Bitcoin Core Adds Sixth Trusted Key Holder With Commit Access

Overview

• On January 8, 2026, TheCharlatan (also known as “sedited”) was granted direct commit access to Bitcoin Core’s master branch.
• The Trusted Keys set now includes Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan.
• This is the first addition to the recognized commit-key group since May 2023, with at least 20 contributors backing the nomination and no objections recorded.
• Only these six PGP keys are recognized by Bitcoin Core’s roughly 25-member GitHub development community for approving master-branch changes.
• TheCharlatan’s contributions focus on reproducible builds and validation logic, extending work to separate validating from non-validating code in the kernel library.