12 docs tagged with "bitcoin"

Comparison of Bitcoin address formats including Legacy, P2SH, SegWit (Bech32), native SegWit, and Taproot, with guidance on which to use for compatibility, privacy, and future-proofing.

Bitcoin Core is the reference implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. Originally released by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 as "Bitcoin," it remains the most widely used, reviewed, and trusted node software.

Neutral comparison of Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots consensus rules, mempool policies, BIP-110/RDTS differences, and guidance on choosing based on your transaction filtering preferences.

Comparison of full, pruned, archival, Simplified Payment Verification (SPV), and neutral nodes; explains trade-offs in storage, trust, privacy, and validation guarantees.

Survey of the Bitcoin protocol layer including consensus rules, peer-to-peer messaging, mempool policy, and the BIP process for proposing changes.

Methods for acquiring Bitcoin without identity verification including Bisq, RoboSats, HodlHodl, Azteco vouchers, Bitcoin ATMs, and in-person trades.

Continuum of Bitcoin privacy from basic hygiene (address reuse avoidance, Tor) to advanced techniques (CoinJoin, Silent Payments, lightning, Nostr) — matched to user capability and threat model.

Modular compositions of tools for on-chain, Lightning, and metadata privacy — including CoinJoin, Silent Payments, Tor, and Nostr/SSH isolation.

Modular on-chain, Lightning, and metadata privacy stack compositions — compares CoinJoin, Silent Payments, Tor, Nostr, and SSH isolation approaches for different threat models.

Fundamentals of Nakamoto consensus, difficulty adjustment, hash rate measurement, energy economics, and the security model underlying Bitcoin's immutability.

StartOS (formerly Start9OS) is a Debian-based operating system designed specifically for self-hosting Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure. It packages complex services into one-click installs with automatic Tor and LAN access.

Explanation of the UTXO accounting model, coin selection, consolidation, dust limits, and how UTXO management affects privacy, fees, and wallet performance.