Bitcoin Articles

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.

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

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.

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

BIP 152 compact block relay explained for miners: learn short transaction IDs, reconstruction, missing-transaction requests and propagation risk.

Bitcoin Core 0.12.1 guide covering CSV soft-fork deployment, miner implications, upgrade and downgrade steps, wallet fixes and rollback evidence.

BIP 114 guide covering its closed MAST witness design, Merkle branches, privacy, script limits, consensus deployment and Taproot comparison.

BIP 151 guide covering its closed status, handshake, session keys, rekeying, traffic-analysis limits, BIP 150 dependency and BIP 324 replacement.

BIP 150 guide covering its closed status, BIP 151 dependency, pre-shared identities, mutual authentication, privacy goals and modern context.

Bitcoin Core Tor guide covering proxy routing, automatic onion services, stream isolation, DNS, clearnet leaks, mining latency and verification.

Bitcoin testnet guide covering public-network behaviour, worthless coins, resets, peer risks, privacy, mining differences and safe application testing.

Bitcoin regtest guide covering private chains, on-demand blocks, deterministic fixtures, consensus testing, wallet isolation and production-safe test design.