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
Jameson Lopp
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
Mar
25
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.
41 min read
Mar
04
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.
11 min read
Feb
18
How Many Bitcoin Confirmations is Enough?
How safe is it to accept a bitcoin transaction after X confirmations? A deep dive into the math behind quantifying double-spend risk.
5 min read