2018 opens with an unexpected detour into the world of cryptocurrency.
Linda Coin Control
Like many developers in early 2018, I got curious about cryptocurrency. I built a PHP-based coin control script for the Linda cryptocurrency. Coin control is about managing which specific coins (UTXOs) get spent in transactions - useful for privacy and fee optimization.
Learning the Blockchain
Working with cryptocurrency forced me to understand blockchain concepts at a deeper level than just reading about them. Concepts like UTXOs, transaction signing, and fee estimation become very real when you’re writing code that interacts with actual money (however volatile that money’s value might be).
Back to the Day Job
While crypto was an interesting diversion, the enterprise work continues. The Zillow.Services library I wrote years ago still gets occasional updates as the API evolves.