Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core

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Since the Bitcoin network is dominated by Bitcoin Core nodes, it makes no sense to have a separate article on Bitcoin Core. Furthermore, the article has only industry sources that are vested in Bitcoin being popular, like "Bitcoin Magazine", which was founded by Vitalik Buterin (now Ethereum). And Andreas Antonopoulos is selling a Bitcoin related book. There are no general news coverage, which is required per Wikipedia:GNG. Ysangkok (talk) 00:28, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge I think Bitcoin Core as a software has not gain notability independent from Bitcoin. Since software and its protocol is an important part of Bitcoin technology. I propose the content should be merge with Bitcoin. xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 00:55, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not interesting outside of the subject of Bitcoin. Articles like this just tend to gather bits of rapidly outdated minutia and highly uneven coverage. --Gmaxwell (talk) 02:10, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gmaxwell, it is inappropriate for you to be pushing deletion for an organization you have been associated with and may have received compensation from. The definition of WP:COI. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:44, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bitcoin core is piece of open source software, it's not an organization (so much for demonstrating your understanding of the subject matter...). It has never compensated me or AFAIK anyone else nor would it have any means to do so. I also haven't any involvement with it for years. Your allegation is extremely insulting. To suggests that any of the nearly thousand people who made contributions to it can't state their view on removing an article is not only contrary to Wikipedia policy, but also not in the interest of good editorship. --Gmaxwell (talk) 10:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Jtbobwaysf just edited the article to insert content regarding me (where none was previously present) in an apparent retaliation for my opinion that the article should be deleted. The claim regarding me is also factually false, further highlighting the difficulty of providing accurate coverage for a niche subject of only domain specific interest and the rest of the substance of his edit is only incidentally about Bitcoin Core and instead turn the article into a bitcoin block size debate coatrack.--Gmaxwell (talk) 11:03, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge The article has decent sources and has valuable enough information that it should be merged into the main Bitcoin article. Since Bitcoin doesn't have a "specification" aside from the code of Bitcoin Core, I think this information best lives inside the main Bitcoin article. --Molochmeditates (talk) 03:53, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:49, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this refers to the reference implementation of bitcoin and is subject of widespread coverage. Added a few sources today, the nominator didnt do their duty to check this for RS prior to nomination. I added today NYT, WSJ, Financial Times, New Yorker, etc. Frivolous nomination, the article does need cleanup, but it easily passes WP:GNG. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 10:54, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]