The Epochal Shift: Unpacking the Transformative Impacts of the Ethereum Merge
Introduction The Ethereum Merge, executed on September 15, 2022, stands as one of the most ambitious and complex software upgrades in the history of…
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SegWit: Why we needed it
To understand why SegWit came about, we need to start with how bitcoin transactions are constructed. Bitcoin transaction data basically contains dat…
The Perilous Frontier: Analyzing Smart Contract Security Vulnerabilities and High-Profile Exploits
Introduction Smart contracts, self-executing agreements coded onto a blockchain, represent a foundational innovation driving the decentralized web,…
I gave an AI agent money without giving it a wallet. It is just a string.
TL;DR An LNURLcash bearer note is a 32 byte secret. Whoever holds the string holds the money. That makes it the cleanest allowance I have found for…
Building Pontmore: From Protocol Spec to Working Standalone Escrow POC
When I opened PR #12 on the Pontmore protocol repo, I was trying to answer one question: can we define a standard way for applications to invoke an…
Proving a proof-of-work solve happened, at a specific time, without trusting the server's logs
The problem: a solve is a fact that only lives in one server's memory If you gate a route with proof-of-work, every accepted solve is a real event.…
Bitcoin’s Quantum Problem Is a Governance Problem
Originally published by InvisibleHill Research . This cross-post preserves the original research cut-off and source list. Quantum computing will not…
BIP 110 and the Cost of Policing Bitcoin's Block Space
Originally published by InvisibleHill Research . This cross-post preserves the original research cut-off and source list. Research cut-off: July 30,…
This is what building a Two-Node Lightning Network From Scratch looked like in one week.
There's a version of learning Bitcoin where you read the whitepaper, nod along, and move on. Then there's the version where you're staring at a term…
Building High-Performance Crypto Trading Bots with Go: Meet phemex-go
If you are building a cryptocurrency trading bot, market maker, or data aggregator in Go, you already know that talking to an exchange's API should…
Supercharge Your Crypto and Stock Analytics with lunarcrush-go
Are you building a trading dashboard, a market sentiment tracker, or a financial data pipeline in Go? If so, you know that gathering reliable social…
What I Learned at the ZONE01 Bitcoin Lightning Bootcamp
June was an exciting month for my developer journey. I had the opportunity to participate in the Bitcoin Lightning Bootcamp at Zone01 Kisumu , where…
How Bitcoin P2SH Scripts Work: From 2-of-3 Multisig to Timelocked Inheritance
Excerpt from my book Mastering Taproot — full chapter. HODLing is the beginning. But Bitcoin was meant to be programmed. "Not Just HODLing: Real Bit…
A Guide to Creating Taproot Scripts with Python Bitcoinutils
HODLing is the beginning. But Bitcoin was meant to be programmed. "Not Just HODLing: Real Bitcoin Script Engineering" starts here. Building Taproot…
Harnessing the Power of Bitcoin Lightning: Reflections on the Kisumu Bootcamp & Building "Sky Fee"
A week ago I wrapped up an incredible, high-intensity experience at the Kisumu Lightning Developer Bootcamp, hosted right here at Zone01 Kisumu! The…
How to Match Orders in 100 Lines of Ruby
Order matching has dropped in Shitcoin Swap in ~100 lines of Ruby . Most crypto exchanges reach for an existing matching engine or a Uniswap-style A…
Binance + Polymarket Latency Arbitrage: How Bots Exploit Micro-Delays in Prediction Markets
This isn't theoretical. Bots are reportedly making serious money by exploiting a few-second pricing lag between Binance spot BTC and short-term Poly…
Scarab Field Test #022 — Playwright Worker Response Header Hang
Target: microsoft/playwright Issue: microsoft/playwright#39948 Status: local patch prepared and validated Patch commit: 269228a88 — fix(chromium): r…
A Beginner-Friendly Mental Model for Bitcoin Transactions
Bitcoin can look simple from the outside: paste an address, choose an amount, send. Under that simple interface are several concepts that are useful…
How AI Can Help You Recover Your Bitcoin
Introduction When people talk about Artificial Intelligence today, the conversation usually revolves around chatbots, image generators, coding assis…