SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?

<p>Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>What do Bitcoin Core maintainers do?</li> <li>How does Bitcoin Core development work?</li> <li>How much ‘power’ do maintainers have?</li> <li>Mempools - what are they and why do we need them?</li> <li>Interaction with L2 protocols</li> <li>Mempool package relay</li> <li>RBF</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/glozow" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@glozow</a></li> <li><a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020493.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Package </a><a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020493.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">R</a><a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020493.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">elay </a><a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020493.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">P</a><a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020493.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">roposal</a></li> <li>Site mentioned: <a href="https://bitcoincore.reviews/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bitcoin Core PR Review Club</a></li> <li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/glozow" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">glozow</a></li> <li>Brink: <a href="https://twitter.com/bitcoinbrink" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bitcoinbrink</a></li> <li>Bitcoin Core PR Reviews: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinCorePRs" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BitcoinCorePRs</a></li> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/216/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Co