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How Our Smartphones Spy On Us, And What You Can Do To Avoid It

As a Bitcoiner, being aware of all the ways technology is used to spy on you is paramount to good opsec.

The State of Lightning One Year After El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption

Lightning helped El Salvador adopt bitcoin one year ago, which in turn helped usage of the Bitcoin Layer 2 network balloon around the world.

What Do Bitcoin Core Contributors Do?

There are different types of Bitcoin Core contributors playing different roles, and understanding the process is critical for all Bitcoiners.

Is Channel Jamming A Threat To Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

Channel jamming has emerged as a potential attack vector for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. But does it pose a real threat?

How The Lightning Network Could Enable A More Decentralized Web

The peer-to-peer nature of the Lightning Network allows the building of functions that help decentralize the web.

Examining The Incentives Of Stablecoins On Bitcoin

The incentive impacts that stablecoins have on Ethereum could equally arise in Bitcoin if enough value is brought into the equation.

Lightning Shines For Its Practicality

Applications built on top of the Lightning Network allow for micropayments, opening the door for integrations with existing video games and podcasts.

Can Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Overcome The Price Of Anarchy?

The “price of anarchy” is inherent to systems in which individuals can act in their own interest — including the Lightning Network.

A Debate About Proof-Of-Work Versus Proof-Of-Stake

Bitcoin Magazine Pro hosted a Twitter Spaces that brought the biggest names in Bitcoin and crypto to converse about the Ethereum move to proof-of-stake.

The Scaling Problem For Lightning Lab’s Taro On The Bitcoin Blockchain

While Taro could bring interesting developments to Bitcoin, the impacts on the bitcoin fee market and the scaling issues this will cause are unclear.

Next Step To Widespread Bitcoin Adoption: Community Banks

With Taro, payments are routed through Lightning, weakening stablecoins and opening up opportunities for community banks to connect users to a global audience.

An Overview Of The Tradeoffs For Different Sidechain Implementations

Each Bitcoin sidechain implementation brings about different centralization and consensus issues to weigh and consider.

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