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

As politicians and environmentalists have argued Bitcoin should move away from proof of work, they miss what makes the network so innovative.

Improving Bitcoin Privacy With Silent Payments

By sharing a secret between a receiver and sender, then scanning the Bitcoin blockchain for the transaction, users gain more privacy thanks to a new proposal.

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

If you’re looking for a way to keep an eye on your miners, this new Umbrel project helps you do just that.

A Few Ways We Can Upgrade Lightning Network Payment Routing

In order to develop into a protocol usable by the entire world, certain scaling improvements for Lightning need to be considered.

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

Explaining the controversy around Bitcoin’s BIP 119 (CTV) proposal and debunking some myths that in part fueled it.

Wasabi Versus Samourai: TX0 Has Nothing To Do With It

The feud between bitcoin mixing services Wasabi and Samourai should not come down to the latter’s Transaction Zero feature.

How Bitcoin Should Be Upgraded In The Future

The history of Bitcoin upgrade activation mechanisms informs an opinion on how to make protocol changes in the future.

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

Users can take advantage of the cryptographic protection offered by GPG to secure files and data that they want to keep well under wraps.

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

As yet another altcoin nears zero, the event reminds the community why Bitcoin is the only authentic cryptocurrency.

Why Use An Air-Gapped Computer (AGC) For Bitcoining?

Use of an air-gapped computer improves general operational security relative to the exposure other devices experience.

Bitcoin Changes With User-Signaled Soft Forks

UASF versus URSF is one mechanism for proposed changes to Bitcoin’s code. This should be the way changes to Bitcoin are decided and implemented.

Analyzing BIP119 And The Controversy Surrounding It

The debate about BIP119 has two central issues being conflated: the proposal itself and the activation mechanisms that could be used to implement it.

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