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
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. Jan 6, 2024 20 min read
Dec 24 2023 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests Testing full validation sync performance of 7 Bitcoin node implementations. Dec 24, 2023 8 min read