Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it ...

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 ...

Bitcoin is often praised as a long-term savings technology, but its role as a medium of exchange is just as important—especially for businesses. From local cafés to large corporations, more merchants ...

Full nodes maintain the entire blockchain, ensuring maximum security and transaction integrity. Light nodes offer fast, resource-efficient access to Bitcoin, ideal for mobile and low-power devices.

There have been various attempts to launch a digital currency over the years, but Bitcoin was the first to gain significant traction. After publishing a whitepaper in October 2008 outlining the ...

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 ...