global currency running.Newbery tweeted that he’s taking a break “for some time.” He has left his role as a director of Brink, the independent organization for funding Bitcoin’s developer community that he launched last year. Newbery has also handed over the reins at the Bitcoin Optech newsletter and management of Bitcoin Core’s PR (pull requests).Bitcoin Core connects to the blockchain and keeps things running, with…