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Master Bitcoin’s tech with Bitcoin Magazine’s Technical category – in-depth articles on blockchain, protocols, and development.

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What Happens to Bitcoin When Quantum Computers Arrive?

Anthony Milton -
A high level overview of the recent report by Chaincode Labs on the threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains

Shinobi -
The second article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers Statechains, originally designed by Ruben Somsen, and implemented by CommerceBlock.
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Economic Bitcoin Nodes: Why You Need To Use Your Node For It To Matter

Shinobi -
Bitcoin nodes are what makes up the Bitcoin network, but without using them to verify your economic activity, they don't impact consensus.
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Bitcoin Layer 2: Ark

Shinobi -
The first article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Ark protocol designed by Burak, being built by Ark Labs and Second.
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Bitcoin Layer 2: The Key To Scaling Bitcoin

Shinobi -
Bitcoin and other blockchains are robust and decentralized systems, but they do not scale. In order to make them work, a layered approach is necessary.
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The Bitcoin Mempool: Private Mempools

Shinobi -
A look at the implications and consequences of the existence of private mempools on Bitcoin as an overall system.
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The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics

Shinobi -
A look at the transaction propagation dynamics introduced when nodes on the public relay network implement different filter policy.
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Not ECDSA. Not Schnorr. Meet DahLIAS.

Kiara Bickers -
Meet DahLIAS, a full aggregation signature scheme that works with secp256k1, Bitcoin's cryptographic curve.
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OP_RETURN Limits: Bitcoin’s Battle Over Arbitrary Data

Juan Galt -
Peter Todd and Luke Dashjr clash over Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN limits. Is it time to uncap data or fight spam with stricter filters?
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The Bitcoin Mempool: Why We Have Filters

Shinobi -
A look at different relay policy filters, and why they have always been a standard part of a node's mempool.
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The Bitcoin Mempool: What Is It For?

Shinobi -
A look at what the mempool is, how it functions, and why a healthy and open public mempool is important for Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin Core Developer Sjors Provoost: Bitcoin Core The Project

Shinobi -
A talk with Bitcoin Core developer Sjors Provoost about how the project is organized, and what it's like to contribute to it.
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