Nils Schneider

Wrote the 2011 commit removing Bitcoin's last dependency on Wei Dai's Crypto++ library

3 entries

Event November 20, 2011 Added May 3, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 Article

Bitcoin v0.5 removes the Crypto++ dependency, replacing it with OpenSSL SHA-256

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Nils Schneider, Gavin Andresen, Wei Dai, Pieter Wuille, Satoshi Nakamoto

On November 20, 2011, Bitcoin v0.5 shipped with the Crypto++ SHA-256 subset removed and replaced by OpenSSL. Wei Dai's library, a direct codebase dependency since v0.1, was gone.

Event September 13, 2011 Added March 30, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 Article

Bitcoin moves to GitHub — Early committer access grants (2010–2011)

Bitcoin Project ↔ Gavin Andresen, Chris Moore, Pieter Wuille, Jeff Garzik, Wladimir van der Laan, Nils Schneider

Bitcoin's migration from SourceForge SVN to GitHub, and the chronological record of developers who received commit access to the GitHub repository in 2011.

Event January 29, 2012 Added March 8, 2026 Updated May 9, 2026 BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal)

BIP 21 — URI Scheme

Nils Schneider ↔ Matt Corallo

Defined the 'bitcoin:' URI scheme for standardized payment requests. Enables clickable Bitcoin addresses and QR codes with amount/label/message parameters — basis of user-friendly Bitcoin payments.