PinnedLatest Thoughts on Bitcoin: the Good, the Bad, and the UglyIt’s been a while since I have written any long form content. But a lot of stuff is brewing right now, and despite my deep desire to stay…Jan 72Jan 72
Why SegWit2x? (or why not?)Back in 2015, when the issue of increasing transaction throughput was submitted for review, the framing was off. People had talked about…Jun 27, 201714Jun 27, 201714
Forks, Signaling, and ActivationThere seems to be a considerable amount of confusion among Bitcoin users regarding the nature of the process underlying changes to the…Jun 18, 20177Jun 18, 20177
The Bitcoin Core Merge ProcessA major point of confusion, especially among people who have not worked a lot on free open source software development, is how Bitcoin Core…Jun 16, 20173Jun 16, 20173
Why I support BIP148When I first started working on Bitcoin applications nearly six years ago, I worked under the assumption that even though the Bitcoin…May 29, 201721May 29, 201721
Satoshi’s Most Misleading ParagraphThe most misleading paragraph in the entire Satoshi white paper, without a doubt, is the third paragraph of section 4:Dec 27, 20164Dec 27, 20164