Bitcoin Networking Articles

BIP 157 and 158 compact block filters explained: understand client-side matching, Golomb-coded sets, filter headers and privacy trade-offs.

BIP 159 pruned nodes made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Bitcoin Core 0.14.1 guide covering RPC argument compatibility, SegWit mining templates, UTXO memory accounting, dbcache sizing and safe rollout.

BIP 154 guide covering its closed peer-specified proof-of-work slots, anti-DoS goals, algorithm negotiation, hardware fairness, Sybil limits and testing.

BIP 199 guide covering its closed HTLC template, hash preimages, buyer refunds, absolute and relative timeouts, branch validation and operational risks.

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.

Bitcoin Core incrementalrelayfee guide covering BIP 125 bandwidth cost, mempool eviction, separation from minrelaytxfee and safe policy testing.

Bitcoin Core 0.13.2 guide covering wallet mempool rejection, compact-block fixes, chainwork IBD, RPC serialization, fee estimates and safe rollout.

BIP 90 Buried Deployments made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Bitcoin Core 0.13.1 guide covering SegWit activation parameters, NULLDUMMY, miner signalling, compact-block support, platform changes and rollback.