Bitcoin Magazine The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics In the last Mempool article, I went over the different kinds of relay policy filters, why they exist, and the incentives that…

Bitcoin Magazine OP_RETURN Limits: Bitcoin’s Battle Over Arbitrary Data An OP_RETURN debate flared up in the Bitcoin industry in recent weeks and has by now invaded most conversation spaces within…

Bitcoin Magazine The Bitcoin Mempool: Why We Have Filters In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason about the basic functionality of…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Core Developer Sjors Provoost: Bitcoin Core The Project While at the MIT Bitcoin Expo last month I was able to sit down with Bitcoin Core developer Sjors…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Covenants: OP_CAT (BIP 347) This is the fifth article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an…

Bitcoin Magazine SLICE: Making PPLNS Work for Demand Response Bitcoin mining has come a long way since the days of GPUs and basement set ups. In that time, miners have…

Bitcoin Magazine Jameson Lopp: Bitcoin Is Not A Finished Project In the beginning of April at the MIT Bitcoin Expo I was able to sit down with Jameson Lopp to…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Core Developer Antoine Poinsot: The Great Consensus Cleanup While attending the MIT Bitcoin Expo earlier this month I was able to sit down with Bitcoin Core developer…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Covenants: TXHASH And CHECKTXHASHVERIFY(BIP 346) This is the third article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Core Maintainer Gloria Zhao: Why Mempools Are Important For Censorship Resistance While attending the MIT Bitcoin Expo in Boston over the weekend I was lucky enough to…