Slow Block Validation Attacks
Calculating the potential attack effectiveness of an adversarial miner publishing bitcoin blocks that are difficult to validate.
Problems with Coinbase Withdrawal Fees
An analysis of odd transaction fee issues when withdrawing bitcoin from Coinbase.
How Many Bitcoin Seed Phrases Are Only One Repeated Word?
An exploration into the combinatoric math behind seed phrase mnemonics and their checksums.
Griefing Bitcoin's Testnet
A deep dive into manipulation of block generation on testnet and a call to reset the network to fix several issues.
The Untold Story of ditto-b
The story of an anonymous developer who fixed a critical flaw in Bitcoin's code.
When do Bitcoin Node Operators Upgrade?
An analysis of historical Bitcoin Core node versions to examine the updating behavior of node operators over the years.
Bitcoin 2023 Annual Review
Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2023.
Economically Unspendable Bitcoin UTXOs
UTXO management guidance for avoiding footguns that can cause problems during times of high transaction fees.
Hunting the Real Bitcoin Network Hashrate
An exploration of hashrate estimate algorithms with the goal of finding an improved way of determining a more accurate global hashrate estimate.
