<p>The Bitcoin lead maintainer and co-maintainers have merge access (i.e. they can approve changes to Bitcoin source code). We can see who the maintainers were since 2014:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys</a></p>
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<li>Is this a complete/accurate list of maintainers since 2014?</li>
<li>Is there a list of when maintainers had merge access before 2014?</li>
</ol>

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Related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/176/48884. Also a reddit post with tons more info on committers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5riy1j/list_of_people_who_have_had_commit_access_to/
Ava Chow
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2020-09-01T04:46:42.393Z
Incredible work Andrew. Cheers :-)
Aman Saggu
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2020-09-01T20:28:21.527Z
@AndrewChow you should copy your reddit post as an answer here for archiving sake, it seems to be exactly what OP is looking for.
chytrik
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2020-09-01T23:45:20.510Z
I've updated the post in the other question and will mark this as a duplicate.
Ava Chow
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Who were the Bitcoin maintainers before 2014? When did maintainers gain/lose merge access?
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# Who were the Bitcoin maintainers before 2014? When did maintainers gain/lose merge access?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-31)

The Bitcoin lead maintainer and co-maintainers have merge access (i.e. they can approve changes to Bitcoin source code). We can see who the maintainers were since 2014:

<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/verify-commits/trusted-keys>

1. Is this a complete/accurate list of maintainers since 2014?
2. Is there a list of when maintainers had merge access before 2014?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core-development, history, governance

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/176/48884. Also a reddit post with tons more info on committers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5riy1j/list_of_people_who_have_had_commit_access_to/  
> **username_0**: Incredible work Andrew. Cheers :-)  
> **username_2**: @AndrewChow you should copy your reddit post as an answer here for archiving sake, it seems to be exactly what OP is looking for.  
> **username_1**: I've updated the post in the other question and will mark this as a duplicate.  

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