Inflation is Multiple Taxation
How the interaction of inflation with the tax code results in even greater theft from taxpayers.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
How the interaction of inflation with the tax code results in even greater theft from taxpayers.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A deep dive into the multitude of concerns regarding the supply of and demand for block space.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A compilation of evidence that Jack Dorsey could not be the creator of Bitcoin.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2024.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A guide for how to significantly speed up syncing a new Bitcoin Core node using the UTXO snapshot feature.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An impassioned argument for why we should continue striving to improve the Bitcoin protocol.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Calculating the potential attack effectiveness of an adversarial miner publishing bitcoin blocks that are difficult to validate.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An analysis of odd transaction fee issues when withdrawing bitcoin from Coinbase.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An exploration into the combinatoric math behind seed phrase mnemonics and their checksums.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Highlights from the multitude of lies exposed during the questioning of Craig Wright.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Jameson Lopp's thoughts on Bitcoin, Privacy, and Freedom.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An investigation into likely address poisoning attacks occurring on the bitcoin blockchain.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An argument in favor of burning bitcoin in vulnerable addresses to prevent funds from being taken by those who win the quantum computing race.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
The conclusion to a 4 year long investigation in pursuit of the person behind an extortion attempt.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
October 16th, 2017 started off like any other Monday. I awoke at 6 AM and drove to the YMCA to play racquetball, ready to start the week…| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A deep dive into how 10 lines of code resulted in far-reaching unintended consequences for the Bitcoin test network.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A deep dive into the game theory behind keeping timestamps of bitcoin blocks reasonably accurate.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An investigation into tradeoffs between different dbcache sizes when performing a full bitcoin node sync.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A deep dive into manipulation of block generation on testnet and a call to reset the network to fix several issues.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
The story of an anonymous developer who fixed a critical flaw in Bitcoin's code.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An explanation of the Corporate Transparency Act and a call to action for those affected by it.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
An analysis of historical Bitcoin Core node versions to examine the updating behavior of node operators over the years.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Testing full validation sync performance of 7 Bitcoin node implementations.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
UTXO management guidance for avoiding footguns that can cause problems during times of high transaction fees.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
A compilation of evidence that Hal Finney and Satoshi Nakamoto were different people.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
How and why to defend your bitcoin with a full node.| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Do the "Softwar" and "Bitpower" concepts make sense, or is this just a compelling story with logical gaps?| Cypherpunk Cogitations
Bitcoin mining exhibits a lot of randomness, which makes it hard to measure an accurate hashrate. What can we do to improve our estimates?| Cypherpunk Cogitations
