BITCOIN

Bitcoin General Bitcoin discussion that is not narrowly technical: adoption, custody practice, monetary properties, culture, and the trade-offs behind how people actually use it. Protocol & Development Bitcoin protocol work: consensus rules, BIPs, script and soft-fork proposals, Core and alternative implementations, and the review process behind changes. Lightning & Scaling Lightning Network and other Bitcoin scaling approaches: channel management, routing and liquidity, node operation, implementations, and sidechain or off-chain designs. Wallets, Nodes & Technical Support Practical help with Bitcoin software: wallet setup and backup, seed and descriptor handling, hardware devices, node installation, sync problems, fees and stuck transactions. Bitcoin Mining Mining as a practical activity: hardware selection and tuning, pools and payout schemes, firmware, hosting and energy arrangements, heat and noise, and mining economics.