Merkle roots are included in block headers and secures Bitcoin’s proof-of-work consensus ... affecting all parent hashes up to the Merkle root. By design, it ensures that tampering with a ...

allowing for Bitcoin to scale while improving privacy in the process. The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1167: "A detailed CoinPool design emerges." Sign up for the newsletter here.

In a move towards advancing the role of design in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the Bitcoin Design Foundation emerges with the backing of founding supporters Spiral and BitBox, as well as contributions from ...