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.

Timeout Trees: A Solution To Scaling Lightning Network LSPs

John Law's Timeout Tree proposal is one of the first concrete designs for a channel factory to address Lightning's scaling limitations.

Two-Sided Coin Control

From “The Withdrawal Issue”, Shinobi discusses the nature of Bitcoin scaling and the choice between trusted third parties, or upgrading Bitcoin to remove the need for them.

Piecing Together The Pre-History Of Bitcoin With Aaron van Wirdum’s ‘The Genesis Book’

Aaron van Wirdum pieces together the entire history of the inventions and cultures that culminated with the creation of Bitcoin.

BitVM: But Can It Run DOOM?

Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.

Satoshi’s Sophon: Destroyer of BRC-20s

A superintelligent subatomic Artificial Intelligence is reeking havoc in the mempool.

The Big Deal with BitVM: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork

Any arbitrary computation can now be verified on Bitcoin, with no softfork necessary, in a challenge-response based protocol that can be enforced on-chain.

Readers Respond To The Cult Of The Covenant

Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.

Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node’s UTXO Set

After four years of work, James O'Beirne's assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.

Bitcoin Payment Service BTCPay Server Now Easier to Integrate with React Apps

Ant (TimechainStats) and TC (Timechain Calendar) both pitched in together to make BTCPay Button integration into React applications as simple as drop in and go.

Runes: An Attempt At A Serious Protocol, Or Another Children’s Toy?

Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Ordinals, recently released a proposal for the Runes protocol. Will this actually lead to sustainable protocol development, or will the frogs make a mess again?

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