Wladimir van der Laan replaces Gavin Andresen as Bitcoin Core Maintainer
After 18 months as the Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, Massachusetts-based developer Gavin Andresen is handing over the reigns to Netherlands-based developer Wladimir van der Laan. In a post on the official Bitcoin Foundation blog published today, Andresen explained that he wasn’t leaving the project, simply stepping back from the lead technical position in…