A Bitcoin-Focused Research Center in the Bay Area

A space for advancing, maintaining, and securing open-source software critical to the Bitcoin network.

Gratitude 003: Sympatico

Gratitude 003: Sympatico

November 02, 2026

A reflection on our summer 2026 Visiting Scholars and a special thank you to Sympatico Ventures for their generous commitment to our organization.

Notes from a Post-Quantum Workshop

Notes from a Post-Quantum Workshop

October 28, 2026

A recap of the talks and sessions held during the first Bitcoin-focused post-quantum workshop, co-hosted with Dan Boneh and Coinbase at Stanford University.

PRAWNS

PRAWNS

September 27, 2026

PRAWNS: PRF-Assisted Winternitz N-party Signatures. A post-quantum thresholdization scheme for Winternitz one-time signatures.

pseudoramdom

pseudoramdom

September 20, 2026

Localhost Research welcomes the newest member of its Bitcoin Core Unit, pseudoramdom.