Ava Chow
I am a developer, specializing in C++, Python, and rust, although I can do other stuff with programming and server maintenance and management. Currently I am an engineer at Blockstream. I primarily work on, and am a maintainer of, the Bitcoin Core and on the Hardware Wallet Interface projects. My focus is on wallet functionality and interoperability between different wallet software. I also perform Guix builds (previously Gitian) for Bitcoin Core and all build results can be found on my Github fork of Bitcoin.
Every Monday at 2 PM Eastern Time (America/New York Timezone), I livestream my work on Bitcoin Core and HWI on Twitch.
I am also the moderator of the Technical Support and Development and Technical Discussion sections of Bitcointalk, as well as the Bitcoin StackExchange.
If you would like to support my work, please visit my donations page.
Projects
I have worked on many projects, all of which are open source and can be viewed in my Github account. Some of these projects are for myself and others projects commissioned by others. Some of my projects involve modifying existing open source projects Occasionally I also contribute to other open source projects that I use either personally or as a dependency of my other work.
Notable Work
Some notable projects and contributions.
- MacOS Codesigning Tool in Python
- Bitcoin DNS Seeder in rust
- Migration to SQLite from BDB for Bitcoin Core’s wallet
- Native Descriptor Wallets in Bitcoin Core
- BIP 174 PSBT Implementation in Bitcoin Core
- BIP 174 Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction Format
- Branch and Bound coin selection algorithm in Bitcoin Core
- Upgrade path for non-HD Bitcoin Core wallets to HD
- Segregated Witness in Bitcoin Armory
Current
These are the things I currently work on.
Previous
Unfortunately some things fall by the wayside and are no longer actively maintained. Or sometimes I just move on from things and stop contributing to them.
- Bitcoin Armory (No longer actively contributing)
- Bitcoin Fork Monitor (Shutdown) (Previously hosted at http://btcforkmonitor.info)
- Bitcointalk Forum Account Price Estimator (Shutdown) (Previously hosted at http://www.bctalkaccountpricer.info)