When most people download Bitcoin Core, their interaction with the build system is over in a few clicks. They grab the executable binary of the software, verify a signature (hopefully!), and start running a Bitcoin node. What they immediately see is running software. What they don’t see is the build system and extensive processes that produced that software. A build system that represents Bitcoin’s principles of decentralization, transparency, and verifiability.

Behind that download lies years of engineering work designed to answer a simple question: “Why should anyone trust this software?” The answer is: you shouldn’t have to. You should be able to verify.

In a time when…

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