The Bitcoin Script language is the core component that drives Bitcoin transactions. It's a specialized language that sets the rules for how Bitcoin can be spent, ensuring secure and verifiable ...

Bitcoin transactions require multiple confirmations to ensure security, with most considered final after six confirmations. Increasing network congestion, block size limits and transaction fees have ...

In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason about the basic functionality of the mempool, and how it was used by different kinds of users of the Bitcoin ...

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts. Update (April 17 at 2:30 am UTC): This ...

Bitcoin blocks record validated transactions every 10 minutes across the decentralized blockchain. SegWit allows blocks to fit more data, improving transaction throughput without changing the base ...

A look at different relay policy filters, and why they have always been a standard part of a node's mempool. In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason ...

Bitcoin's P2MR upgrade merged into the BIP repository. Protection from quantum computers is now a reality. Your funds just got a quantum-resistant security layer.