Bitcoin Core developer Gloria Zhao has resigned from her maintainer position.

SmartContractAuditor · 2026-02-06T10:01:13+00:00

Bitcoin Core developer Gloria Zhao resigns from her maintainer position and revokes her cryptographic signing keys. She will focus on mempool validation and transactions. Although she has stepped down, it will not affect Bitcoin's consensus rules and network security. Zhao contributed to Bitcoin Core for six years, but she has not responded regarding her reasons for leaving.

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Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin Core developer Gloria Zhao has resigned from her maintainer position and revoked her cryptographic signing key. She has long focused on areas such as mempool validation, transaction relaying, and fee estimation. Her resignation does not affect Bitcoin’s consensus rules, network security, or transaction processing.

The report points out that resigning as a maintainer and revoking keys is a common practice in open-source projects. Bitcoin Core maintainers are a trusted small group of developers responsible for code review, approval of updates, and digitally signing official releases with their keys. Zhao has contributed over six years to Bitcoin Core development, but her work did not involve changing Bitcoin’s underlying protocol rules. She did not comment on the specific reasons for her departure. (Cryptopolitan)

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