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Event December 19, 2010 Added May 9, 2026 Updated May 9, 2026 Forum Post

Development process straw-man

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Gavin Andresen publicly announces taking on active project management for Bitcoin with Satoshi's blessing, creating the bitcoin/bitcoin GitHub staging tree and proposing a development process.

Event December 19, 2010 Added April 27, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Article

Andresen announces taking over Bitcoin project management (December 19, 2010)

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Gavin Andresen announces on BitcoinTalk topic 2367 he is taking over active project management of Bitcoin with Satoshi's blessing. Same day, he creates the bitcoin/bitcoin GitHub repo.

Event December 12, 2010 Added February 8, 2026 Updated October 19, 2026 Article

Satoshi's successor — how the Bitcoin project passed to Gavin Andresen (October–December 2010)

Gavin Andresen ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

No single day handed Bitcoin to Gavin Andresen: his own commits from October 11, a server-admin pick on December 3, Satoshi's last post on December 12, and his December 19 announcement.

Event November 19, 2010 Added April 17, 2026 Updated September 13, 2026 Biography

Wladimir van der Laan — Bitcoin Core lead maintainer 2014–2022

Wladimir van der Laan

Dutch developer (handle laanwj). Built the original bitcoin-qt GUI; succeeded Gavin Andresen as Bitcoin Core lead maintainer (April 2014 - August 2022); gave up his merge privileges in February 2023.

Event June 11, 2010 Added March 1, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Biography

Gavin Andresen (1966–) — Bitcoin's lead maintainer after Satoshi's departure

Gavin Andresen

Software developer (born 1966), founder of Wasabi Software, creator of the Bitcoin Faucet. Chosen by Satoshi to lead the project; served as Bitcoin lead maintainer from 2010 to 2014.