Nov
03
On Ossification
An impassioned argument for why we should continue striving to improve the Bitcoin protocol.
17 min read
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Oct
20
Slow Block Validation Attacks
Calculating the potential attack effectiveness of an adversarial miner publishing bitcoin blocks that are difficult to validate.
3 min read
Aug
23
Problems with Coinbase Withdrawal Fees
An analysis of odd transaction fee issues when withdrawing bitcoin from Coinbase.
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.
4 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.
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.
5 min read
Feb
04
When do Bitcoin Node Operators Upgrade?
An analysis of historical Bitcoin Core node versions to examine the updating behavior of node operators over the years.
6 min read
Jan
06
Bitcoin 2023 Annual Review
Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2023.
20 min read
Dec
24
2023 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests
Testing full validation sync performance of 7 Bitcoin node implementations.
8 min read
Dec
16
Economically Unspendable Bitcoin UTXOs
UTXO management guidance for avoiding footguns that can cause problems during times of high transaction fees.
3 min read