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Shinobi

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

Articles From This Author

The Bitcoin blockchain ensures transactions are transaction history is immutable.
Technical

Exploring The Bitcoin Use Cases Of Spacechains

By ShinobiJun 30, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is the first project built on blockchain technology.
Technical

Spacechains: How This New Bitcoin Sidechain Proposal Works

By ShinobiJun 29, 2022
Feature
BOLT 12 and LNURL seem to accomplish the same things for users of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. But what are the technical differences?
Technical

BOLT 12 And LNURL: What Is The Future For Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

By ShinobiJun 20, 2022
Feature
The Lightning Gossip Protocol is the method in which nodes on that network communicate, speak to each other and talk for Bitcoin.
Technical

Improving The Privacy Of The Lightning Network’s Gossip Protocol

By ShinobiJun 6, 2022
Opinion
Now Bitcoin Core’s most prolific developer, Marco Falke’s work is the daily maintenance and testing of an open-source project that must reject error.
Culture

Bitcoin Developers Have Technical Expertise That Users Don’t

By ShinobiMay 31, 2022
Opinion
Adoption & community - Liquid Network Expands With New Memberships and Integrations
Technical

A Problem With Bitcoin's Lightning Network Liquidity And Ideas To Address It

By ShinobiMay 28, 2022
Opinion
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Technical

Why The Denial-Of-Service Argument Against BOLT 12 Doesn’t Hold Up

By ShinobiMay 27, 2022
Opinion
With TVL At All-Time Highs, The Lightning Network’s Time Has Come
Technical

A Few Ways We Can Upgrade Lightning Network Payment Routing

By ShinobiMay 20, 2022
Opinion
Paul Puey talks about buying bitcoin on the Edge mobile wallet and tackles key issues related to Bitcoin privacy.
Culture

The Problems With Bitcoin Magazine’s Arculus Partnership

By ShinobiMay 20, 2022
Opinion
The feud between bitcoin mixing services Wasabi and Samourai should not come down to the latter’s Transaction Zero feature.
Technical

Wasabi Versus Samourai: TX0 Has Nothing To Do With It

By ShinobiMay 19, 2022
Opinion
Lightning shows the way forward for bitcoin as its layer two protocol.
Culture

Why Bitcoin’s Ossification Will Eventually Be Necessary

By ShinobiMay 19, 2022
Opinion
What Are Bitcoin Forks?
Technical

How Bitcoin Should Be Upgraded In The Future

By ShinobiMay 16, 2022
Opinion
Everything you need to know to install and operate a Bitcoin node connected to the blockchain via satellite, and enjoy full sovereignty.
Technical

Analyzing BIP119 And The Controversy Surrounding It

By ShinobiMay 9, 2022
Opinion
Specter is a bitcoin wallet provider that was interviewed in this piece.
Business

A Look At The Future Of Specter And Bitcoin Sovereignty With Moritz Wietersheim

By ShinobiApr 29, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin private key storage and management is a key part of keeping protection privacy and security of your vaults and wallets.
Technical

Weighing The Options Of Bitcoin Private Key Management

By ShinobiApr 27, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is a key that unlocks a metaphorical prison cell.
Technical

Bitcoin Silent Payments And Secret Blinding Keys

By ShinobiApr 25, 2022
Opinion
Lightning is in a race to become the fastest Layer Two implementation and Bitcoin will go quicker.
Technical

How Bitcoin’s Leading Lightning Implementations Are Expanding Functionality

By ShinobiApr 15, 2022
Feature
Op Ed: In China, It’s Blockchain and Tyranny vs Bitcoin and Freedom
Business

Sanctions As A Driver Of Bitcoin Adoption

By ShinobiMar 7, 2022
Opinion
Organizations meant to help Ukraine resist occupation by Russia are raising significant amounts of bitcoin donations. But they need to do so more privately.
Culture

How Bitcoin Allowed A Ukrainian Refugee To Escape War And Start Fighting Back On His Own Terms

By ShinobiFeb 26, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin mining pools rely on centralization, but P2Pool and other protocols have sought to reduce the need for trust in third parties.
Technical

How P2P Protocols Seek To Solve Bitcoin Mining Centralization

By ShinobiFeb 26, 2022
Feature
Law & justice - Tether Partly Backed by Bitcoin
Business

Bitcoin, Tether And Poking The Financial Beast

By ShinobiJan 30, 2022
Opinion
NFL star and Nigerian descendant Russell Okung asks the Nigerian government to adopt a Bitcoin standard or risk falling behind.
Culture

As It Embraces Bitcoin, Nigeria Offers Lessons To The Developing World

By ShinobiJan 28, 2022
Feature
There are numerous factors to consider in weighing the centralization of bitcoin mining, and the industry can only be as decentralized as any one.
Business

How Centralized Is Bitcoin Mining Really?

By ShinobiDec 6, 2021
While ZeroLink CoinJoin implementations are generally more popular, the JoinMarket project has potential to offer decentralized and truly private Bitcoin mixing.
Technical

JoinMarket Vs. ZeroLink And The Road To Decentralized Bitcoin Privacy Through CoinJoin

By ShinobiDec 2, 2021
Bitcoin is the first project built on blockchain technology.
Technical

Yes, Bitcoin Is A Smart Contract Platform

By ShinobiNov 29, 2021
Taproot Is Coming To Bitcoin, How It Works, Its History And Implications
Technical

Taproot Is Coming To Bitcoin: How It Works, Its History And Implications

By ShinobiNov 11, 2021
Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
Business

Bitcoin Mining And The Global Semiconductor Shortage Are On A Collision Course

By ShinobiOct 30, 2021
With 40 million tons of e-waste generated each year, the unique incentives created by bitcoin miners offer a solution to a growing problem.
Business

How Bitcoin Mining Is Solving Our E-Waste Crisis

By ShinobiOct 21, 2021
Bitcoin as a thought philosophy and idea is extremely complex.
Culture

NFTs And The Definition Of Art

By ShinobiOct 6, 2021
When Bitcoin projects, businesses and platforms raise money (fundraise), they receive large amounts of capital in fiat.
Culture

The FCA Influencer Program And Bitcoin

By ShinobiOct 4, 2021
Lightning is the future for bitcoin technical operation and cryptography.
Culture

Two Different Ideas Of The Lightning Network

By ShinobiOct 2, 2021
Bitcoin security and private keys are important to maintain the safety and privacy of.
Technical

This Tool Can Protect Your Privacy When Using Bitcoin

By ShinobiSep 24, 2021
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Technical

Why The Bitcoin Lightning Network Doesn’t Work (Yet)

By ShinobiSep 10, 2021
Choosing Bitcoin is a way to opt out of the inflationary fiat institutional system.
Culture

El Salvador: Does Everything Really Benefit Bitcoin?

By ShinobiSep 8, 2021