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TECHNICAL

Bitcoin Is A Database

Shinobi -
Bitcoin and every aspect of the protocol that runs it orbits around facilitating one thing: the maintenance and reconciliation of databases.
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Mercury Layer: A Massive Improvement On Statechains

Shinobi -
CommerceBlock has taken their initial Mercury statechain implementation, a second layer akin to Lightning, and massively improved the privacy for users. The operator now is incapable of learning anything about users on-chain activity.
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Breez Announces FiatLink: A Lightning To Fiat API Standard

Shinobi -
Breez is integrating a standard API format into Breez SDK for Lightning wallets and applications to integrate fiat on/off ramp functionality.
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Instant Settlement: The Logistics Industry

Ivan Makedonski -
The second part in an article series by Ivan Makedonski from Breez on how Lightning's instant settlement finality can be a disruptive force fundamentally changing how different industries are organized.
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Ocean Adds Block Template Selection Option

Shinobi -
As a stepping stone towards eventual integration of Stratum v2, Ocean Mining has added the ability for miners to select from multiple block template sources when mining at the pool.
TECHNICAL

Free As In Freedom Is Not Free As In Beer

Knifefight -
Truly decentralized systems are not cheap, not efficient, and not simple to scale. This is a reality many newer Bitcoiners are going to have to learn the hard way.
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Braidpool: A Second Competitor In Decentralizing Mining

Shinobi -
Braidpool is a protocol proposal for a completely decentralized mining pool, leaving no part of the pool's role the responsibility of a centralized actor.
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Taproot Assets Can Turn Bitcoin Into A Multi-Asset Chain

Sadie Williamson -
Regardless of what Bitcoiners want to think, there is demand for assets other than Bitcoin. Taproot Assets offers a platform for them to exist on Bitcoin.
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The Witness Discount: Why Some Bytes Are Cheaper Than Others

Brandon Black -
Witness data is given a discount in terms of fees paid to include that specific type of data in the blockchain. There are very good reasons for that.
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Instant Settlement: The Construction Industry

Ivan Makedonski -
The first part in an article series by Ivan Makedonski from Breez on how Lightning's instant settlement finality can be a disruptive force fundamentally changing how different industries are organized.
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Bitcoin Mining Can Help Fight Methane Emissions

Andrii Garanin -
Bitcoin mining offers a financially incentivized mechanism to capture and utilize methane emissions. This financial incentive is unique amongst methane mitigation technologies.
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Inscriptions: The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease

Bencarman -
Trying to filter out inscription transactions starts us down a slippery slope that can have tremendous negative effects for other classes of transactions. It's a foolish path to walk down.
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