Bitcoin Core Development Team Promotes TheCharlatan as Trusted Keys Maintainer, First in Three Years

Odaily News The Bitcoin Core development team promoted anonymous developer TheCharlatan (sedited) to Trusted Keys maintainer on January 8, 2026. He joins Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, and Ava Chow, becoming the sixth trusted key holder. This marks the first expansion of core members with commit access to the main branch since May 2023. It is reported that TheCharlatan graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Zurich and primarily focuses on reproducible builds and verification logic. His appointment received unanimous support in discussions among core contributors. (Protos)