Development & Technology

The first block supporting BIP-110 was just mined this week. It's crazy how the Bitcoin community is at a major turning point. After the OP_RETURN…

Hey everyone, I’m diving into this project where I’m trying to use the Randstorm vulnerability to crack the puzzle. Here’s my GitHub repo if you’re…

Been thinking about address reuse and quantum computing. If we never spend from an address, we're kinda safe, right? But juggling a ton of addresses…

Hey everyone. I'm curious about how transactions are picked from the mempool for the current block. Is there a way to predict which transactions will…

While sorting through my late uncle's estate, I stumbled upon some hex numbers. They all have 64 characters, so I thought it might be related to…

So I’ve been digging into ECDSA for a bit and found something intriguing. There’s a structural shortcut that seems to be under the radar. When I…

I'm getting into Bitcoin development but hit a snag. Trying to use eFPGA for a project to streamline some parts of the code. But I'm struggling with…

so, valid signatures are made like this: a = random, b = random, r = aG + bQ, and then s = r * modinv(b, N) % N and z = a * s (b, N)% N. but how do…

So I was digging into how we generate curves like secp160k1, secp192k1, secp224k1, and secp256k1. We start with "2^n-2^32" and then go down the…

This discussion is all about the long-standing arguments around PoW and PoS. As a fan of PoW, I wanna share why I think PoS just doesn’t cut it. It…

Hey folks, I've been seeing a drop in the number of BTC nodes lately. We know how key full nodes are for Bitcoin's health. Can we chat about why…

So I just found out Bitcoin core devs got offered around $8.3 million this year... never thought they had sponsors! I always figured they were just…

Hey folks, Stuck trying to connect my sparrow wallet to Bitcoin Core. URL: 127.0.0.1, port 8332, standard Data Folder: D:\Bitcoin\testnet Use Proxy:…

I just found this Coinswap app and wanted to share it with you guys. Couldn't find a suitable topic before, so here we are. It has features like…

Just saw a post the other day about this tool. It’s in Chinese and claims to convert seed phrases into private keys. Kinda sketchy if you ask me... I…

Been running a full node on Bitcoin Core as a Tor hidden service for a bit now. It's set up on a virtual linux server. Looking to create watch-only…

I worked on this project back in 2017. Used allinvain's allocation to mine but had to shut everything down due to some weird rules in my country.…

Hey everyone! I need to figure out how to handle Bitcoin deposits, but I'm not sure where to start. I can't run my own node right now since it means…

Saw @Satofan44 mention this BIP earlier. Wanted to create a new thread so we don't clutter the other one.

Hey, I need some help here. I’ve got some coins stuck since April ‘23 in a Bitcoin Core wallet. They only paid 1 sat/vb and don’t signal RBF, so I…

So, Martin from FairgateLabs just made a Blake3 implementation in Bitcoin script. Apparently, it’s the shortest hash function in script form, only…

Just heard that Xahau got a major upgrade with MCPs! 🤯 What does that even mean? Are we talking serious improvements for devs? So apparently, vibe…

having trouble setting up Electrum Personal Server with my Bitcoin Core node and Electrum wallet on Mac. followed a bunch of tutorials but when I…

Running a full node is one of the best ways to back up decentralization and the Bitcoin network. It lets you check your own transactions without…

Hey guys, I'm really struggling to find some testnet coins. Can anyone send me a bit of tBTC? My address: my2yD3GFzq1rkcA7Rnh42V8Pjk8obNkNfj Thanks a…