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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.

Jevons Paradox: What It Actually Means For Bitcoin

MARKETS Shinobi -
Jevon's Paradox is a core economic concept underlying the plan to scale Bitcoin in layers rather than increasing the throughput of the blockchain itself. However, it is a sorely misunderstood concept.

Mercury Layer: A Massive Improvement On Statechains

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
CommerceBlock has taken their initial Mercury statechain implementation, a second layer akin to Lightning, and massively improved the privacy for users. The operator now is incapable of learning anything about users on-chain activity.

Breez Announces FiatLink: A Lightning To Fiat API Standard

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Breez is integrating a standard API format into Breez SDK for Lightning wallets and applications to integrate fiat on/off ramp functionality.

Developers Don’t Work For You

CULTURE Shinobi -
People are starting to get very confused about what their relationship is with Bitcoin developers, it's time to address that confusion.

Fuck The Fed, Go Local

CULTURE Shinobi -
Colorado and Washington state legalized marijuana in 2012 and by doing so, told the federal government to go fuck itself. Why Bitcoiners can learn from this model of political change. From “The Primary Issue”.

Ocean Adds Block Template Selection Option

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
As a stepping stone towards eventual integration of Stratum v2, Ocean Mining has added the ability for miners to select from multiple block template sources when mining at the pool.

BTCPay And Strainly Publish Case Study On The Hemp Industry

BUSINESS Shinobi -
BTCPay and Strainly have produced a case study on the efficacy of Bitcoin as a payment rails to serve merchants and users participating in industries closed off from legacy financial services.

Braidpool: A Second Competitor In Decentralizing Mining

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Braidpool is a protocol proposal for a completely decentralized mining pool, leaving no part of the pool's role the responsibility of a centralized actor.

CrowdHealth Crowdfunding Platform Integrates Lightning With Breez SDK

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
CrowdHealth, a startup focusing on crowdfunded healthcare products in lieu of insurance plans, integrates Lightning payments with the help of Breez SDK.

A Post-Mortem on the Launch of Ocean, the Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
The launch of Ocean's mining pool was definitely not smooth, but that shouldn't distract from conversations around the problems they are attempting to solve.
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