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Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node’s UTXO Set

After four years of work, James O'Beirne's assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.

Bitcoin Payment Service BTCPay Server Now Easier to Integrate with React Apps

Ant (TimechainStats) and TC (Timechain Calendar) both pitched in together to make BTCPay Button integration into React applications as simple as drop in and go.

Cynthia Lummis: Bitcoin Is the Anti-CBDC

Explore the world of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and delve into the backstage of Bitcoin with Cynthia Lummis.

Runes: An Attempt At A Serious Protocol, Or Another Children’s Toy?

Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Ordinals, recently released a proposal for the Runes protocol. Will this actually lead to sustainable protocol development, or will the frogs make a mess again?

The Lightning Network Makes Bitcoin Unstoppable: Bitcoin Backstage with David Marcus

Discover the revolutionary Lightning Network and how it is propelling Bitcoin to new heights of scalability and efficiency in the latest episode of Bitcoin Backstage.

You’ll Activate The Covenants And You’ll Like It

Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.

The Great Inscription Renumbering Debate: The Code & The Culture

Cursed inscriptions have created a large technical debt for Ordinals and Inscription developers to handle. The debate on how to address the problem is currently a matter of contention for users.

Rodarmor Returns: Announces “Runes Protocol” To Compete With BRC-20

The creator of Ordinals proposes a new fungible token protocol to replace BRC-20, designing it to be more efficient with blockspace and more Bitcoin-like.

OP_CHECKSEPARATESIG And Actuaries: Fixing Multiparty Channel Factories

With an OP code arguably simpler than CTV, Actuaries could trustlessly solve the problem of everyone needing to be online to update a channel factory.

The Evolution of Bitcoin Wallets: From the Early Days to Today’s Modern Solutions

A high level overview of how Bitcoin wallets have evolved over the years.

A New Trustless Way to Calculate the Bitcoin Price

UTXOracle offers a way to derive the approximate fiat price of Bitcoin in a trustless way utilizing only your full node and a single script.

UTXOracle: A Decentralized Approach To The Oracle Problem

Using the UTXO set to calculate a bitcoin price.

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