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.

Bitcoin Privacy: The Effects Of Surveillance On Society

The first of ten Bitcoin privacy-focused videos. Yuval Kogman joins Shinobi to discuss privacy in the digital era.

The Lightning Network Is Like the Ship Of Theseus

What is the Lightning Network? It is generally spoken about in analogies, metaphors or direct explanations of purpose.  “It’s the checking account, versus on-chain as the savings account.” “It’s a series...

The Government Is Not Your Friend

Bitcoiners need to stop begging the government for permission to exercise their rights. They are not our friends.

The Lightning Issue: Letter From The Editor

In this Letter From the Editor, Shinobi explores the hard truth that Bitcoin doesn’t scale on-chain - and why the Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s most promising solution for scaling trustlessly and globally.

Bitcoin Independence Day: Is Bitcoin History Being Forgotten?

Is Bitcoin history being forgotten, and the lessons of events like the UASF being forgotten? Do people remember Bitcoin Independence Day?

The First Amendment: Bitcoin Shall Not Be Abridged

The first amendment guarantees freedom of speech. Software is speech. Bitcoin is speech. So why is that being selectively criminalized?

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

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

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?

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

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

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