The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

BIP 173 guide covering Bech32 structure, native SegWit v0, checksum and case rules, network prefixes, QR benefits, recovery and BIP 350.

BIP 180 guide covering its closed light-client fraud proof, transaction-size components, Merkle links, SegWit weight, threat model and limits.

Learn how dual internet connections for mining works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Understand miner signalling vs economic consensus in Bitcoin: what version bits communicate, what full nodes enforce and how pools should manage activation risk.

Bitcoin Core mempool persistence guide covering its 0.14 introduction, mempool.dat, prioritisation state, startup validation, corruption and safe restart tests.

Bitcoin Core assumevalid guide covering skipped historical scripts, chainwork selection, default anchors, UTXO validation, threat model, benchmarking and rollback.

Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 guide covering assumevalid, mempool persistence, manual pruning, performance, RPC changes, fee bumping and safe historical rollout.

BIP 171 guide covering its closed HTTP exchange-rate API, XBT pairs, authentication, TLS, signatures, freshness, provider trust and decimal safety.

BIP 118 guide covering its Draft Taproot design, evolving history, omitted prevout commitments, new key type, eltoo use, replay boundaries and testing.

Learn how Komodo notary nodes and mining works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Komodo node can support Equihash miners.

Zero mining explained for beginners. Learn how ZER uses Equihash 192,7, which memory and pool checks matter and how transparent and shielded addresses differ.

Compare all-in and pass-through Bitcoin mining hosting pricing, including electricity, demand, setup, repairs, curtailment, tax and hidden invoice risks.