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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.

A developer and an entrepreneur hope to bring community-based custody for Bitcoin to billions of people around the world through Fedimints. Top photo.
Technical

Lightning Network’s Advantages As Payment Technology

By Yuya OgawaAug 8, 2022
Opinion
Using patterns to remember bitcoin seed phrases is a useful tool which can come in handy if someone is needing to move across borders without being detected.
Technical

Border Wallets: A New Way to Create and Easily Memorize Bitcoin Seed Phrases

By Wartime MicrochadAug 6, 2022
Opinion
Tapsigner NFC Bitcoin Hardware Wallet from Coinkite
Technical

Tapsigner Bitcoin Hardware Wallet: Security Meets Convenience?

By NamciosAug 5, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is awesome. top photo
Technical

Simplifying Bitcoin Addresses Using DNS

By Mark JeftovicAug 3, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin and lightning on your phone is the ultimate mobile quick android and iPhone way to use the network top photo.
Technical

Galoy Brings U.S. Dollars To Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

By NamciosAug 3, 2022
News
Bitcoin private key storage and management is a key part of keeping protection privacy and security of your vaults and wallets top photo.
Technical

Expanding Bitcoin Custody Models With FediMint

By Marty BentJul 26, 2022
Marty's Bent
On-chain analysis for bitcoin Is important because technical analysis helps traders top photo.
Technical

Federated Sidechains Are Bitcoin’s Original Upgradeable Sidechain Implementation

By ShinobiJul 25, 2022
Opinion
A Computer meant for bitcoin transactions is superior to a mobile phone or device that's meant for other technology uses top photo.
Technical

How To Learn About Bitcoin Using Video Tutorials

By Bitcoin MagazineJul 25, 2022
Podcast
Peer-to-peer P2P communications chat app with Bitcoin Lightning support
Technical

Keet Is Introducing P2P Digital Communications, Will Integrate Bitcoin Payments

By NamciosJul 25, 2022
News
The Lightning Gossip Protocol is the method in which nodes on that network communicate, speak to each other and talk for Bitcoin top photo.
Technical

Making Lightning Payments Private Again With pLN

By Adam AndersonJul 25, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is a privacy enhancing and protecting technology, letting users remain pseudonymous top photo.
Technical

Using Bitcoin To Establish VPN Connections Without Trusted Third Parties

By Moustafa AminJul 23, 2022
Opinion
Fiat money funnels into bitcoin mining operations (bitcoin miners) top photo.
Technical

Drivechains Allow Sidechain Node Operators To Pay Miners To Mine — And More!

By ShinobiJul 22, 2022
Opinion
Reviewing the difficulty changes in Bitcoin’s history demonstrates that the practice of mining is near-perfectly competitive and is becoming increasingly so top photo.
Technical

Three Bitcoin Mining Downward Difficulty Adjustments In A Row

By Marty BentJul 21, 2022
Marty's Bent
Bitcoin on chain security is important because it provides privacy for your private keys top photo.
Technical

Softchains Bring Two-Way Pegs And Potential Room For Use Cases — But Not Without Security Costs

By ShinobiJul 21, 2022
Opinion
Making Bitcoin Unstoppable Part One: Mesh Nets
Technical

Making Bitcoin Unstoppable Part One: Mesh Nets

By L0la L33tzJul 21, 2022
Feature
There is no such thing as a Lightning Wallet, bitcoin wallets as a term need to be put in the trash like the garbage it is top photo.
Technical

There Is No Such Thing As A “Lightning Wallet”

By Roy SheinfeldJul 20, 2022
Opinion
There are various reasons why you should withdraw your bitcoin and utilize self-custody.
Technical

Fedi Raises $4 Million To Scale Bitcoin Custody With Fedimint

By NamciosJul 19, 2022
Feature
BOLT 12 and LNURL seem to accomplish the same things for users of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. But what are the technical differences top photo?
Technical

Is Adding Functionality To Bitcoin A Problem?

By Bitcoin MagazineJul 18, 2022
Podcast
While ZeroLink CoinJoin implementations are generally more popular, the JoinMarket project has potential to offer decentralized and truly private Bitcoin mixing top photo.
Technical

Track Me If You Can — How Bitcoin Forward-Looking Anonymity Sets Work

By Brother RabbitJul 17, 2022
Opinion
Privacy & security - Blockstream Open Sources Development of Its Proof of Reserves Tool
Technical

Blockstream Announces Progress On Signature Aggregation Research

By Marty BentJul 8, 2022
Marty's Bent
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
Technical

Gloria Zhao Becomes First Female Bitcoin Core Maintainer, Pieter Wuille Steps Down

By NamciosJul 8, 2022
News
Satoshi and anonymous bitcoiners maintain their privacy and security through cryptography top photo.
Technical

How Silent Payments Are Bringing New Privacy Protections To Bitcoin

By Seth For PrivacyJul 8, 2022
Opinion
Lightning Network's Latest News
Technical

Pickhardt Payments: How To Send Large Bitcoin Payments On Lightning

By NamciosJul 7, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin on chain security is important because it provides privacy for your private keys top photo.
Technical

Reusing Bitcoin Addresses Can Lead To Private Keys Being Stolen

By Bitcoin MagazineJul 1, 2022
Podcast
The Bitcoin blockchain ensures transactions are transaction history is immutable top photo.
Technical

