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Core Lightning: How Blockstream’s Implementation Rebrand Speaks To Its Long-Term Vision For Bitcoin

Now called Core Lightning, Blockstream’s Lightning Network implementation seeks to be Bitcoin’s interoperable, specification-focused standard.

Federated Chaumian Mints: The Future of Bitcoin Privacy?

Bitcoin 2022 held a fireside conversation about Federated Chaumian Mints, which the panelists argued could play a big role in the future of Bitcoin privacy.

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Not Private, Yet

Lightning developers discussed privacy concerns and the corresponding probable solutions for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network at the Bitcoin 2022 conference.

How CoinJoin, CoinSwap Enable Basic Bitcoin Privacy

A cohort of developers discussed CoinJoin and CoinSwap on stage during the Bitcoin 2022 conference to highlight the main characteristics of these Bitcoin privacy tools.

Are There Downsides To Bitcoin Soft Fork Upgrades?

A panel held at Bitcoin 2022 set out to explore the benefits and tradeoffs of activating a Bitcoin soft fork.

What Implementation of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Should You Pick?

A cohort of Lightning developers held a roundtable discussion at Bitcoin 2022 on the differences between node options available to users.

How Taro Brings Assets To Bitcoin Through Taproot And Lightning

Taro, a new protocol proposed by Lightning Labs, leverages Taproot and the Lightning Network to bring new assets and scalability to Bitcoin.

Building Applications On Top Of The Bitcoin Protocol

It is possible to build on the Bitcoin blockchain using layer two technologies while leveraging the security and censorship-resistance it provides.

How The Freedom Convoy Could Have Protected Donation Privacy With Whirlpool

Donors to Canada’s Freedom Convoy should have used Whirlpool-mixed bitcoin to break deterministic links and provide forward-looking anonymity.

Bitcoin’s Code Is Immutable And Can Withstand Attempts To Make It Proof Of Stake

Attacks to make Bitcoin change its issuance mechanism to proof of stake are futile. History has shown that this type of attack will not work.

Building Access To Bitcoin For Everyone Featuring SeedSigner

Governments can try to stifle innovation, but open-source technology and engineering can help provide access to Bitcoin for everyone regardless.

The Challenges With Fully Syncing Old Versions Of Bitcoin Core

Improvements in Bitcoin Core have led to an increase in the speed at which a Bitcoin node can fully sync and process all the data being added to the blockchain.

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