The first Bitcoin block signaling for BIP-110 has been mined, marking a flashpoint in a heated debate over restricting non-financial data onchain.

Slovak Bitcoin developer Martin Habovštiak has embedded a 66-kilobyte TIFF image directly into the Bitcoin blockchain as a ...

In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason about the basic functionality of the mempool, and how it was used by different kinds of users of the Bitcoin ...

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. Update (April 17 at 2:30 am UTC): This ...

Researchers have introduced a novel optimization framework for Bitcoin transaction validation, successfully resolving the long-standing "redundant validation" bottleneck in the Bitcoin network.

Bitcoin dust refers to tiny amounts of Bitcoin that are uneconomical to transact due to high miner fees. Learn how to manage ...

A look at different relay policy filters, and why they have always been a standard part of a node's mempool. In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason ...