Darren Waggott

BIP 66 strict DER signatures explained through Bitcoin encoding rules, activation and the 2015 fork caused by miners building without full validation.

Verge mining uses five proof-of-work algorithms. See how Scrypt, X17, Lyra2rev2, Myr-Groestl and Blake2s share one chain and affect hardware choice.

Learn how mining power supply efficiency works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Dash masternode rewards explained in plain English, including collateral, running costs, payment risk and how masternodes can protect X11 miners.

BIP 65 CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Learn how Dogecoin AuxPoW nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Dogecoin node can support Scrypt miners.

Litecoin Dogecoin merged mining explained from Dogecoin’s AuxPoW activation to parent coinbase commitments, pool accounting and practical miner checks.

Learn how DigiByte multi-algorithm nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a DigiByte node can support MultiAlgo miners.

Learn how Syscoin merged mining nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Syscoin node can support SHA-256 miners.

Phoenixcoin mining explained for beginners. Learn why NeoScrypt replaced Scrypt, what GPU miners must check and how to test pools, power and wallet safety.

BIP 81 coloured voting-pool hierarchy explained as a closed design using five hash-derived colour levels plus series and address indexes.

BIP 80 voting-pool wallet hierarchy explained as a closed design for coin, series and address branches in deterministic multisig cold storage.