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The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado - The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Utreexo w/ Ruben Somsen - NADO 15

Oct 30, 2020

On this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. This time, the trio doesn’t discuss one of Somsen’s own proposals, but they dive into a concept by Tadge Dryja called Utreexo.

Helpful links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6n88DmkjU

Headers First, Assume Valid and Assume UTXO - NADO 14

Oct 23, 2020

On this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss “Assume UTXO”, a proposal and project by Chaincode Labs alumni James O’Beirne.

One of the biggest bottlenecks for scaling Bitcoin — if not the biggest one — is initial block download: the time it takes for a Bitcoin node to synchronize with...

Bitcoin Core 0.21 supports Tor v3 - NADO 13

Oct 16, 2020

Bitcoin Core 0.21 will support Tor v3 addresses. Aaron and Sjors explain what this means and why it matters, and also discuss how new Bitcoin nodes find existing Bitcoin nodes when they bootstrap to the network.

Helpful Links:

* Tor V3 (onion) address support in Bitcoin Core:

The Perpetual One-Way Peg - NADO 12

Oct 9, 2020

In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Ruben Somsen returns to explain his proposal to combine blind merged mining and perpetual one-way pegs in order to create a new type of sidechain. The bad news: it won't make you rich but it could help scale Bitcoin!

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Accounts for Bitcoin, Easypaysy! - NADO 11

Oct 2, 2020

In this episode Sjors and Aaron discuss Jose Femenias' Easypaysy proposal, an account system for Bitcoin, on Bitcoin. They also announce groundbreaking news: The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado now has its own RSS-feed!

Aaron's article covering Easypaysy on Bitcoin...