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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.

What the heck is CatVM?

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
A breakdown of Taproot Wizard's recent CatVM proposal, what it actually is, and what it could be useful for.

Dogma Kills Brain Cells

CULTURE Shinobi -
All cultures require some overarching belief to hold it together as a cohesive identity. But when that belief is followed too blindly it leads to stagnation and dissent. From "The Inscription Issue".

The BitVM Liquidity Crunch Issue

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
An analysis of the recent criticism of BitVM based two way pegs published by Taproot Wizards.

BitVM 2: Opening Up The Playing Field

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Robin Linus has recently released a proposal for BitVM 2, offering significant improvements from the original BitVM proposal.

Bitcoin: The Tree of Bytes

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
While Bitcoin is chiefly a system for transferring digital value, it is inherently and always will be so much more than just that.

Mercury Layer’s Lightning Latch Swap Protocol

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
The new atomic swap protocol developed by Commerceblock for their Mercury Layer protocol begins the process of stitching the Lightning Network and statechains together to function as a singular system.

Understanding Your Bitcoin Keys: Bip39 Seed Words

SPONSORED Shinobi -
How large numbers and randomness secure your bitcoin, and what your seed phrase has to do with it. The first installment of “10 Steps to Self-Sovereignty” powered by Ledger.

Anduro: A Network of Sidechains

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Anduro is a federated/merge mined hybrid sidechain design, specifically designed to enable the federation to manage multiple sidechains with differing architectures.

Second EIA Survey Extension Being Pushed With Open Comment Period

LEGAL Shinobi -
While the court case in Waco, Texas over the EIA emergency survey is going well, we are not out of the woods entirely even if the case is decided in miners' favor.

Layer 2 Is Not A Magic Incantation

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Layer 2s are inherently limited in what they can accomplish, and importantly under what trust model they can accomplish things, by what the Layer 1 they are built on is capable of.
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