Cypherpunk Cogitations

Jan

05

Bitcoin 2024 Annual Review

Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2024.

Jan 5, 2025

21 min read

Nov

24

Boost Your Bitcoin Node Sync With UTXO Snapshots

A guide for how to significantly speed up syncing a new Bitcoin Core node using the UTXO snapshot feature.

Nov 24, 2024

3 min read

Nov

03

On Ossification

An impassioned argument for why we should continue striving to improve the Bitcoin protocol.

Nov 3, 2024

17 min read

Oct

20

Slow Block Validation Attacks

Calculating the potential attack effectiveness of an adversarial miner publishing bitcoin blocks that are difficult to validate.

Oct 20, 2024

3 min read

Aug

23

Problems with Coinbase Withdrawal Fees

An analysis of odd transaction fee issues when withdrawing bitcoin from Coinbase.

Aug 23, 2024

5 min read

Aug

13

How Many Bitcoin Seed Phrases Are Only One Repeated Word?

An exploration into the combinatoric math behind seed phrase mnemonics and their checksums.

Aug 13, 2024

4 min read

Jun

22

Effects of DBcache Size on Bitcoin Node Sync Speed

An investigation into tradeoffs between different dbcache sizes when performing a full bitcoin node sync.

Jun 22, 2024

3 min read

May

04

Griefing Bitcoin's Testnet

A deep dive into manipulation of block generation on testnet and a call to reset the network to fix several issues.

May 4, 2024

11 min read

Apr

20

The Untold Story of ditto-b

The story of an anonymous developer who fixed a critical flaw in Bitcoin's code.

Apr 20, 2024

5 min read

Mar

24

Congress is Unconstitutionally Criminalizing Privacy

An explanation of the Corporate Transparency Act and a call to action for those affected by it.

Mar 24, 2024

5 min read