bitcoin

Jul
30
Could SPV Support a Billion Bitcoin Users? Sizing up a Scaling Claim

Could SPV Support a Billion Bitcoin Users? Sizing up a Scaling Claim

A deep dive into what would be required to scale Bitcoin via simplified payment verification.
16 min read
Jul
14
Bitcoin and the Benefits of Coopetition

Bitcoin and the Benefits of Coopetition

Lopp makes an impassioned argument for the need for more cooperation between the players in the bitcoin space.
17 min read
May
10
The Challenges of Bitcoin Transaction Fee Estimation

The Challenges of Bitcoin Transaction Fee Estimation

Making predictions is hard, especially when they're about the future!
9 min read
Mar
30
Announcing the Bitcoin Core Config Generator

Announcing the Bitcoin Core Config Generator

Bitcoin Core is a complex piece of software. Because one of the primary goals of Bitcoin is to enable users to be self sovereign and have…
2 min read
Mar
11
Nobody Understands Bitcoin (And That’s OK)

Nobody Understands Bitcoin (And That’s OK)

No one has found the bottom of the Bitcoin rabbit hole.
12 min read
Jan
28
Ledger Blue Review

Ledger Blue Review

Jameson reviews the setup and usage of Ledger's latest hardware wallet.
9 min read
Jan
20

SegWit: The Swiftest Safe Path Forward

I and many of my colleagues at BitGo and across the Bitcoin ecosystem are eager to see Segregated Witness activated.
2 min read
Jan
09

Bitcoin: 2016 in Review

In addition to my day job as a BitGo engineer, I run Statoshi.info, a site I created in 2014 to track Bitcoin metrics from the perspective…
5 min read
Nov
13
Bitcoin’s Security Model: A Deep Dive

Bitcoin’s Security Model: A Deep Dive

When discussing consensus mechanisms for different cryptocurrencies, one issue that often causes arguments is a lack of understanding of the security model that they provide for the historical data in the ledger.
15 min read
Aug
19
How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu

How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu

How and why Bitcoin node operators should run their node on the Tor network.
4 min read