Bitcoin full nodes secure the network by independently verifying transactions and reinforcing Bitcoin’s consensus rules. Full nodes are a form of decentralization by eliminating reliance on ...

The Raspberry Pi—a credit card-sized, single-board PC renowned for its affordability and flexibility—offers a super platform for hosting a Bitcoin node. With its low strength consumption, silent ...

The lightweight zero-knowledge proof will allow Bitcoin users to verify payments without having to download the full blockchain history. StarkWare, a company specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) ...

Bitcoin-Safe, backed by a one-year OpenSats grant awarded in March 2025, enforces hardware wallet use for mainnet operations to minimize risks, distinguishing it from software-reliant alternatives ...

Blockchain technology has found applications in a wide range of industries, including financial services, entertainment, and supply chain management. And the core mechanism that allows any blockchain ...

Bitcoin product manufacturer FutureBit has launched the Apollo II, a home bitcoin mining device that integrates 5-nanometer (nm) ASIC technology and built-in mining pool software. Perspective: Bitcoin ...

A look at different relay policy filters, and why they have always been a standard part of a node's mempool. In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason ...

The Bitcoin transaction mempool is a temporary storage area for unconfirmed transactions that are waiting for a miner to add them to a new block. Every Bitcoin node runs a mempool and works to check ...