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BitPay Launches Discussion Forum For Its Open-Source Projects
Bitpay has launched 'Labs' – a discussion forum for its open-source projects.
Updated Sep 11, 2021, 11:31 a.m. Published Feb 11, 2015, 11:04 a.m.
Make us preferred on GoogleBitPay has launched 'Labs', a discussion forum for all of the firm's open-source bitcoin projects.
The bitcoin payment processor announced the news on its blog, saying that it believes "that reliable, open-source bitcoin infrastructure is crucial to widespread adoption".
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The post described BitPay Labs as the "perfect place to ask questions, get feedback, and discuss ideas for improving on open-source bitcoin projects".
It continued to explain that "each project has a Lab, and project maintainers are actively working with the community to answer questions, find solutions, and guide development".
The announcement follows BitPay's continued development of Bitcore, BIP45 – aimed to advance bitcoin wallet security and ease-of-use – and Copay, an open source HD multisig wallet platform as well as the release of projects like BitAuth, Insight and Foxtrot.
Disclaimer: CoinDesk founder Shakil Khan is an investor in BitPay.
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