Full nodes maintain the entire blockchain, ensuring maximum security and transaction integrity. Light nodes offer fast, resource-efficient access to Bitcoin, ideal for mobile and low-power devices.

Overview:  Hot wallets offer convenience but face higher risks from online threats.Cold wallets provide the strongest ...

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 ...

More than half of Bitcoin’s global mining network runs on renewable energy — and much of it comes from sources that would otherwise go unused. “More than half of the network is using some type of ...

After a cycle of sticky inflation, shifting interest rates, and geopolitical uncertainty, two assets keep coming up - gold and bitcoin. One is elemental, mined, and familiar. The other is digital, ...

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 ...