Jameson Lopp

Jameson Lopp

Feb
18
How Many Bitcoin Confirmations is Enough?

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
Feb
11
Satoshi Roundtable IX Recap

Satoshi Roundtable IX Recap

A review of selected topics covered at the 2023 unconference including Bitcoin Layers, Bitcoin Ossification, Funding the Bitcoin Commons, Scaling Bitcoin, Multi-Institutional Custody, Hardware Attack Vectors, DCG, Islamic Finance, Carbon Credits, Longevity, and Interoperability.
24 min read
Feb
04
How to Protect Your Home Network with a Gigabit VPN

How to Protect Your Home Network with a Gigabit VPN

A guide for protecting all devices on your home network with a fast self hosted VPN.
24 min read
Jan
14
Open Source Transcription Software Comparisons

Open Source Transcription Software Comparisons

A comparison of several AI based transcription engines with regard to accuracy and performance.
9 min read
Jan
01
Bitcoin 2022 Annual Review

Bitcoin 2022 Annual Review

Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2022.
16 min read
Dec
16
2022 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests

2022 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests

Testing full validation syncing performance of 9 Bitcoin node implementations.
9 min read
Dec
10
How to Archive & Transcribe YouTube Videos in Bulk

How to Archive & Transcribe YouTube Videos in Bulk

A step-by-step guide for leveraging tools to download and transcribe videos in bulk with just a few commands.
7 min read
Nov
04
The Death of Decentralized Email

The Death of Decentralized Email

A historical review of the multi-decade centralization and capture of the email protocol.
16 min read
Sep
30
OpenAI Whisper Transcription Testing

OpenAI Whisper Transcription Testing

Accuracy and performance testing of OpenAI's transcription software.
6 min read
Sep
16
Was Satoshi a Greedy Miner?

Was Satoshi a Greedy Miner?

Technical analysis of mining behavior exhibited by an entity that is plausibly Satoshi Nakamoto.
16 min read