Nov
04
The Death of Decentralized Email
A historical review of the multi-decade centralization and capture of the email protocol.
16 min read
Jameson Lopp
Sep
30
OpenAI Whisper Transcription Testing
Accuracy and performance testing of OpenAI's transcription software.
6 min read
Sep
16
Was Satoshi a Greedy Miner?
Technical analysis of mining behavior exhibited by an entity that is plausibly Satoshi Nakamoto.
16 min read
Aug
27
Metal Bitcoin Seed Storage Stress Test (round VI)
The results of stress testing 22 new metal devices for storing seed phrase backups.
22 min read
Aug
13
A Treatise on Bitcoin Seed Backup Device Design
Lessons learned from stress testing dozens of seed phrase backup devices.
11 min read
Aug
03
Crypto's Kryptonite: Complexity
Thoughts on navigating the wider crypto ecosystem and evaluating risks of new projects.
5 min read
Jun
11
Has Bitcoin Ever Hard Forked?
Numerous changes have been made to Bitcoin over the years; should any of them be considered hard forks?
9 min read
May
18
Ensuring Your Second Life with Bitcoin
Bitcoin and cryonics are both revolutionary technologies - but are they also complementary?
12 min read
Apr
28
Why Twitter is a Musk-Have
A techno-optimist's speculation on how Twitter fits into Elon Musk's portfolio of companies.
12 min read
Apr
24
The Hunt for the Best Gigabit Home Network VPN
VPN technology is improving, but how hard is it to actually implement?
9 min read