Bitcoin: The Trust Anchor in a Sea of Blockchains
Bitcoin is the strongest permissionless blockchain in terms of computational security because it has the most resources being expended in order to secure it via a process known as proof of work.
Building a Better Bitcoin Fee Market
The pressures resulting from high contention for block space have degraded user experience and thus incentivized bitcoin wallets to make adjustments in order to keep their users happy by ensuring timely confirmation of transactions.
Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks
While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the motivations behind the movement that spawned bitcoin and share its vision for the future.
Lightning’s Balancing Act
The Lightning Network will have to overcome a variety of challenges in order to meet the scaling demands of Bitcoin users.
Avoiding Stuck Transactions With BitGo
A lot happens under the hood when sending a Bitcoin transaction; this guide will help you avoid shooting yourself in the foot.
How to Save Bitcoin's Node Network from Centralization
Decentralization is the most important property of the bitcoin network. Without it, many of bitcoin’s other properties, such as its ability to facilitate transactions without a third party or provide a permissionless platform for innovation, would be compromised.
Statoshi Developer’s Guide
Statoshi is a fork of Bitcoin Core with several hundred additional lines of code for emitting metrics to a StatsD instance. You can view…
The Future of Bitcoin Mining
Speculation about long-term changes to the dynamics of who and why people will mine bitcoins.
Scaling Bitcoin: Hong Kong Recap
While many were dubious that it would be successful, I attended the second Scaling Bitcoin workshop with high expectations. I’m pleased to…
Case Wallet Review
A real-world test of the Case Wallet bitcoin hardware device.