Stratum V2 Header-Only Mining Cuts Pool Censorship
Stratum V2's Job Negotiation mode lets miners build their own block templates, removing the pool's ability to censor transactions. The tradeoffs explained.
№ 026BitcoinBitcoin's Quadratic Sighash Bug, Explained
Before SegWit, a single crafted transaction could stall nodes for minutes. The mechanism, the real attack surface, and what BIP143 actually changed.
№ 027MiningStratum V2 Job Negotiation: Miners Reclaim Block Templates
Stratum V2 lets miners build their own block templates, stripping pool operators of the power to quietly drop specific transactions. The mechanics, examined.
№ 028BitcoinBitcoin Hashrate Escrow and Merged-Mined Sidechains
Hashrate escrow lets Bitcoin miners secure sidechains without a second consensus system, the exact mechanism, BIP 300 numbers, and honest caveats included.
№ 029MiningStratum V2: Bitcoin Miners Reclaim Block Template Control
Stratum V2 separates transaction selection from hashrate contribution, giving individual miners editorial control over what their machines actually confirm.
№ 030MiningBitcoin Nonce Patterns and What They Reveal About ASICs
How a miner's nonce recycling behavior exposes its firmware strategy to anyone watching the blockchain. The mechanics, plainly explained.
№ 031MiningPPS vs PPLNS Mining Pool Payouts Explained
PPS pays a fixed rate per share; PPLNS ties earnings to the last N shares. Learn which model suits which miner and why the math matters.
№ 032MiningBitcoin Nonce Grinding and the ASIC Clock Speed Plateau
ASIC clock speeds have stalled while SHA-256's sequential dependencies keep the per-hash cost floor stubbornly fixed, what that means for mining economics.
№ 033MiningMiner Fee Sniping: The Risk That Grows With Each Halving
Bitcoin's block subsidy suppresses fee sniping today. As it declines toward zero across successive halvings, the incentive math shifts, and the stakes rise.
№ 034MiningBitcoin Block Template Construction Explained
How miners pick which transactions fill a block, why fee rate alone doesn't decide it, and what dependency graphs actually do to your wait time.
№ 035BitcoinBitcoin Signet: Controlled Testing Without Testnet Chaos
Signet replaces proof-of-work with a signature check, giving Bitcoin developers stable block times and reproducible test conditions. The mechanism, examined.
№ 036MiningBitcoin Difficulty Epochs: Miner Strategy at the Boundary
Every 2,016 blocks, Bitcoin recalculates mining difficulty. That boundary reshapes miner behavior in the final stretch, the mechanics, the math, and the limits.