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Will Bitcoin hit 200k by year-end? Just asking.
- Rethinking Transaction Fees for BlockchainJul 15, 2023
the safety of the blockchain relies on the power miners use. if one day they only get $50k per block, that’s all it would take to disrupt the network. 2.6 billion might sound like a lot, but for a global currency, it’s…
- Rethinking Transaction Fees for BlockchainJul 14, 2023
I get the concern about miner rewards being an issue in the future. If fees don’t rise, the blockchain could be in trouble. But instead of fees, why not keep the block subsidy steady? That would ensure miners stay…
- Understanding the Order of Secp256k1Oct 5, 2021
Anyone know how they figure out the order for Secp256k1? I can't find much info on this or on other elliptic curves. I heard that the order (n) is usually close to the prime field (p). Like, p is this huge number and n…
- Understanding Segwit and vBytes in BitcoinJan 5, 2021
Been digging into segwit and soft forks. Why did we need vBytes? Seems like a way to avoid a hard fork. I heard it keeps a part of the transaction for old compatibility, which makes segwit transactions a bit heavier…
- Calculating S from Public Keys and MessageJan 21, 2018
Looks like you're working with Schnorr signatures. From what I know, to find S: s = k + m*x Where m is the hashed message (probably using SHA256), x is your private key, and k is a randomly generated private key. To…