Arrrr - we made it mateys. (sorry cheesy I know) The Pirate Stream is live from the Open Source Hub. Join us, please share. This stream IS where we feature the SIGNAL of Bitcoin and Nostr dev, as well as the latest you'll want to know about cool projects and underground rumors that are inspecting #FreedomTech zap.stream

Surprising facts from my new report on Bitcoin's UTXO set: - 49% of UTXOs are sub 1000 sats - 30% of UTXOs are inscriptions related - 100k+ 10-year-old counterparty UTXOs store arbitrary data with fake multisig pub keys Read it in full here: research.mempool.space/utxo-set-report

Tune in for the pirate stream of the Open Source Hub May 28 and 29. Meet the people behind the projects that keep bitcoin ticking, check-in on OP_RETURN controversy, and interact via zaps! Only on NOSTR.

Great time to revisit this excellent series by glozow and murch on mempools and relay policy bitcoinops.org/en/blog/waiting-for-confirmation

Mike Tidwell and I have collected a bunch of questions and answers around the OP_RETURN debate here: stacker.news/items/971277

You are making a transaction, you check mempool and set what seems like an appropriate fee, but then a new degen mint drops and your transaction gets buried. New transactions coming in push your transaction further back, and 24 hours later it's 10 blocks deep. Fortunately you used Mempool Auto Acce

The Mempool Open Source Project® v3.0.0 is here! Over 5 years in the making, 10,000+ commits...and available for you to host on your very own server. Major new features include: - Mempool Accelerator™ - Mempool Goggles™ - RBF timelines - And more! Coming soon for 1-click installation on Umbrel ☂️, Start9, myNod