Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Latest Blog Posts
Jul
30
Small blocks vs big blocks – is it just tribalism? My reasons for believing small blocks are better
This piece will be fairly long. I will try to build up my arguments in a structured way. What is the reason we value bitcoin? Ultimately, bitcoin are just numbers in a special database (a blockchain). Why is it able to hold something we give value? I believe this is mainly due to these things: […]
Jan
09
Guide to Networking for LND
Getting networking correct for lnd can be daunting for a beginner. This guide is meant to help with that on a general level, but obviously there are too many different solutions out there that it can cover the specifics on different types of devics. I will start from the inside, at the lnd software. This guide will […]
Aug
18
A dystopian story from the year 2135.
“Grandpa, what is that large black building?”, said Tim. “Oh, that’s where our crypto is created”. “Oh, you mean Bitcoin?” “No, Tim. It’s not Bitcoin. Bitcoin is something else, but it’s not government sanctioned. But hush. The government doesn’t really want us to talk about it”. “But Grandpa, why did someone create a copy of our Bitcoin? I mean, […]
Aug
11
Bitcoin – cheap payments or decentralized settlement layer?
I’ve been meaning to write this for a while, to counter some misconceptions that are out there. The main misconception is that the current Bitcoin developers are against growth. In my opinion, nothing could be farther from the truth. To the contrary, they are the ones that understood early that to retain decentralization properties, we […]