Official account for the braidpool decentralized Bitcoin mining software. Decentralize share accounting, payout, and tx selection. https://xitter.cf/t.co/BMk6ZnEfim
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Sharon (@nkatha_kk) is a developer based in Nairobi 🇰🇪, and an alumna of @DadaDevs and @btrust_builders.
She completed the 2026 BOSS Challenge, where she made her first major Bitcoin open-source contribution.
Her grant-funded work focuses on @braidpool's mining infrastructure: strengthening Stratum V1 reliability, addressing gaps in protocol implementation, and improving scalability.
This work helps connect existing mining ⛏️ equipment with decentralized pool software.
Nkatha also helps lead discussions at @BitDevsNBO meetups, supporting learning and knowledge-sharing within the local developer community.
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Ansh (@AnshSharma54105) is a developer based in India 🇮🇳 and one of the first developers to receive direct Btrust grant funding outside Africa.
His work focuses on @braidpool, a project developing decentralized Bitcoin mining ⛏️ pool infrastructure.
With the long-term grant, Ansh will focus on performance, scalability, and network resilience, helping Braidpool remain responsive and reliable as participation grows and network conditions change.
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Our 2024 alumnus, @braidpool contributor & current @OpenSats/@HRF grantee @zaidmstrr dropping some serious alpha for this year’s cohort on going from a summer internship → long-term contributor → full-time Bitcoin open-source dev.
Alumni pulling the next cohort forward!
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This is what a healthy Bitcoin developer ecosystem looks like.
We’re proud to have supported @AnshSharma54105 along his journey, from Bitshala Fellowship and Starter Grant support to now working full-time on @braidpool with @btrustteam’s long-term support.
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What happens when you try to make Bitcoin mining software work with every kind of ASIC?
It gets messy. @priyaashuu takes us through 1.5+ years of building @braidpool's miner dashboard, from failed approaches and stubborn Antminer S9 firmware to automatic ASIC discovery with asic-rs.
A real open-source engineering story about hardware, software, and everything that breaks in between.
Read the full article ↓
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🟠New article by @AnshSharma54105 on @braidpool is out now! 🚀
We dive into mining decentralization, the mining monopoly problem, and how Braidpool addresses it. We also explores the core mechanics behind the Braid Consensus engine and Braidpool.
Check it out below.⤵️
#Bitcoin #Mining #Braidpool
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From Bitshala Fellow to Starter Grant recipient.
@AnshSharma54105 began contributing to @braidpool through the Bitshala Fellowship, and his work quickly stood out.
Later he got upgraded to a Starter Grant to continue building critical infrastructure for decentralised Bitcoin mining.
His current focus includes:
• Implementing decentralized mining pool architecture
• Integrating Stratum V2
• Optimizing consensus and P2P networking
• Building robust testing and validation workflows
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This summer we've accepted 2 @summerofbitcoin students, @priyaashuu and @KKinra80406! Priya was a SoB student last summer and has been a steady contributor wrangling our front-end and we look forward to working with @KKinra80406! Look for our launch this year!
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We have a side project on AI for this @summerofbitcoin with @Aru__09, @ParthDudhe07, @AnshSharma54105, and @rasesh_shetty. AI-based, automatic transcription of conference talks! Tons of ideas!
Check out the beta: genesis-kb.github.io/
Join the Discord: discord.gg/4fK7aRPTYQ
We have a side project on AI for this @summerofbitcoin with @Aru__09, @ParthDudhe07, @AnshSharma54105, and @rasesh_shetty. AI-based, automatic transcription of conference talks! Tons of ideas!
Check out the beta: genesis-kb.github.io/
Join the Discord: discord.gg/4fK7aRPTYQ
This summer we've accepted 2 @summerofbitcoin students, @priyaashuu and @KKinra80406! Priya was a SoB student last summer and has been a steady contributor wrangling our front-end and we look forward to working with @KKinra80406! Look for our launch this year!
We're super excited about Binohash and have a proposal to use it to enable Braidpool payouts. What do you think? (CCV/MATT is the correct covenant opcode for Braidpool, not CTV)
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Binohash: Transaction Introspection Without Softforks
A first transaction has been mined demonstrating a limited form of covenants using only existing Bitcoin script functions. This development potentially eliminates the need for a Bitcoin light client in BitVM bridges, simplifying the construction and improving security.
We hope this development furthers research on the possibility of creating introspection and covenants-style functionality on Bitcoin without the need for softforks, and advances discussions on the usability of covenants in Bitcoin and the use-cases they enable.
Many thanks to everyone at @idealgroup, as well as @PortlandHODL and the Slipstream team at @MARA for patching their nodes to mine these wacky transactions.
Full paper in the comments 👇
Braidpool needs more stars so I can get the Claude 20x Max plan!
github.com/braidpool/braidpo…
BitVM may be a very, very good solution to ensuring payouts are correct in Braidpool. Join our discord if you want to work on this, HELP WANTED!
BitVM2 made Bitcoin bridges possible. BitVM3 cut on-chain costs by 1,000x with garbled circuits. Now @liameagen's breakthrough scheme, Argo, cuts off-chain costs by another 1,000x—making off-chain computation on Bitcoin truly efficient and practical.
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Here it is. We dug it up for you. Some of the earliest work on Braids.
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⛏️ Traditional mining pools rely on a central authority, making co-option possible
@braidpool is a P2P pool where miners collaboratively build blocks without a central operator
HRF supports dev @zaidmstrr to contribute to a more decentralized & transparent mining model
Congratulations to @zaidmstrr for receiving a grant to work on Braidpool! The Audit Mode he's been working on supports the creation of a hashrate derivatives market, a key piece of infrastructure in bitcoin that most mature commodities markets have.
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