<p>Matt Corallo (<a href="https://github.com/TheBlueMatt" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/TheBlueMatt</a>) was 18 when he started contributing to Bitcoin Core (back then just called Bitcoin).</p>

<p>At that age, he added support for UPnP, wrote the first dynamic DNS seeder, improved the build system, introduced wallet encryption, added debian package building, and fixed various bugs.</p>

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2016-06-06T18:34:54.037Z
2016-06-06T18:34:54.037Z
Pieter Wuille
<p><a href="https://github.com/whitj00" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/whitj00</a></p>

<p>Whit Jackson, 15 is the youngest I can find. Github does not list the ages of PR authors:)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.coindesk.com/15-year-old-developer-ethereum-whit-jackson/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coindesk.com/15-year-old-developer-ethereum-whit-jackson/</a></p>

<p>edit: I am not sure of his exact birthday. He may have been 14 when submitting this PR for bitcoin.org:</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/whitj00/bitcoin.org/commit/b3ef809c7c63c9ededa4f4ad40ef5ff314434fe8" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/whitj00/bitcoin.org/commit/b3ef809c7c63c9ededa4f4ad40ef5ff314434fe8</a></p>

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2016-06-06T08:35:52.903Z
Note question was about Bitcoin Core. I see Ethereum and bitcoin.org (the website) in the answer.
Jannes
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2016-06-06T09:52:43.227Z
-1 As already implied by Jannes, it seems to me that Whit Jackson has not submitted a PR to Bitcoin Core. So, strictly spoken this answer doesn't address the question.
Murch
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2016-06-07T00:28:06.800Z
I marked the Pieter Wuille answer as correct because I technically did say core, however this answer was interesting too. It is nice to see developers get involved at such a young age!
dontmindme
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Susan
<p>What is the youngest age of someone known to have submitted a Pull Request to Bitcoin Core?</p>

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What is the age of the youngest known Bitcoin developer?
dontmindme
# What is the age of the youngest known Bitcoin developer?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-04)

What is the youngest age of someone known to have submitted a Pull Request to Bitcoin Core?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Matt Corallo (<https://github.com/TheBlueMatt>) was 18 when he started contributing to Bitcoin Core (back then just called Bitcoin).

At that age, he added support for UPnP, wrote the first dynamic DNS seeder, improved the build system, introduced wallet encryption, added debian package building, and fixed various bugs.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-04. Score: 3

<https://github.com/whitj00>

Whit Jackson, 15 is the youngest I can find. Github does not list the ages of PR authors:)

<http://www.coindesk.com/15-year-old-developer-ethereum-whit-jackson/>

edit: I am not sure of his exact birthday. He may have been 14 when submitting this PR for bitcoin.org:

<https://github.com/whitj00/bitcoin.org/commit/b3ef809c7c63c9ededa4f4ad40ef5ff314434fe8>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Note question was about Bitcoin Core. I see Ethereum and bitcoin.org (the website) in the answer.  
> **username_4**: -1 As already implied by username_3, it seems to me that Whit Jackson has not submitted a PR to Bitcoin Core. So, strictly spoken this answer doesn't address the question.  
> **username_0**: I marked the username_1 answer as correct because I technically did say core, however this answer was interesting too. It is nice to see developers get involved at such a young age!  

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