SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo Payment Channels
APO lets eltoo overwrite old channel states without penalty transactions or revocation archives. A concrete look at the mechanism and what blocks deployment.
№ 098EthereumEthereum EIP Types: Informational vs Core Explained
The EIP process splits proposals into distinct types for good reason. Learn how Informational and Core EIPs differ and why that distinction shapes Ethereum.
№ 099BitcoinBitcoin's Dandelion Protocol and Transaction Origin Privacy
Dandelion splits Bitcoin propagation into stem and flood phases to defeat IP-to-transaction correlation. Mechanics, real tradeoffs, and deployment status.
№ 100EthereumGasper Attestation Timing: Slot Weights Explained
Gasper cuts attestation rewards sharply with each slot of delay. The precise mechanic, the three scoring components, and worked numbers.
№ 101BitcoinBitcoin Covenant Proposals: Miner Trust and Recursion
CTV, CSFS, and MATT draw the line between allowed and forbidden differently, and each encodes a distinct bet on miner honesty and script recursion.
№ 102EthereumEthereum Inclusion Lists and Censorship Resistance
How Ethereum's inclusion list auction design limits builder censorship power, with concrete mechanics and honest caveats about what it can and can't fix.
№ 103BitcoinBitcoin Transaction Pinning and Lightning Force-Closes
Transaction pinning can trap Lightning Network force-closes at uncompetitive fee rates, burning timelocks. The mechanics, the stakes, and the fixes in progress.
№ 104EthereumEthereum Blob Fee Burns and Validator Rewards Explained
Blob transaction fees burn separately from execution gas. Here's exactly how that splits validator accounting during L2 congestion spikes.
№ 105DeFiMEV: Public Mempools vs Private Transaction Relays
Your transaction's route, public mempool or private relay, determines who can extract value from it and how much. The mechanics, the tradeoffs, the gaps.
№ 106EthereumEthereum's Gasper Consensus: Casper FFG and LMD-GHOST
Gasper powers Ethereum's finality. Learn how Casper FFG and LMD-GHOST fork choice combine to keep the chain safe and live.
№ 107BitcoinBitcoin Erlay Fanout Phase: Peer Selection Explained
Erlay's fanout phase pushes transactions to a randomized peer subset, not the whole network. A close look at the mechanism, its privacy logic, and its limits.
№ 108EthereumEIP-1559 Base Fee Burn and Ethereum's Token Supply
EIP-1559 burns ETH with every transaction, the base fee mechanism reshapes long-term supply in ways that depend entirely on sustained network demand.