BIP 109 Two-Megabyte Block Proposal Explained
BIP 109 explained as a closed hard fork proposing two-megabyte blocks, accurate sigop counting, sighash limits and a 75% miner trigger.
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Lightning Channels Explained: Funding, Commitment and Closure
Lightning channels explained from funding through commitment updates and cooperative or force closure, including confirmations, reserves and backup risk.
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BIP 144 Explained: How SegWit Transactions Relay Between Nodes
BIP 144 SegWit relay made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.
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BIP 143 Signature Hashing Explained for SegWit Validation
BIP 143 signature hashing explained: learn the SegWit digest fields, input amount commitment, performance gains and validation requirements.
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BIP 142 SegWit Address Format Explained
BIP 142 SegWit addresses explained: review the closed Base58 design for native P2WPKH and P2WSH and why Bech32 became the deployed format.
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BIP 141 Transaction Weight Explained for Block Templates
BIP 141 transaction weight explained for miners: calculate base size, total size, virtual bytes, witness discount and four-million-unit block limits.
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BIP 125 Replace-by-Fee Explained for Bitcoin Miners
BIP 125 replace by fee made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.
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BIP 131 Coalescing Transactions Explained
BIP 131 coalescing transactions explained as a closed hard-fork proposal using wildcard inputs to aggregate same-script UTXOs and their risks.
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BIP 75 Encrypted Payment Address Exchange Explained
BIP 75 encrypted address exchange explained: understand sender authentication, ECDH privacy, store-and-forward servers and legacy BIP 70 risk.
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BIP 124 HD Script Templates Explained
BIP 124 HD script templates explained: review deterministic key groups, lexicographic sorting, placeholders and why the incomplete proposal closed.
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BIP 83 Dynamic HD Key Trees Explained
BIP 83 dynamic HD key trees explained: understand reserved child zero, nested path notation, application mappings and safe wallet recovery.
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BIP 140 Normalized TXID Explained
BIP 140 normalized TXIDs explained: learn how the closed proposal removed signature scripts, introduced OP_CHECKSIGEX and tracked two identities.
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