How Brink Destroyed Bitcoin Core (Hodlonaut, Part 2)

How Brink Destroyed Bitcoin Core (Hodlonaut, Part 2)

From Bitcoin University by Bitcoin University

April 30, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses how Brink and its cofounder John Newbery allegedly compromised the neutrality of Bitcoin Core.

Join Bitcoin University Premium: https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/join In this video, I discuss how Brink and its cofounder John Newbery helped (in my opinion) to destroy the neutrality of an open source project like Bitcoin Core, by infiltrating the maintainer team and creating structures that ensured that this small social clique could remain in control. As one Bitcoin Core dev who opposed this corruption wrote: "It appears we have a Brink problem. We've lost Core as an open source project" Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor. Part 1 of Hodlonaut's series: https://www.citadel21.com/the-network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kebuy5vMD7Y Part 2 of Hodlonaut's series: https://www.citadel21.com/the-lever Send Hodlonaut some sats: https://x.com/hodlonaut/status/2049505120212103573 John Newbery and Gloria Zhao: https://x.com/jfnewbery/status/1396469353302929412/photo/1 John's apparent passion for Gloria: https://x.com/jfnewbery/status/1333819787034718208 Bitcoin Knots node count rising: https://coin.dance/nodes/knots I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do…

People in this episode

Host: Bitcoin University

Guest: Hodlonaut

Topics covered

  • Bitcoin Core
  • Brink
  • open source
  • neutrality
  • Hodlonaut
  • development

Keywords

  • Bitcoin
  • Core
  • Brink
  • Hodlonaut
  • open source
  • neutrality
  • development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin Core, Brink

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