Bitcoin full nodes secure the network by independently verifying transactions and reinforcing Bitcoin’s consensus rules. Full nodes are a form of decentralization by eliminating reliance on ...

What is an economic node? To understand that, you need to first conceptually understand how a user interacts with the Bitcoin network in the first place. Bitcoin is a database, and a network to ...

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 ...

A look at the transaction propagation dynamics introduced when nodes on the public relay network implement different filter policy. In the last Mempool article, I went over the different kinds of ...

A quantum-resistant Bitcoin upgrade is inevitable, but ignoring full node incentives could accelerate centralization. Fixing this flaw now is the only way to secure Bitcoin’s future. Bitcoin (BTC) has ...

Further to the recent launch of the company’s Pr1bit cryptocurrency solution for SMEs, Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group PLC is announcing the launch of its Lightning Network Routing Node for Bitcoin ...