July 2022 | Technical Difficulties

The difference between stale and orphan blocks

Post published:July 29, 2022
Post Category:Bitcoin

The deeper I go into Bitcoin, the more confusion I see around certain words and definitions. One example I'd like to talk about today involves the terms "stale block" and…

SegWit Fixed This: Understanding how the Quadratic Sighash Problem was O(n²)

Post published:July 22, 2022
Post Category:Bitcoin

I'm participating in Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Protocol Development seminar and this week we are taking a deep dive into SegWit. One of the things SegWit fixed was something called the…

Technical Difficulties

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