Proof-of-Work (PoW) was originally invented as a measure against email spams.
Merklized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST) are a proposed addition to Bitcoin that allows for smaller transaction sizes, more privacy, and larger smart contracts.
In this series, I’ve already covered one performance improvement (per-output chainstate db) and a couple of user features (better fee estimation and bumpfee in...
What if I told you that there’s a way you can save more than 80% on transaction fees by compressing your Bitcoin transactions?
In January of this year, I moved to New York to take a job contributing full time to open source Bitcoin projects.