Exploring The Bitcoin Use Cases Of Spacechains

By ShinobiJun 30, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is the first project built on blockchain technology top photo.
Technical

Spacechains: How This New Bitcoin Sidechain Proposal Works

By ShinobiJun 29, 2022
Feature
Satoshi and anonymous bitcoiners maintain their privacy and security through cryptography top photo.
Technical

We Need To Encrypt The Peer-To-Peer Layer Of Bitcoin For Privacy

By Marty BentJun 29, 2022
Marty's Bent
The phrase "Join, or Die," was first used to encourage the colonies to come together in the early days of U.S. history.
Technical

A History Of Bitcoin Hard Forks

By Bitcoin MagazineJun 20, 2022
Podcast
BOLT 12 and LNURL seem to accomplish the same things for users of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. But what are the technical differences top photo?
Technical

BOLT 12 And LNURL: What Is The Future For Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

By ShinobiJun 20, 2022
Feature
Entities transacting on Bitcoin, network value and the number of addresses with non-zero balances all continue to grow, pointing toward greater adoption.
Technical

Proof-Of-Work Is Objective, Proof-Of-Stake Is Not

By Alan SzepieniecJun 13, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin security and private keys are important to maintain the safety and privacy of top photo.
Technical

Bitcoin’s Trustless Nature Adds Trust To The Internet

By Stephen ThompsonJun 13, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin is a privacy enhancing and protecting technology, letting users remain pseudonymous top photo.
Technical

Silent Payments Improve Privacy Without Adding Data To Bitcoin

By Bitcoin MagazineJun 10, 2022
Podcast
Satoshi and anonymous bitcoiners maintain their privacy and security through cryptography top photo.
Technical

Bitcoin Needs To Be More Private For Adoption

By Aneta KarbowiakJun 10, 2022
Opinion
Reviewing Bitcoin’s history of proposed privacy improvements can help us learn from the past and keep up with new improvements as we go top photo.
Technical

Reviewing Privacy-Enhancing Proposals For Bitcoin

By Seth For PrivacyJun 10, 2022
Feature
The Lightning Gossip Protocol is the method in which nodes on that network communicate, speak to each other and talk for Bitcoin top photo.
Technical

Improving The Privacy Of The Lightning Network’s Gossip Protocol

By ShinobiJun 6, 2022
Opinion
A Computer meant for bitcoin transactions is superior to a mobile phone or device that's meant for other technology uses top photo.
Technical

Why You Should Use A Computer Specifically Meant For Bitcoin Transactions And How To Do It

By Arman The ParmanJun 1, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin and lightning on your phone is the ultimate mobile quick android and iPhone way to use the network top photo.
Technical

How To Make Your Bitcoin Lightning Network Node Mobile

By Anthony FelicianoMay 31, 2022
Opinion
Adoption & community - Liquid Network Expands With New Memberships and Integrations
Technical

A Problem With Bitcoin's Lightning Network Liquidity And Ideas To Address It

By ShinobiMay 28, 2022
Opinion
bitcoin-magazine top photo
Technical

Why The Denial-Of-Service Argument Against BOLT 12 Doesn’t Hold Up

By ShinobiMay 27, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin Lightning Network has dual channels and competing implementations of two or more top photo.
Technical

Lightning For Life — How Lightning Can And Will Integrate With The Web

By Roy SheinfeldMay 26, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin Core and Lightning Network nodes are integral to the network top photo.
Technical

DIY Bitcoin Nodes — A Project Anyone Can Do

By Anthony FelicianoMay 26, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin gold coin crypto look
Technical

Proof Of Work Vs. Proof Of Stake: Why Bitcoin Won’t Change

By NamciosMay 26, 2022
Feature
As surveillance efforts in our society intensify, Bitcoin offers a pseudonymous, even potentially anonymous, lifeline for privacy top photo.
Technical

Improving Bitcoin Privacy With Silent Payments

By Marty BentMay 25, 2022
Marty's Bent
Bitcoin mining at home is a good usage of energy and electricity because you get bitcoin from it top photo.
Technical

How To Set Up Uptime Monitoring For Your Home Bitcoin Mining Setup

By Scott MarmollMay 25, 2022
Feature
With TVL At All-Time Highs, The Lightning Network’s Time Has Come
Technical

A Few Ways We Can Upgrade Lightning Network Payment Routing

By ShinobiMay 20, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin is ultimately an open-source software code run by nodes and computers top photo.
Technical

What Is BIP 119 And Why Did It Fuel Such Heated Discussions In Bitcoin?

By NamciosMay 20, 2022
Feature
The feud between bitcoin mixing services Wasabi and Samourai should not come down to the latter’s Transaction Zero feature top photo.
Technical

Wasabi Versus Samourai: TX0 Has Nothing To Do With It

By ShinobiMay 19, 2022
Opinion
What Are Bitcoin Forks?
Technical

How Bitcoin Should Be Upgraded In The Future

By ShinobiMay 16, 2022
Opinion
Locking files with encryption is a good privacy and security technique like bitcoin cryptography.
Technical

How To Lock And Protect Away Secret Files With GNU Privacy Guard

By Arman The ParmanMay 13, 2022
Feature
Terra Luna
Markets

What Terra’s Collapse Teaches About ‘Crypto’ and Bitcoin

By NamciosMay 12, 2022
Feature