Economic Bitcoin Nodes: Why You Need To Use Your Node For It To Matter
Bitcoin Magazine Economic Bitcoin Nodes: Why You Need To Use Your Node For It To Matter What is an economic node? To understand that, you need to first conceptually understand…
Low Fees Are A Symptom Of Deeper Problems
Bitcoin Magazine Low Fees Are A Symptom Of Deeper Problems People tend to celebrate periods of low feerates. It’s time to clean house, consolidate any UTXOs you need to, open…
The Consensus Conundrum
A lot of consensus-change proposals for bitcoin are on the table at the moment. All of them have good motivations, whether it’s scaling UTXO ownership or making self-custody more tractable.…
To Succeed Bitcoin Needs Something New, Not More of the Same
Too much of this space, and things being built around it, is centered around essentially mimicking the legacy financial system. There is not much being built trying to blaze new…
A Denial Of Service Attack On Bitcoin Consensus
Conservatism, in the literal and not political sense, has always been a core part of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Satoshi himself was very cautious and thorough in his original design attempts,…
The Difficult Adjustment
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Temporary Transaction Finality Glitch Disrupts Ethereum Network for 25 Minutes, Developers Investigate the Cause
Ethereum had issues processing transactions on May 11, 2023, at around 4:13 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, and transaction finality issues lasted for roughly 25 minutes. Currently, developers do not…
Proof-Of-Work Is The Only Viable Form Of Consensus
Bitcoin’s consensus mechanism ensures that work needs to be done in order for transactions to confirm and secures bitcoin in the fairest manner. This is an opinion editorial by Pierre…
Nothing’s Cheaper Than Proof-Of-Work Consensus
All roads lead to proof-of-work because it is the most efficient and fairest way to come to consensus, without having a rich-get-richer problem. This is a transcribed excerpt of the…