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sylsau on 25.09.2026 10:26 a.m. **“Mine now. Verify later.”** Bitcoin miners tried that shortcut in 2015. They built a six-block invalid chain. Now a researcher wants to redesign the rules so mining can run ahead of full validation safely. **The headline: roughly 10× throughput in simulation, while keeping a ten-minute block interval.** The hard part starts when the data arrives late—or never. **Can honest nodes agree when they receive different information? Can miners exploit the delay? When does your payment actually become spendable?** Those questions decide whether this is a scaling breakthrough or an expensive new way to repeat an old mistake. One principle has to survive: Your node must still be able to reject invalid money—even when miners have already spent electricity building on it. **How much extra complexity would you accept for more Bitcoin capacity?**
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**“Mine now. Verify later.”**
Bitcoin miners tried that shortcut in 2015. They built a six-block invalid chain.
Now a researcher wants to redesign the rules so mining can run ahead of full validation safely.
**The headline: roughly 10× throughput in simulation, while keeping a ten-minute block interval.**
The hard part starts when the data arrives late—or never.
**Can honest nodes agree when they receive different information? Can miners exploit the delay? When does your payment actually become spendable?**
Those questions decide whether this is a scaling breakthrough or an expensive new way to repeat an old mistake.
One principle has to survive:
Your node must still be able to reject invalid money—even when miners have already spent electricity building on it.
**How much extra complexity would you accept for more Bitcoin capacity?**