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Spark and Ark: A Look At Our Newest Bitcoin Layer Twos

A comparison of the trust models and trade offs of Ark and Spark, the two newest entrants to Bitcoin's collection of Layer Two protocols.

Taproot Assets – Bitcoin As A Medium Of Exchange 

Taproot Assets could lay the foundational infrastructure necessary to make the Lightning Network a serious competitor with Visa.

Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin Knots: What The OP_RETURN Debate Is Actually About

The OP_RETURN debate splits Bitcoin users: Bitcoin Core 30.0 supports bigger OP_RETURNs, while Bitcoin Knots pushes back, fearing spam, rising fees, and regulatory risks.

Why “Ecash Coffee Day” Is No Longer Just a Celebration but a Call to Action

Four years after someone bought a cup of coffee with ecash, the privacy technology being built on top of Bitcoin continues to improve. From Fedimint and Cashu to new protocols like BitVM, developers, activists, and users are uniting to ensure that transactional privacy with Bitcoin is available to all.

The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information

Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.

Bitcoin Privacy: What It Means To Keep Your Bitcoin Transactions Private

The third of ten Bitcoin privacy focused videos. Yuval Kogman joins Shinobi to discuss what privacy means when it comes to transacting on Bitcoin.

A Response to Sir Tim Berners-Lee: We Can Fix the Web Without Regulation

Tim Berners-Lee suggests the web’s flaws requires regulation to fix. But the problem doesn't lie in design alone: The entire fiat-based monetary system exerts pressure that distorts incentives and has shaped the web’s trajectory in ways Berners-Lee may not fully appreciate.

Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk Is Real – One Solution Might Start with Taproot

Taproot could be used to "hide" quantum safe spending conditions inside Bitcoin UTXOs to deal with the risk of quantum computing.

Why Micropayments? The Internet Was Meant To Provide Value To Users, Not Spy On Them

The second of ten Bitcoin privacy focused videos. Calle joins Shinobi to discuss how micropayments can bring privacy back to the internet.

You Cannot Stop Bitcoin Metaprotocols

Bitcoin Metaprotocols are secondary protocols embedded "inside" the Bitcoin protocol itself. They function independently, using Bitcoin as a host.

NPM Attack: Javascript Library Compromise Goes After Bitcoin Wallets

NPM developer qix's account compromise potentially puts user funds at risk by compromising library dependencies used by bitcoin wallets.

Nunchuk Wallet Brings Programmable Bitcoin To Everyone With Miniscript Support

Nunchuk Wallet announces the launch of native Miniscript support, allowing their users to construct customized Bitcoin scripts to secure their coins.

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