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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.

Samourai Wallet Gives In With Guilty Pleas, But It Was All Their Risk

TAKES Shinobi -
While the Samourai Wallet's guilty pleas could have implications for the wider ecosystem, ultimately it was just two men's risk.

Cypherpunks Used To Dream of True Disruption

TAKES Shinobi -
Cypherpunks used to dream of true disruption to the whole world order, now they're mostly integrating with it. What happened?

What Does Scaling Bitcoin Mean? What Are We Scaling?

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
Scaling Bitcoin needs to be defined. What part of Bitcoin are we trying to scale? What are we trying to preserve in that process?

The Quantum Bitcoin Summit: A Grounded Look At The Issues

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
The Quantum Bitcoin Summit brought together experts in both quantum computing and Bitcoin, this is a summary of the event.

The Cost Of Self Custody: TANSTAAFL

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
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

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

Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
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

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

Bitcoin Layer 2: Lightning Network

TECHNICAL Shinobi -
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

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