Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: Outrunning Entropy, Why Bitcoin Can’t Stand Still The IBD Process Synchronizing a new node to the network tip involves several distinct stages: Peer discovery and…

Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: Consensus Cleanup Protocol developers often come across as more pessimistic about Bitcoin’s future than most Bitcoiners. Daily exposure to Bitcoin’s imperfections certainly shapes a sober…

Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: libsecp256k1, Bitcoin’s Cryptographic Heart Common phrases heard among Bitcoiners include “don’t trust, verify” or “not your keys, not your coins”, sometimes even claiming that it’s…

Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: Keeping Bitcoin Core Secure Bitcoin Core functions as the backbone for a monetary network securing over two trillion dollars in value. The stakes are immense,…

Bitcoin Magazine The Core Issue: Cluster Mempool, Problems Are Easier In Chunks Cluster Mempool1 is a complete reworking of how the mempool handles organizing and sorting transactions, conceptualized and implemented…