ASIC Maintenance Articles

Mining downtime cost explained with a simple calculation covering lost margin, repair time, power savings, pool records and operational decisions.

BIP 322 guide covering the Complete script-based signed-message format, simple and full proofs, PSBT workflows, proof-of-funds limits and verification.

Bitcoin Core 0.16.2 release guide covering wallet timeout clamping, verifytxoutproof hardening, import checks, mining waits and guarded maintenance.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 logging guide covering runtime categories, ordered include and exclude rules, all and none semantics, sensitive logs, performance and rollback.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 importwallet guide covering wallet dump custody, target-wallet checks, historical rescans, partial recovery, post-import backups and validation.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 importprunedfunds guide covering wallet-known scripts, raw funding transactions, Merkle proofs, pruned history, later spends and verification.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 importprivkey guide covering WIF custody, labels, rescans, incomplete balances, wallet encryption, backups and secure migration.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 getpeerinfo guide covering peer addresses, services, traffic, latency, direction, sync, inflight blocks, privacy and diagnostics.

Bitcoin Core dumpwallet guide covering server-side files, no-overwrite behaviour, imported keys and scripts, Bech32 recovery gaps, encryption and restore tests.

Bitcoin Core abandontransaction RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

BIP 84 guide covering purpose 84 native P2WPKH accounts, Bech32 addresses, zpub and zprv versions, discovery gaps, backups and test vectors.

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.