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The Revolution Won’t Have Good UX

Richard Greaser -
Revolution is hard, and technology that actually has the potential to change the world, is never easy to use at first. Neither is Bitcoin.
TECHNICAL

Szabo’s Micropayments and Mental Transaction Costs: 25 Years Later

Jacob Brown -
A look at the realities of UX friction that widespread micropayments would create, and the potential solutions to that problem.
CULTURE

Nick Szabo Was Wrong: With Bitcoin, Micropayments Work

Jared Nusinoff -
A 1999 article by Nick Szabo is often cited to argue that micropayments don’t work. But with Bitcoin and the Lighting Network, now they do.
CULTURE

Nostr Will Only Scale If It Can Incentivize Users To Run Relays

Shinobi -
Nostr, a growing hub for the Bitcoin community, faces some incentives challenges if it’s going to reach significant scale.
BUSINESS

How The New York Times Could Have Used Lightning To Make Millions Of Dollars

Ram -
Had the publication accepted Lightning micropayments, the New York Times could have realized extensive returns.
CULTURE

Five Examples Of Bitcoin’s Real-World Utility

Trent Dudenhoeffer -
Bitcoin has real-world use cases right now that are major improvements on the dollar and other fiat currencies, even during a bear market.
TECHNICAL

Lightning Shines For Its Practicality

Koji Higashi -
Applications built on top of the Lightning Network allow for micropayments, opening the door for integrations with existing video games and podcasts.
BUSINESS

Can Bitcoin Fix Micropayments?

Emmanuel Awosika -
Bitcoin offers an opportunity to allow people to make micropayments, which could provide solutions for content monetization, online tipping and more.
TECHNICAL

Tippin Enters Version 1.0, Promising New Feature

Landon Manning -
The Lightning Network app Tippin.me has released a version update to add new features, improve user experience and increase the user base.
TECHNICAL

Tippin.me Takes Off at Lightning Speed With More Than 14,000 New Users

Jessie Willms -
Struck by the potential success of the new Lightning network protocol, Abril created Tippin.me three months ago as a way to enable bitcoin Lightning micropayments without a user having to set up node.
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