According to Protos, the Bitcoin Core development team added a new trusted keyholder with commit access to the main branch on January 8, 2026. The developer, known by the pseudonym TheCharlatan (also known as "sedited"), has become the sixth core maintainer. This marks the first expansion of the group of trusted keyholders with code commit permissions since May 2023. With TheCharlatan's addition, the current core maintainer team now includes Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan. TheCharlatan graduated from the University of Zurich with a degree in computer science and is from South Africa. Their primary focus has been on reproducible builds and research into Bitcoin Core's validation logic.
Bitcoin Core Adds Sixth Core Maintainer, TheCharlatan, After Three-Year Gap
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Bitcoin breaking news: The Bitcoin Core team added a sixth core maintainer, TheCharlatan, on January 8, 2026. This is the first new key holder since May 2023. TheCharlatan, also known as "sedited," is a graduate of the University of Zurich and has worked on reproducible builds and validation logic. The core maintainer group now includes Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan. The update was reported by Bitcoin news sources such as TechFlow.
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