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
Feb 17 COPA vs Craig Wright: The Identity Trial Highlights from the multitude of lies exposed during the questioning of Craig Wright. Feb 17, 2024 20 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. Feb 4, 2024 6 min read