SkyLords Bitcoin Lab
SkyLords Bitcoin Lab

SkyLords Bitcoin Lab

A hands-on lab for Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr and experimental software. Real tests, lessons, failures and discoveries from building tools, exploring decentralized protocols and learning how the technology actually works.


My Laptop Needs 8.6 Billion Years to Mine a Bitcoin Block

6 hours ago 5 minute read 1 comment SkyLords

My laptop’s estimated time to find a Bitcoin block was around 8.6 billion years. Yes, billion. At that point, I had to admit that my mining strategy might need a few adjustments. 😄 But the experiment turned out to be much more valuable than I expect...

I Built My Own Nostr Signer and Discovered a Different Security Problem

6 hours ago 2 minute read 1 comment SkyLords

I started building my own Nostr signer for a simple reason: I wanted to understand what actually happens between a Nostr client and my private key. I didn't want signing to remain a black box. That small experiment became a browser extension I call...