The node wars rages on. BIP 444 was renamed BIP 110 (but functionality remained) and it is slowly being pushed through in order to halt spam propagation on the network. A new proposition (BIP) has been made by a person called “Claire Ostrom” which is called “The Cat – Non-monetary UTXO Cleanup on Bitcoin”. While…

This blog post is a direct (and edited) copy of the topic I made on X (formerly twitter). The breakdown What does this proposal do? — — — — As the title of the BIP444 (now BIP 110) mentions = Reduced Data Temporary Softfork. It is a temporary softfork aiming to limit the size of…

What is a client you ask?It is software which allows access to a network.You can easily compare it to an “internet browser” like Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave browser, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Tor,… Bitcoin relies on a decentralized and distributed network where various nodes help to upkeep the network. These nodes do so through dedicated…

In order to get a full understanding as to what is happening with Bitcoin on a fundamental level, and getting a good grasp on the subject at hand, I advise people to read up this following thread from SimpleMining: A quiet change in Bitcoin Core just blew open a years-long battle. It gives a somewhat…

All depends on the mindset you have and what you want to do. Understand the following: If the idea is to hold and use Bitcoin as currency (its intended use) will mining Bitcoin be the most profitable venture long-term as they are accumulating an appreciating asset/currency.When trading Bitcoin are you always switching between currencies and…

To start mining Bitcoin at home is fairly easy. The real “difficulty” in mining Bitcoin has to do with making profit.Miners use a lot of electricity and one of the first MAJOR steps before starting to mine is doing a “profitability calculation”.A profitability calculation is where you measure the costs of mining (and the miner)…

Quantum computing cannot break #Bitcoin because of following reasons: Technical Reasons: – Incompatible Systems: Quantum computers use QUBITs (which represent 0, 1, +1, -1 states), whereas Bitcoin operates on a binary system (0, 1). A “bridge” must be constructed to translate quantum outputs into binary. – Translation Challenges: This bridge would need to convert quantum…

In a recent article, to be more precise: X-thread, has Justin Bons openly attacked Bitcoin. He voiced critiques based on misinformation, false data and even outdated data. To the new people getting on-boarded into Bitcoin, threads like these can be a deterrent. They willfully spread misinformation for an agenda which involves pushing their own alt-coins…

The Nerdminer-family: Last year, I made an entry on the Nerdminer and dedicated some time to explain the power of lottery miners. This entry can be found here: “Bitcoin Mining, smaller is better“. The main points made in said entry were: Investing in a lottery miner means helping out securing the network. It is a…

In the last couple of weeks, and especially when Bitcoin is knowing some bearish movements or gets spam-targeted by the Ordinals and Runes, do I see more and more people praising $XMR (and other privacy coins) as well as “Big Block” arguments popping up ( $BCH and $BSV ). We know $BCH and $BSV are…