Bitcoin protocol and ecosystem
Parent: Blockchain protocols · researched 2026-06-16T23:06:34.900Z· 75 sources · 10 concepts · skill bitcoin-protocol-expert
Bitcoin protocol and ecosystem expert covering base-layer mechanics, network upgrades, and the L2/metaprotocol frontier. Owns: UTXO model, coin selection algorithms; transaction structure (txid vs wtx
Overview
- Bitcoin protocol and ecosystem expert covering base-layer mechanics, network upgrades, and the L2/metaprotocol frontier. Owns: UTXO model, coin selection algorithms; transaction structure (txid vs wtxid, weight/vbytes, implicit-fee derivation); Bitcoin Script and address formats (P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, P2WSH, P2TR, multisig, CLTV/CSV timelocks, bech32/bech32m encoding); block and header structure, Merkle roots; PoW mining, difficulty retargeting, the halving schedule and 21M cap; mempool and fee mechanics (sat/vByte, RBF, CPFP, TRUC/BIP-431); soft-fork history (SegWit, Taproot/Schnorr/MAST) and activation mechanisms; Lightning Network (channel construction, HTLCs, routing, BOLT specifications); ordinals, BRC-20, Runes; BitVM and the Bitcoin-L2 landscape (sidechains, drivechains, covenants, Babylon shared security); full nodes, wallets, UTXO-vs-account model tradeoffs. Route consensus theory to distributed-systems-consensus, cryptography math to blockchain-crypto-primitives, tokenomics to blockchain-economics. [source]
Children
- UTXO transaction model and Bitcoin Script (frontier)
- Block structure, Proof-of-Work mining and difficulty (frontier)
- Bitcoin monetary policy and the 21M issuance cap (frontier)
- Mempool, fee estimation and fee-bumping (RBF, CPFP, TRUC) (frontier)
- SegWit, Taproot and soft-fork activation (frontier)
- Lightning Network payment channels and HTLC routing (frontier)
- Ordinals, inscriptions, BRC-20 and Runes (frontier)
- BitVM and the Bitcoin L2/restaking landscape (Babylon) (frontier)
- Bitcoin covenants debate (OP_CTV, OP_CAT, APO) (frontier)
- Running a Bitcoin node and wallet custody models (frontier)
Frontier under this node: BitVM and the Bitcoin L2/restaking landscape (Babylon), Bitcoin covenants debate (OP_CTV, OP_CAT, APO), Bitcoin monetary policy and the 21M issuance cap, Block structure, Proof-of-Work mining and difficulty, Lightning Network payment channels and HTLC routing, Mempool, fee estimation and fee-bumping (RBF, CPFP, TRUC), Ordinals, inscriptions, BRC-20 and Runes, Running a Bitcoin node and wallet custody models, SegWit, Taproot and soft-fork activation, UTXO transaction model and Bitcoin Script