The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

Taproot annex explained from BIP341: learn how the 0x50 witness element is detected, signed, charged transaction weight and reserved for upgrades.

Learn how Kadena Chainweb mining nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Kadena node can support Blake2S miners.

BIP 119 guide covering its Draft soft-fork status, transaction-template hash, OP_NOP4 semantics, covenant uses, validation costs, risks and safe evaluation.

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

Learn how Monero CryptoNight to RandomX works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Bitcoin Core 0.19 blockfilterindex guide covering BIP 158 filter creation, background sync, disk use, local RPC access, validation, monitoring and rollback.

Bitcoin Core 0.19 setwalletflag guide covering avoid_reuse, rescanning, used-address classification, coin selection, warnings, rollback and wallet safety.

Bitcoin Core 0.19 getblockfilter guide covering BIP 157/158 basic filters, block hashes, filter headers, index requirements, verification and privacy.

Bitcoin Core 0.19 getbalances guide covering trusted, pending, immature, used and watch-only balances, BTC units, wallet routing and reconciliation.

Learn how Bitcoin block-relay-only connections works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Bitcoin node can support SHA-256 miners.

Learn how Nervos CKB mining nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Nervos CKB node can support Eaglesong miners.

Compare Stratum V1 vs Stratum V2 for ASIC miners across encryption, bandwidth, job negotiation, binary framing, proxies and deployment readiness.