Shinobi

Shinobi
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Shinobi is an pseudonymous self taught educator in the Bitcoin space. He was the co-host of Block Digest, a news/tech oriented Bitcoin podcast, as well as What Bitcoin Did Tech Show with Peter McCormack which centered around explaining technical concepts to non-technical users. That is all he will tell us about himself.

The Cost Of Self Custody: TANSTAAFL

The cost of an on-chain transaction is an inescapable variable in the cost of self custody, even for off-chain layers.

The Blockspace Market: A Darwinian Forge

A look at the dynamics of multiple use cases competing among each other for blockspace.

Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains

The fourth article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers sidechains, a concept originally proposed by the founders of Blockstream.

Trustodial: An Ontological Dilemma

"Trustodial" systems like statechains introduce a dilemma in terms of what constitutes self custodial.

Bitcoin Layer 2: Lightning Network

The third article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Lightning Network created by Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja.

Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains

The second article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers Statechains, originally designed by Ruben Somsen, and implemented by CommerceBlock.

Economic Bitcoin Nodes: Why You Need To Use Your Node For It To Matter

Bitcoin nodes are what makes up the Bitcoin network, but without using them to verify your economic activity, they don't impact consensus.

Bitcoin Layer 2: Ark

The first article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Ark protocol designed by Burak, being built by Ark Labs and Second.

Bitcoin Layer 2: The Key To Scaling Bitcoin

Bitcoin and other blockchains are robust and decentralized systems, but they do not scale. In order to make them work, a layered approach is necessary.

Bitcoin Builders Exist Because Of Users

Nicholas Gregory was the co-founder of CommerceBlock, which built Sidechains, Timestamping services, and the only Statechain implementation.

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