How to Stay Safe with Bitcoin
Originally published here. Written by Peter Selmeczy The nonstop increase of Bitcoin price over dollar has shown its reverse side. It has given birth to…
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Segwit2x Bugs Explained
The Segwit2x hard fork was called off a little over a week ago in an email post to the 2x mailing list. Several parties threatened…
Replay protection schemes in Segwit2X
With the recent Bitcoin Gold fork and planned Segwit2X fork in mid-November, the topic of keeping coins safe after disruptive events is especially relevant. As…
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…
Contributing to Bitcoin Core, a personal account
In January of this year, I moved to New York to take a job contributing full time to open source Bitcoin projects. These are some…