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Bitcoin Core Adds Sixth Trusted Key Holder With Commit Access

Pseudonymous developer TheCharlatan won broad contributor support, underscoring the project’s move to distribute commit authority.

Bitcoin core expands trusted maintainer set with sixth keyholder
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Overview

  • On January 8, 2026, TheCharlatan (also known as “sedited”) was granted direct commit access to Bitcoin Core’s master branch.
  • The Trusted Keys set now includes Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan.
  • This is the first addition to the recognized commit-key group since May 2023, with at least 20 contributors backing the nomination and no objections recorded.
  • Only these six PGP keys are recognized by Bitcoin Core’s roughly 25-member GitHub development community for approving master-branch changes.
  • TheCharlatan’s contributions focus on reproducible builds and validation logic, extending work to separate validating from non-validating code in the kernel library.