Murch is a Bitcoin developer and BIP Editor who authored BIP 3, the updated Bitcoin Improvement Proposal process, and whose Branch and Bound coin-selection algorithm has been adopted by Bitcoin Core, BitGo, and other projects. Murch's Twitter Score is 117 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,731 (top 5%) among 498,348 tracked accounts.
Murch works at Localhost Research as a developer and serves as a moderator on Bitcoin Stack Exchange and a contributor to Bitcoin Optech and Bitcoin Core. In his role as BIP Editor, he is affiliated with the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals repository. Previously, Murch worked at BitGo as UTXO Coin Lead, where he coordinated the SegWit implementation and overhauled UTXO management for a wallet serving dozens of exchanges. He also formerly worked at Chaincode Labs.
Murch publishes technical writing on Bitcoin topics including coin selection, Taproot, Schnorr signatures, and the Lightning Network. His account has 22,491 followers as of October 2026 and 17,865 posts, and has been mentioned by 192 accounts a total of 578 times.
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