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Isah Theophilus Excellent

@ExtheoLagos, NigeriaJoined April 2022

A software developer and Bitcoin enthusiast.

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ITIsah Theophilus Excellentextheo.hashnode.devJul 11, 2022 · 7 min read

Understanding Bitcoin Taproot

Taproot is a soft fork of the Bitcoin network which led to the creation of several Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), the most notable being BIP 340 and BIP 341. Given that scalability is a challenge, efficiency and privacy have long been at the c...

ITIsah Theophilus Excellentextheo.hashnode.devMay 31, 2022 · 5 min read

Point Time Locked Contracts (part two)

In the last article, I wrote about what PTLCs are, how they improve on HTLCs, and gave technical examples showing their intricacies and arguing their benefits. This article will explore how similar PTLCs are to HTLCs, as well as some problems associa...

ITIsah Theophilus Excellentextheo.hashnode.devMay 29, 2022 · 8 min read

Point Time Locked Contracts (part one)

This article is the first in a two-part series which aims to explain some of the technicalities of Lightning Network PTLCs and how they compare with HTLCs. Overview of PTLCs The Lightning Network protocol uses multihop locks for processing payments. ...

ITIsah Theophilus Excellentextheo.hashnode.devApr 29, 2022 · 5 min read

Lightning invoice vs Bitcoin address

Bitcoin and lightning are so linked that their essential ideas are nearly identical. Payment receipt procedures are a unique and crucial feature of both technologies. It's the bitcoin address for bitcoin, and the lightning invoice for lightning (BOLT...

ITIsah Theophilus Excellentextheo.hashnode.devApr 23, 2022 · 8 min read

Build a Bitcoin Mempool observer

The Bitcoin mempool is an important part of the technology. This is the first of two articles on how to build a mempool observer. The backend, which serves as a server to our client application, will be covered in this post. Let's start with a basic ...

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Lightning invoice vs Bitcoin address

Build a Bitcoin Mempool observer

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Understanding Bitcoin Taproot

Point Time Locked Contracts (part two)

Point Time Locked Contracts (part one)

Lightning invoice vs Bitcoin address

Build a Bitcoin Mempool observer