October 16, 2021

Technical

We go beyond the headlines to provide readers with in-depth, expert commentary and explanation of the technical developments that continue to challenge and grow the digital currency and blockchain space.

Satoshi and anonymous bitcoiners maintain their privacy and security through cryptography.
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How Decentralized Identifiers And Bitcoin Fix The Web

Oct 13, 2021
Discussing and explaining the technicalities of El Salvador's government-directed bitcoin wallet, Chivo.
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A First Look At The Chivo App, El Salvador's Bitcoin Wallet

Oct 11, 2021
Leaders in the Lightning Network discuss Chivo wallet, miner extractable value, replace-by-fee and more.
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Discussing The Latest Lightning Network Developments

Oct 4, 2021
Lightning nodes connect the lightning network together, in a decentralized technology.
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Lightning Network Devs Discuss the Future of Sovereign Computing

Sep 27, 2021
Bitcoin security and private keys are important to maintain the safety and privacy of.
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This Tool Can Protect Your Privacy When Using Bitcoin

Sep 24, 2021
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Bitcoin Core 22.0 Explained

Sep 13, 2021
Technical - Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 Is Released: Here’s What’s New
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Bitcoin Core 22.0 Released: What’s New

Sep 13, 2021
Eric Yakes What Bitcoin Does That Changes The World
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Delegated Proof-of-Stake: Can We Be Free Under A Benign Master?

Sep 12, 2021
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Why The Bitcoin Lightning Network Doesn’t Work (Yet)

Sep 10, 2021
Lightning shows the way forward for bitcoin as its layer two protocol.
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A Gentle Introduction To The Lightning Network

Aug 27, 2021
Bitcoin Optech is the latest in technical news and developments for Bitcoin Core.
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Should The Bitcoin “Dust Limit” Be Removed?

Aug 19, 2021
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Explaining Basis Of Lightning Technology (BOLT) 12

Aug 13, 2021
Knapsack mixing offers efficiency and privacy improvements over equal-amount bitcoin mixing.
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New Implementation For Bitcoin Mixing Service CoinJoin Improves Sybil Resistance

Aug 11, 2021
Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
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Bitcoin Optech #160: Preparing For Taproot And More

Aug 4, 2021
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Hardware Bitcoin Security And Blockstream’s Jade Wallet

Jul 30, 2021
Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
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Bitcoin Optech #159: Stack Exchange And Taproot

Jul 28, 2021
Bitcoin is the first project built on blockchain technology.
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Protecting Your HODL Legacy: Shamir Backups And Inheritance Planning

Jul 21, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #158: Why Wallets Should Wait Before Generating Taproot Addresses

Jul 21, 2021
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The Bitcoin Beach Wallet Special

Jul 16, 2021
Adoption & community - BlueWallet Brings Lightning Network to Apple Smartwatch With New App
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BlueWallet Releases New Mobile Lightning Dev Kit Implementation

Jul 15, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #157: Proposed New Opcodes And Wiki Pages

Jul 14, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #156: BIPs, Standards Documents And More

Jul 7, 2021
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Discussing Lightning Network Routing

Jul 2, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #155: Proposed BIPs And Bitcoin Stack Exchange

Jun 30, 2021
Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
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So, What Are Bitcoin Miners Actually Doing?

Jun 27, 2021
Eric Yakes What Bitcoin Does That Changes The World
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What Bitcoin Does That Changes The World

Jun 23, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #154: Universal Transaction RBF And Taproot

Jun 23, 2021
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An Overview Of Bitcoin’s Cryptography

Jun 18, 2021
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Discussing Taproot's Lock In

Jun 18, 2021
Adoption & community - Lightning Torch’s Bitcoin Payment Is Running a Worldwide Marathon
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Lightning Network Capacity Breaks 1,500 BTC

Jun 17, 2021
Privacy & security - Phishing Scam Hits LocalBitcoins
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Inside The Scam: Victims Of Ledger Hack Are Receiving Fake Hardware Wallets

Jun 17, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #153: Locking In Taproot

Jun 16, 2021
Technical - Taproot Is Coming: What It Is
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Taproot Activation Brings Massive Upgrades To Bitcoin

Jun 12, 2021
As Taproot, the latest consensus protocol change, approaches activation, Bitcoin developers are asking how exactly the network should be upgraded.
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Taproot Locks In: Bitcoin Protocol Upgrade Will Activate In November

Jun 12, 2021
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Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) And The BIP Process

Jun 11, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #152: Lightning Node Payments And More

Jun 9, 2021
As Taproot, the latest consensus protocol change, approaches activation, Bitcoin developers are asking how exactly the network should be upgraded.
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With 98% Of Blocks Signaling Activation And About 300 To Go, Here's The Latest On Taproot

Jun 9, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #151: Transaction Selection

Jun 2, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #150: Libera.Chat And Celebrating 150 Editions

May 26, 2021
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Bitcoin Core’s CVE-2021-31876 Bug And Potential Complications

May 21, 2021
Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
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How Are Bitcoin’s Hash Rate, Difficulty And Fees Related?

May 21, 2021
Technical - Taproot Is Coming: What It Is
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95% Of Bitcoin Hash Rate “Potentially” Signaling For Taproot Activation

May 21, 2021
A hash-based accumulator called Utreexo could address one of Bitcoin’s scalability concerns.
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Utreexo Can Speed Bitcoin Initial Block Download By 62%

May 19, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #149: Relay Reliability Workshops And More

May 19, 2021
Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
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The Top-10 Bitcoin Mining Pools Have Signaled For Taproot

May 17, 2021
Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High As Second Taproot Signaling Period Begins

May 13, 2021
Layer 2 protocols like the Lightning Network and the Liquid sidechain can make it easier for those who leverage bitcoin for remittances.
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First-Ever Dual-Funded Mainnet Lightning Channel Opened

May 12, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #148: A Security Disclosure Affecting Protocols

May 12, 2021
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Mara Pool And Bitcoin Mining Censorship

May 7, 2021
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Bitcoin Optech #147: Miner Activation Of Taproot And More

May 5, 2021