Sep
18
An Introduction to Spiderchain
A review of the latest layer 2 protocol proposed for pegging bitcoin to a sidechain.
13 min read
Jameson Lopp
Sep
09
Sovereignty vs Society
Delving into the paradoxical relationship between liberty and the individual's reliance upon society at large.
15 min read
Aug
05
Revisiting Bitcoin Network Bandwidth Issues
A deep dive into bandwidth bottlenecks and potential solutions for improving node syncing performance.
7 min read
Jul
17
How to Securely Create a Bitcoin Seed Phrase in 9 Simple Steps
A user-friendly guide for how to generate seed phrases from your own entropy.
2 min read
Jul
15
How to Bury a Bitcoin Seed Phrase Backup
Lessons learned from a multi-year experiment with burying a metal seed phrase bitcoin backup.
6 min read
Jun
03
Softwar Thesis Review
A critique of Jason Lowery's thesis on proof of work systems and "bitpower."
21 min read
May
27
A Critique of Softwar Concepts
Do the "Softwar" and "Bitpower" concepts make sense, or is this just a compelling story with logical gaps?
14 min read
Apr
29
A Critique of Twitter's Changes
Twitter has made many changes over the past 6 months, but does the good outweigh the bad? Will Elon be able to turn the ship around?
16 min read
Apr
15
What is the Bitcoin Network's Real Hashrate?
Bitcoin mining exhibits a lot of randomness, which makes it hard to measure an accurate hashrate. What can we do to improve our estimates?
7 min read
Apr
02
Pax GPT
A dystopian short story of a world in which AI chatbot adoption spirals out of control.
7 min read