The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

Bitcoin Core 0.13.0 guide covering compact blocks, HD wallets, SegWit preparation, ancestor mining, reindex-chainstate and safe historical upgrades.

Learn how ASIC fan speed temperature noise works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 146 Signature Malleability made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

BIP 134 guide covering its closed hard-fork transaction format, tagged fields, malleability goal, parsing risks, deployment limits and SegWit comparison.

Learn how Ethereum Classic mining nodes works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Ethereum Classic node can support Etchash miners.

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

Learn how ASIC miner dust problems works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

HTLCs Explained made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

Learn how mining server time synchronisation works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

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

Learn how mining pool DNS failures works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 49 guide covering purpose 49 derivation, nested SegWit scripts, extended-key versions, account discovery, migration and recovery testing.