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…14 min read·Jun 28, 2017--2--2
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…7 min read·May 15, 2017--5--5
Alex B.The Mining DelusionThe Bitcoin ecosystem today finds itself at a crossroad where the line between science & dogma is increasingly blurry. Fanatics are…8 min read·Apr 24, 2017--5--5
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…6 min read·Apr 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…7 min read·Mar 21, 2017--8--8
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…3 min read·Mar 13, 2017--1--1
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…6 min read·Jan 9, 2017----