Alex B.The Tao Of Bitcoin DevelopmentOver the last few years, the buzz generated by Bitcoin’s scaling debate has drawn unprecedented attention towards the development process…Jun 28, 20172Jun 28, 20172
Alex B.UASF: User Driven Protocol DevelopmentAfter the activation of SegWit on Litecoin last week, many are left scratching their heads about Bitcoin’s own protocol development and…May 15, 20175May 15, 20175
Alex B.The Mining DelusionThe Bitcoin ecosystem today finds itself at a crossroad where the line between science & dogma is increasingly blurry. Fanatics are…Apr 24, 20175Apr 24, 20175
Alex B.On extended communication failuresBitcoin XT, Bitcoin Classic, Bitcoin Unlimited, SegWit2MB, and the latest bcoin.io extension blocks proposal. All of those have one thing…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Alex B.The Lightning ParadoxThe goal of this post is to argue that second-layer technologies will ultimately translate to a growth in revenue for miners who will…Mar 21, 20178Mar 21, 20178
Alex B.The Road to One MegabyteIn early 2013, Bitcoin miners were pressured into raising their soft-limit for the first time. The network was under heavy load from…Mar 13, 20171Mar 13, 20171
Alex B.Why 2017 may be the year the industry figures out smart contracts… via BitcoinIt has been already twenty years since prominent computer science researcher Nick Szabo published the first reference document that would…Jan 9, 2017Jan 9, 2017