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Silent Payments Improve Privacy Without Adding Data To Bitcoin

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Silent payments improve user privacy and are similar to stealth addresses and reusable payment codes, but actually save space on the Bitcoin blockchain.
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Bitcoin Changes With User-Signaled Soft Forks

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UASF versus URSF is one mechanism for proposed changes to Bitcoin’s code. This should be the way changes to Bitcoin are decided and implemented.
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The Release Of Bitcoin Core 23.0

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The newest update to Bitcoin’s main reference implementation was recently released. The hosts of “Bitcoin, Explained” give important context for the change.
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The Pros, Cons And Possibilities For Bitcoin’s Discreet Log Contracts

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Discussing Discreet Log Contracts, a type of smart contract that can be leveraged for many financial instruments on Bitcoin.
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How Federated eCash And Bitcoin Can Embed Properties Of A Digital Cash System

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Discussing Bitcoin and Federated Ecash, a Blockstream-sponsored project that builds on David Chaum's Digicash startup from the early 1990s.
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Explaining How Compact Blocks Can Make Bitcoin More Efficient

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Compact Blocks, used by Bitcoin Core nodes since version 0.13, contain minimal amounts of data to improve efficiency.
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Discussing The Fake Peer Attack On Bitcoin

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Discussing a recent attack on the Bitcoin network, in which some nodes were flooding peers with fake IP addresses.
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A First Look At The Chivo App, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Wallet

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Discussing and explaining the technicalities of El Salvador's government-directed bitcoin wallet, Chivo.
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Bitcoin Core 22.0 Explained

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The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado has rebranded, and is now called Bitcoin, Explained!
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Explaining Basis Of Lightning Technology (BOLT) 12

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Explaining Lightning Network specification BOLT 12 and how it works with the Bitcoin Layer 2 protocol.
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