Read the past

History cannot predict, but it can reveal risk.

11 articles in this rubric.

History cannot promise profit, but it can expose repeated decisions, fear, euphoria and error.

The network kept working while a compromised venue showed the world a distorted market price.

How repeated compromises turned a technical weakness into a crisis of custody, records, and responsibility.

How a dangerous block-validation bug was repaired before details were published and disclosed after the vulnerable branch reached end of life.

How miners signalled support for new rules while building on an invalid block.

A hypothesis about old, unmoved BTC—and why output age cannot prove key loss.

What happened in 2018–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022, 2023–2024, and 2025–2026, without a price forecast.

Why the same-looking depeg can mean a temporary liquidity break, a reserve problem, or the collapse of the design itself.

How the same technology became a possible utility customer in Amory and a source of conflict for residents near Somerville.

How an Elements bug allowed about 4,000 unbacked L-BTC to be created and why valid signatures did not stop a payout of real BTC.

Why Eclair 0.14.3 is a security release and how bugs in channel closing, splicing, and on-the-fly funding could affect a node's balance.