Stratum 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.
№ 002BitcoinBitcoin 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.
№ 003MiningStratum 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.
№ 004BitcoinBitcoin's Taproot Annex: Reserved Space Explained
The Taproot annex is a reserved byte field in Bitcoin transactions, committed at signing, consensus-valid today, and blank until a future soft fork fills it.
№ 005BitcoinBitcoin Miniscript: Complex Spending Conditions Explained
Miniscript compiles human-readable Bitcoin spending policies into verifiable, non-malleable Script, concrete mechanism and a worked treasury example inside.
№ 006BitcoinSIGHASH_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.
№ 007BitcoinBitcoin'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.
№ 008BitcoinBitcoin 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.
№ 009BitcoinBitcoin 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.
№ 010BitcoinBitcoin 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.
№ 011BitcoinBitcoin Output Script Versioning and Covenant Enforcement
How Bitcoin's script versioning lets developers add spending rules without breaking old nodes. The mechanics, tradeoffs, and a worked example.
№ 012BitcoinBitcoin Sighash Flags: Partial Signing Explained
Sighash flags let Bitcoin signers commit to only part of a transaction, the mechanics, the real tradeoffs, and what each flag actually does.