Bitcoin Dev Project

The pangolin mascot naming contest has a winner... 🎉👋 MEET MERKLE! 👋🎉 The name is a nod to the cryptographer Ralph Merkle who created a number of technologies that are fundamental to bitcoin. He is most famous for co-inventing public key cryptography and creating the Merkle trees we all know and love. Congratulations to @J.T. Woodhouse for submitting the winning entry on nostr. To celebrate, we will be releasing some special content on Merkle trees next month. The runner up was Petunia 🌸 Honorable mentions go to those that submitted the names Scaly, Petey, Pauldron, Ronnie, Pangoshi, Bitsy, Nacho, Toshi, and Leroy. In the coming days we will be reaching out to you so we can send stickers your way! Thanks everyone for your participation! The names you submitted were so good we may have to expand the Merkle family tree to include new friends 😉

LAST CALL! 📣 1 day left to submit a name for our new mascot We've seen some awesome suggestions come through but there is still time to get your entries in. There is no limit to the amount of times you can enter. Open to participants anywhere in the world. 🌎🌍🌏 📝 aafa4568…

Just 3 days left to submit your best, most creative names for our new mascot. We're seeing some really good submissions so far. Keep them coming! 📝 aafa4568…

HELP! This little pangolin started hanging around our website. It’s been at least a month and it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. What should we name it? When we launched our new website in December this fellow quickly showed up. Now it needs a name and we want your suggestions! Reply to this thread with your best name and if it is chosen, you will win a BDP swag pack. Stickers will also be sent to honorable mentions 😉 Pangolins are solitary, curious creatures known for their armor-like scales & quiet determination. Like the best open-source contributors, they build, explore, & protect what matters. To us they represent the kind of thoughtful, persistent energy we see in bitcoin devs daily. You have 10 days, until 2/26 to share your best, most clever, and imaginative names. There is no limit to the amount of times you can enter. Let’s see those names!