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title: Research | Chaincode Labs
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<div class="projects-container">
  <div class="page-intro">
    <p>
      Chaincode's research initiatives aim to support rigorous investigation of
      the open questions and challenges facing Bitcoin. We seek to foster
      greater engagement between Bitcoin and the academic community, helping
      ensure that the strongest ideas and insights contribute to Bitcoin's
      long-term development.
    </p>
  </div>

  <div class="publications">
    <p class="section-lead">Our team has worked on:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.23787" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin Mempool Linearization</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1454" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unjamming Lightning: A Systematic Approach</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nested MuSig2</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://chaincode.com/bitcoin-post-quantum.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin and quantum computing</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3840374" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lightning Network Economics: Channels</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.10518" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bandwidth-Efficient Transaction Relay for Bitcoin</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>

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      <img src="assets/images/chaincode-logo-yellow-100x100.png" alt="Chaincode Logo" />
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      <h3 class="item-title">RESEARCH DAY</h3>
      <h2 class="item-description">
        <a href="https://brd.chaincode.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin Research Day</a>
        brings together researchers and practitioners to share academic work
        that advances understanding of Bitcoin and its open challenges.
      </h2>
    </div>
  </div>

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      <img src="assets/images/chaincode-logo-yellow-100x100.png" alt="Chaincode Logo" />
    </div>
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      <h3 class="item-title">RESEARCH PRIZE</h3>
      <h2 class="item-description">
        Each year, we award a
        <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzW2WEX3kPrL8-j1xI3gg9PgfCiOWeRuyutZ_q0y-XgiCYag/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Research Prize</a>
        recognizing outstanding research that advances the state of the art in
        Bitcoin.
      </h2>
    </div>
  </div>

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      <img src="assets/images/chaincode-logo-yellow-100x100.png" alt="Chaincode Logo" />
    </div>
    <div class="text-column">
      <h3 class="item-title">BITCOIN SCHOLARSHIP</h3>
      <h2 class="item-description">
        Our
        <a href="https://bitcoinscholarship.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scholarship</a>
        provides a full year's tuition to exceptional students who are committed
        to contributing to Bitcoin open source research and development.
      </h2>
    </div>
  </div>

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      <img src="assets/images/chaincode-logo-yellow-100x100.png" alt="Chaincode Logo" />
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      <h3 class="item-title">PHD INTERNSHIPS</h3>
      <h2 class="item-description">
        We are happy to host PhD students for summer research internships
        relevant to our work. See our
        <a href="/jobs">jobs page</a> for more information.
      </h2>
    </div>
  </div>

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