09-28, 09:30–10:00 (Europe/Berlin), Main Stage
An exploration into bitcoin transactions that show up in blocks without first being broadcast throughout the p2p network.
Since the creation of ordinals on Bitcoin we have seen a lot more controversy over what types of Bitcoin transactions should be considered spam. Protocols built on ordinals have also created new game theory that can incentivize miners to prioritize transaction confirmation differently. And we have seen a rise in people creating non-standard transactions in order to perform unique operations.
One metric worth tracking with regard to the health and transparency of the network is this: how many transactions are bypassing being broadcast to the p2p network? There are a variety of potential negative consequences if that number becomes sufficiently large.
Jameson has been building multisig wallets since 2015. He is the co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa and also founded Mensa's Bitcoin Special Interest Group, the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup, and several open source Bitcoin projects. He enjoys researching various aspects of the ecosystem and giving presentations about what he has learned the hard way while trying to write robust software that can withstand both adversaries and unsophisticated users.