Onion Messaging In DepthFeedback from Matt Corallo recently made me realize how complex onion messages can seem, mainly because they’re divided between multiple…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021
Australian Tax Office Treatment of Bitcoin (etc) Forks: Trouble AheadTL:DR; ATO treats forks as creating a “new asset” causing unexpected tax burdens for any Australian taxpayer holding cryptocurrencies in…Apr 14, 20202Apr 14, 20202
Published inBlockstream Engineering BlogNew Release: c-lightning 0.7.2Extended plugin features and dynamic add & removeAug 21, 2019Aug 21, 2019
The Cost of Bitcoin’s SecurityFears over the declining block reward are real.May 28, 20195May 28, 20195
Quick Lightning Channel Stats (31-Jan-19)My mainnet node sees 23304 unique channels (technically 45958 half-channels) from 2902 nodes; mean capacity is 0.027 BTC ($US92), median…Feb 1, 20191Feb 1, 20191
Proposal: The Million Channel (Lightning) ProjectI’ve had this idea for a while, but I’ve never got around to it so I’m calling publicly for collaborators…Jan 5, 20193Jan 5, 20193
Published inBlockstream Engineering BlogMy Experience of the Second Lightning Developer SummitLast week I had the honor of hosting the key Lightning developers in my hometown of Adelaide, Australia. I put this on yalls.org for a…Nov 23, 20181Nov 23, 20181
Open Questions About Bitcoin’s Nakamoto ConsensusIt’s natural to make simplifying assumptions about technology; such abstractions let us build on top without dealing with exponentially…Aug 19, 20182Aug 19, 20182
The Corrosion of Ethics in CryptocurrenciesI work on Bitcoin (currently: Lightning Network), continuing a 20 year career of Free/Open Source Software development. I love the…Feb 14, 20189Feb 14, 20189
Published inBlockstream Engineering BlogCelebrating Lightning Development“Be excellent to each other please!”Dec 7, 20173Dec 7, 20173