Revisiting Bitcoin Network Bandwidth Issues
A deep dive into bandwidth bottlenecks and potential solutions for improving node syncing performance.
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.
How to Bury a Bitcoin Seed Phrase Backup
Lessons learned from a multi-year experiment with burying a metal seed phrase bitcoin backup.
Softwar Thesis Review
A critique of Jason Lowery's thesis on proof of work systems and "bitpower."
A Critique of Softwar Concepts
Do the "Softwar" and "Bitpower" concepts make sense, or is this just a compelling story with logical gaps?
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?
Pax GPT
A dystopian short story of a world in which AI chatbot adoption spirals out of control.
A History of Bitcoin Maximalism
Bitcoin Maximalism isn’t what most people think it is, but there is a logical explanation for how it transformed into what we see today.
Why Nostr Matters
Nostr is a new protocol for censorship resistant speech and social sharing. It has great potential but has plenty of challenges to overcome.
