technical

Dec
24

Statoshi Developer’s Guide

Statoshi is a fork of Bitcoin Core with several hundred additional lines of code for emitting metrics to a StatsD instance. You can view…
5 min read
May
29
The Challenges of Blockchain Indexing

The Challenges of Blockchain Indexing

Lessons learned from building blockchain data indexing services.
6 min read
May
17

(De)centralized Block Chain Scaling

Lately there has been a great deal of debate around increasing the maximum block size allowed by the Bitcoin protocol because we’re…
2 min read
Feb
25
The Challenges of Optimizing Unspent Output Selection

The Challenges of Optimizing Unspent Output Selection

A look into techniques and trade-offs of different UTXO “coin selection” algorithms used in Bitcoin wallets.
6 min read
Dec
20

How to Fix Amazon Instant Video Streaming in Ubuntu

5 simple commands to fix your system’s Flash video streaming.
Dec
13

Graphite & Grafana Performance Tips

Tips for decreasing dashboard load times and improving chart rendering performance.
2 min read
Nov
08

How to Generate a Custom Bitcoin Address with an AMD GPU on Ubuntu

Have you ever wanted a bitcoin address that was more personalized and recognizable than the standard ~34 random character address?
3 min read
Apr
27
Peeking Under the Hood of a Running Bitcoin Node

Peeking Under the Hood of a Running Bitcoin Node

The quest to bring more transparency to node operators.
5 min read
Apr
03
How to set up an IDE for developing Bitcoin Core on Linux

How to set up an IDE for developing Bitcoin Core on Linux

First steps into Bitcoin Core software development.
2 min read