The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

Bitcoin Core 0.20 guide covering BIP61 removal, bech32 defaults, PSBT changes, RPC whitelists, asmap, platform requirements, known build issues and rollback.

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

Learn how Ravencoin X16R to KawPoW works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 85 guide covering its Deployed informational status, hardened paths, HMAC-SHA512 transformation, application indexes, backup concentration and test vectors.

BIP 87 guide covering its Complete application status, m/87 hierarchy, descriptors, accounts, receiving and change branches, gap limit, backups and recovery.

Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 guide covering wallet reuse fixes, listsinceblock conflicts, PSBT bounds, block-filter startup, ZMQ, RISC-V and safe rollback.

Bitcoin Vault mining explained clearly. Learn how SHA-256 ASIC work differs from its three key wallet system, plus pool, payout, security and profit checks.

BSV mining explained in plain English. Learn how SHA-256 ASICs, block templates, fees, difficulty, pool choices and operating risks affect miners.

BIP 339 wtxid relay explained: see why witness-aware transaction identifiers improve Bitcoin peer announcements, requests and rejection handling.

Learn how Handshake mining nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Handshake node can support Blake2B and SHA3 miners.

Bitcoin Taproot added Schnorr signatures and new spending rules. Learn key paths, script paths, privacy limits, wallet support and what changed in simple English.

BIP 340 guide covering 64-byte Schnorr signatures, x-only public keys, tagged hashes, nonce safety, batch verification, Taproot deployment and testing.