Atomic Swaps
Decred and Litecoin completed something called a cross-chain atomic swap a few days ago. They published a blog about it, created a GitHub repo with…
Category: Bitcoin
What’s new in Bitcoin Core v0.15 — part 5
This is the final article in this series about features and improvements in Bitcoin Core v0.15. Today I’ll talk about a small implementation change by…
What’s new in Bitcoin Core v0.15 — part 4
In this series, I’ve already covered one performance improvement (per-output chainstate db) and a couple of user features (better fee estimation and bumpfee in the…
What’s new in Bitcoin Core v0.15 — part 3
Yesterday, I wrote about how fee estimation is better in v0.15, but what happens if you send a transaction without enough fee to be included…
What’s new in Bitcoin Core v0.15 — part 2
This article continues the series on enhancements and new features in Bitcoin Core v0.15. Yesterday I talked about a low-level technical change that results in…
What’s new in Bitcoin Core v0.15 — part 1
I’m very excited about the recent Bitcoin Core v0.15 release. This is the first major release that I’ve been involved in from start to finish,…
An introduction to Bitcoin Core fee estimation
Why we have fees Space in the Bitcoin blockchain is a limited resource, and given a low enough price, demand for that space will far…
Saving up to 80% on Bitcoin transaction fees by batching payments
What if I told you that there’s a way you can save more than 80% on transaction fees by compressing your Bitcoin transactions? You’d probably…
Mining BTC/BCH: Past, Present and Future
Many miners are clearly moving back and forth between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in an attempt to maximize profits. What’s going on and why is…
Replay Attacks Explained
Segwit2x has garnered some controversy over the fact that it will not have replay protection. In this article, I’m going to explain what a replay…