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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.

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

By ShinobiMay 28, 2022
Opinion
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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.
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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.
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DIY Bitcoin Nodes — A Project Anyone Can Do

By Anthony FelicianoMay 26, 2022
Opinion
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Wasabi Versus Samourai: TX0 Has Nothing To Do With It

By ShinobiMay 19, 2022
Opinion
What Are Bitcoin Forks?
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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.
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How To Lock And Protect Away Secret Files With GNU Privacy Guard

By Arman The ParmanMay 13, 2022
Feature
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What Terra’s Collapse Teaches About ‘Crypto’ and Bitcoin

By NamciosMay 12, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin Air-Gapped Computers are more secure, better Header Images, and they fly through canyons high like the bitcoin price.
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Why Use An Air-Gapped Computer (AGC) For Bitcoining?

By Arman The ParmanMay 11, 2022
Opinion
Technical - Bitcoin Core 0.14.1: SegWit Signalling and Memory Accounting
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Bitcoin Changes With User-Signaled Soft Forks

By Bitcoin MagazineMay 9, 2022
Podcast
Everything you need to know to install and operate a Bitcoin node connected to the blockchain via satellite, and enjoy full sovereignty.
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Analyzing BIP119 And The Controversy Surrounding It

By ShinobiMay 9, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin will destroy tyrannical order and replace it, not with blind chaos and confusion, but with an incorruptible foundation.
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A Conversation About The Controversy Surrounding BIP119

By Bitcoin MagazineMay 4, 2022
Podcast
As Taproot, the latest consensus protocol change, approaches activation, Bitcoin developers are asking how exactly the network should be upgraded.
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Exploring BIP119 And The Way Changes Are Made In Bitcoin

By KeagsMay 4, 2022
Opinion
How To CoinJoin Your bitcoin with sparrow wallet and mix the coins transactions.
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How To Whirlpool Your Bitcoin On Desktop With Sparrow Wallet

By EconoalchemistApr 28, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin private key storage and management is a key part of keeping protection privacy and security of your vaults and wallets.
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Weighing The Options Of Bitcoin Private Key Management

By ShinobiApr 27, 2022
Feature
The Bitcoin Core PR review club meets weekly to onboard new contributors to Bitcoin Core by reviewing and testing pull requests.
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Is Speedy Trial The Best Way To Change Bitcoin?

By Marty BentApr 26, 2022
Marty's Bent
Digital assets - When the Fork Forks: What You Need to Know as Bitcoin Cash Goes to War
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Adversarial Thinking And Ways To Attack Bitcoin

By OkadaApr 26, 2022
Opinion
Bitcoin is ultimately an open-source software determined by its code.
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The Release Of Bitcoin Core 23.0

By Bitcoin MagazineApr 25, 2022
Podcast
As Taproot, the latest consensus protocol change, approaches activation, Bitcoin developers are asking how exactly the network should be upgraded.
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Bitcoin Core 23.0 Released: What’s New

By NamciosApr 25, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is a key that unlocks a metaphorical prison cell.
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Bitcoin Silent Payments And Secret Blinding Keys

By ShinobiApr 25, 2022
Opinion
There are numerous factors to consider in weighing the centralization of bitcoin mining, and the industry can only be as decentralized as any one.
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Federated Chaumian Mints Provide A Way For Bitcoin Users To Distribute Trust

By Marty BentApr 15, 2022
Marty's Bent
Bitcoin security and private keys are important to maintain the safety and privacy of.
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Access Denied: How Ledn Protected Client Data From The Recent HubSpot Breach

By Anton LivajaApr 15, 2022
Opinion
Lightning is in a race to become the fastest Layer Two implementation and Bitcoin will go quicker.
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How Bitcoin’s Leading Lightning Implementations Are Expanding Functionality

By ShinobiApr 15, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin Lightning Network has dual channels and competing implementations of two or more.
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Core Lightning: How Blockstream’s Implementation Rebrand Speaks To Its Long-Term Vision For Bitcoin

By NamciosApr 13, 2022
Feature
As surveillance efforts in our society intensify, Bitcoin offers a pseudonymous, even potentially anonymous, lifeline for privacy.
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Federated Chaumian Mints: The Future of Bitcoin Privacy?

By NamciosApr 8, 2022
News
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino talks about the challenges and expectations for the exchange’s recent integration of Lightning Network deposits and withdrawals.
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Not Private, Yet

By NamciosApr 8, 2022
News
Knapsack mixing offers efficiency and privacy improvements over equal-amount bitcoin mixing.
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How CoinJoin, CoinSwap Enable Basic Bitcoin Privacy

By NamciosApr 8, 2022
News
Bitcoin Optech was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of open-source development and companies.
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Are There Downsides To Bitcoin Soft Fork Upgrades?

By NamciosApr 7, 2022
News
Payments - Hyperloop: A New Concept by Lightning Aiming to Solve Liquidity Problems
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What Implementation of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Should You Pick?

By NamciosApr 6, 2022
News
As Taproot, the latest consensus protocol change, approaches activation, Bitcoin developers are asking how exactly the network should be upgraded.
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How Taro Brings Assets To Bitcoin Through Taproot And Lightning

By NamciosApr 5, 2022
Feature
Computer chips are critical to Bitcoin technology, particularly bitcoin mining rigs or ASICs.
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Building Applications On Top Of The Bitcoin Protocol

By Emmanuel AwosikaApr 2, 2022
Opinion
Donors to Canada’s Freedom Convoy should have used Whirlpool-mixed bitcoin to break deterministic links and provide forward-looking anonymity.
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How The Freedom Convoy Could Have Protected Donation Privacy With Whirlpool

By EconoalchemistMar 31, 2022
Feature
Bitcoin is ultimately an open-source software determined by its code.
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Bitcoin's Code Is Immutable And Can Withstand Attempts To Make It Proof Of Stake

By Marty BentMar 30, 2022
Marty's Bent
This guide and review for the SeedSigner Bitcoin hardware wallet helps users protect their private keys in an entropy-preserving way.
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Building Access To Bitcoin For Everyone Featuring SeedSigner

By Casey CarrilloMar 28, 2022
Podcast
Technical - Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 Release: Here’s What’s New
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The Challenges With Fully Syncing Old Versions Of Bitcoin Core

By Bitcoin MagazineMar 28, 2022
Podcast