Sep
18
An Introduction to Spiderchain
A review of the latest layer 2 protocol proposed for pegging bitcoin to a sidechain.
13 min read
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Aug
05
Revisiting Bitcoin Network Bandwidth Issues
A deep dive into bandwidth bottlenecks and potential solutions for improving node syncing performance.
7 min read
Apr
15
What is the Bitcoin Network's Real Hashrate?
Bitcoin mining exhibits a lot of randomness, which makes it hard to measure an accurate hashrate. What can we do to improve our estimates?
7 min read
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
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