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
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May
18
Ensuring Your Second Life with Bitcoin
Bitcoin and cryonics are both revolutionary technologies - but are they also complementary?
12 min read
Apr
02
How to Back Up a Seed Phrase
There are a million ways to back up a seed phrase. Nearly all of them have flaws.
14 min read
Mar
19
Running Bitcoin Core v0.7 and Earlier
An exploration into eccentricities of trying to sync extremely old versions of Bitcoin Core.
5 min read
Mar
16
Building Bitcoin Core v0.7 and Earlier
A guide for how to compile binaries for very old Bitcoin Core versions that are no longer available to download.
4 min read
Mar
05
Bitcoin Core Performance Evolution
A historical analysis of full validation node sync performance across 9 years of releases.
6 min read
Feb
21
Satoshi Roundtable VIII Recap
A review of selected topics covered at the 2022 unconference including Bitcoin Development, Crypto Family Offices, Dubai, El Salvador, Free Private Cities, DAOs, GameFi, Web3, and more.
13 min read
Jan
22
Is the Bitcoin Network Slowing Down?
An investigation into the root cause of node syncing performance drops seen during annual testing.
11 min read
Jan
12
How is the 21 Million Bitcoin Cap Defined and Enforced?
A deep dive into the code that keeps bitcoin's inflation rate on a predictable schedule.
7 min read
Jan
03
Bitcoin 2021 Annual Review
Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2021.
15 min read