Reflections Upon Bitcoin's Block Size Debate
Analysis of the ideological split and narratives employed during Bitcoin's scaling debates.
Cypherpunk Cogitations
Jameson Lopp's thoughts on Bitcoin, Privacy, and Freedom.
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A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime
The FCC is proposing to require KYC for anyone who uses a phone. We can act now to stop further erosion of our privacy.
Quantum Attack Game Theory
A comprehensive analysis of potential attacks and undesirable outcomes resulting from a cryptographically relevant quantum computer being wielded against the Bitcoin network.
A Layman's Guide to BIP-110
An explanation of why BIP-110 is reckless and doomed to fail.
2025 Bitcoin Node Performance Tests
Testing full validation sync performance of 5 Bitcoin node implementations.
It's Knot a Serious Project
A comprehensive compilation of controversial actions and statements by Luke Dashjr.
Inflation is Multiple Taxation
How the interaction of inflation with the tax code results in even greater theft from taxpayers.
Bitcoin Address Poisoning Attacks
An investigation into likely address poisoning attacks occurring on the bitcoin blockchain.
Against Allowing Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin
An argument in favor of burning bitcoin in vulnerable addresses to prevent funds from being taken by those who win the quantum computing race.
A Treatise on Bitcoin Block Space Economics
A deep dive into the multitude of concerns regarding the supply of and demand for block space.
Jack Dorsey is not Satoshi Nakamoto
A compilation of evidence that Jack Dorsey could not be the creator of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin 2024 Annual Review
Comprehensive coverage of metrics across a number of different verticals in the Bitcoin ecosystem to gauge performance in 2024.
Boost Your Bitcoin Node Sync With UTXO Snapshots
A guide for how to significantly speed up syncing a new Bitcoin Core node using the UTXO snapshot feature.
On Ossification
An impassioned argument for why we should continue striving to improve the Bitcoin protocol.
Slow Block Validation Attacks
Calculating the potential attack effectiveness of an adversarial miner publishing bitcoin blocks that are difficult to validate.