Reflections on a Swatting: Inside One Bitcoin Engineer's Security Battle
Bitcoin developer and Casa wallet engineer Jameson Lopp recounts his 2017 swatting, and his fight to find his harasser.
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What the Data Tells Us About Bitcoin in 2017
Statistics show bitcoin is at the forefront of an increasingly complex ecosystem that continues to grow in a variety of ways. And it refuses to die.
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Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Could SPV Support a Billion Bitcoin Users? Sizing up a Scaling Claim
A deep dive into claims that it's safe to remove bitcoin's block size limit and instead rely on existing "simplified payment verification" methods.
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Jul 30, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin and the Benefits of 'Coopetition'
Jameson Lopp makes an impassioned plea for more cooperation between the players in the bitcoin space in order that the system can thrive.
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Jul 14, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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Nobody Understands Bitcoin (And That's OK)
Does anyone understand bitcoin? This multifaceted technology is different things to different people, and we should accept that, argues Jameson Lopp.
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Mar 11, 2017 at 12:35 p.m. UTC
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Review: Putting Ledger's New Bitcoin Hardware to the Test
Ledger's new hardware wallet is the most costly on the market. Does it have the features to justify the expense? BitGo's Jameson Lopp investigates.
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Jan 28, 2017 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's Security Model: A Deep Dive
CoinDesk takes a look under the hood to understand what security features are and aren't offered by bitcoin.
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Nov 13, 2016 at 2:57 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin: The Trust Anchor in a Sea of Blockchains
Bitcoin software engineer Jameson Lopp takes a deep and enlightening dive into the unique attributes that make up blockchains.
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Jul 23, 2016 at 12:16 p.m. UTC
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Building a Better Bitcoin Fee Market
Bitcoin may now have a fee market, but that reality doesn't mean the network has optimized for this environment, developer Jameson Lopp argues.
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May 8, 2016 at 4:31 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks
CoinDesk contributor Jameson Lopp traces the history of the cypherpunks, the band of innovators whose beliefs helped inspire the bitcoin movement.
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Apr 9, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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