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Much discussion has centered around the implications of decreasing fee revenue for bitcoin miners — why is it happening and what does it mean?

Energy usage is not something from which we should shy away. Bitcoin miners are already doing the hard work that is making the world a better place.

Fort Worth starting to mine bitcoin opens the door for more municipalities to put bitcoin mining proceeds into a permanent fund for future use.

BIP119, which adds limited covenants to Bitcoin, is the current conversation and many people question if Speedy Trial for Taproot was a good precedent.

The relationship between energy prices, hash rate, difficulty and the bitcoin price will be extremely important as the price of energy rises.

FediMint could provide the Bitcoin stack with an open source, distributed, censorship resistant custody layer for less technical Bitcoin users.

Developers behind leading Lighting Network firms LND, CLN and LDK described how they’re pushing Layer 2 forward at Bitcoin 2022.

Airline miles are the original altcoin, allowing zombie companies to issue value for nothing while encouraging people to be “Miles Chasers.”

One does not simply change Bitcoin’s code, as the Change The Code campaign ridiculously requests.

As the national currency of Turkey continues to plummet, Bitcoin represents an escape hatch for citizens looking to preserve wealth.