Key Bitcoin development organization core developer 'Gloria Zhao' resigns

Uk Jin

Summary

It was reported that Gloria Zhao, a maintainer of Bitcoin Core, the core development organization for Bitcoin (BTC), has resigned.
It said Zhao is also reported to have destroyed the signing key used to sign official distributions along with her resignation.
It said Zhao has been responsible for work related to mempool management and transaction relay, a key area that affects network congestion and fee dynamics.

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Gloria Zhao, who has served as a maintainer for Bitcoin Core—the core development organization behind Bitcoin (BTC)—is reported to have resigned. Bitcoin Core maintainers are a small group of trusted developers tasked with reviewing code changes and signing off on official version releases.

On the 6th (local time), Cryptopolitan reported that Zhao, along with stepping down as a Bitcoin Core developer, also destroyed the signing key used to sign official distributions.

Zhao’s work as a Bitcoin Core developer primarily focused on mempool management and transaction relay. The mempool is the holding area for transactions that have not yet been recorded in a block, and it is considered a key component affecting network congestion and fee dynamics.