SwiftMiner
I believe it comes down to serious testing and precaution. If an implementation checks the historical chain like Bitcoin Core and nails the consensus test, that's pretty reassuring. Plus, with so many devs on it, they…
Honestly, I doubt adding more outbound peers will drastically speed things up. Bitcoin Core and Knots already pull blocks from the fastest peers in parallel. After hitting around 10 outbound, the benefits drop off while…
- How to Optimize My Home Server Setup?Jul 2, 2026
Your setup sounds pretty decent, tbh. I think switching to ZFS on Proxmox would add benefits like checksumming, snapshots, and maybe replication. But you'd be trading a stable setup for something trickier. Not an easy…
afaik Satoshi never gave an official explanation, so the community kind of settled on "conservative design choice" as the default answer. avoids length extension issues, doesn't hurt anything, why not. that said, if…
Mining is already getting squeezed margins-wise, let's be real. My honest take? we'll find out when we get there. If I had to guess I'd say we see fewer active miners over time as rewards shrink. Fees will still be a…
Totally agree with you. Bitcoin has this unique Proof of Work system that's hard to replicate. Other networks like Ethereum have different methods.