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May
08
Building a Better Bitcoin Fee Market

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.
13 min read
Apr
09
Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks

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.
15 min read
Feb
28
Lightning’s Balancing Act

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.
17 min read
Feb
26

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.
3 min read
Jan
30
How to Save Bitcoin's Node Network from Centralization

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.
12 min read
Dec
24

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…
5 min read
Dec
19
The Future of Bitcoin Mining

The Future of Bitcoin Mining

Speculation about long-term changes to the dynamics of who and why people will mine bitcoins.
7 min read
Dec
08

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…
5 min read
Nov
21
Case Wallet Review

Case Wallet Review

A real-world test of the Case Wallet bitcoin hardware device.
6 min read
Nov
05

Malevolent Malleability

Transaction malleability is a technical issue that Bitcoin businesses and developers should be aware of so that they can protect themselves against it.
3 min read