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
technical
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
Mar
12
On BSV Scalability
BSV's blockchain is now over 3 terabytes - have they finally solved on-chain scaling challenges?
12 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
Jul
18
How to Protect Contact Forms from Spam with Proof of Work
An argument and guide for using hashcash puzzles to protect contact forms from spammers instead of captchas.
6 min read
Dec
01
Bitcoin Full Validation Sync Performance
Testing full sync of five Bitcoin node implementations.
11 min read
Nov
24
Bitcoin Seed Security Analysis
Exploring the bounds of Seed phrase security.
6 min read
May
10
The Challenges of Bitcoin Transaction Fee Estimation
Making predictions is hard, especially when they're about the future!
9 min read