Feb
04
How to Protect Your Home Network with a Gigabit VPN
A guide for protecting all devices on your home network with a fast self hosted VPN.
24 min read
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Jan
14
Open Source Transcription Software Comparisons
A comparison of several AI based transcription engines with regard to accuracy and performance.
9 min read
Dec
16
2022 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests
Testing full validation syncing performance of 9 Bitcoin node implementations.
9 min read
Dec
10
How to Archive & Transcribe YouTube Videos in Bulk
A step-by-step guide for leveraging tools to download and transcribe videos in bulk with just a few commands.
7 min read
Nov
04
The Death of Decentralized Email
A historical review of the multi-decade centralization and capture of the email protocol.
16 min read
Sep
30
OpenAI Whisper Transcription Testing
Accuracy and performance testing of OpenAI's transcription software.
6 min read
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
Apr
24
The Hunt for the Best Gigabit Home Network VPN
VPN technology is improving, but how hard is it to actually implement?
9 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