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Bitcoin Optech #155: Proposed BIPs And Bitcoin Stack Exchange

This week’s newsletter describes two proposed BIPs related to wallet support for Taproot, and features Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange.

So, What Are Bitcoin Miners Actually Doing?

Let’s take a deeper look at what may appear as a magical process: bitcoin mining.

What Bitcoin Does That Changes The World

There are various aspects of this digital money that lend itself to revolutionizing the transfer of private property.

Bitcoin Optech #154: Universal Transaction RBF And Taproot

This week’s newsletter discusses universal transaction replacement by fee, and includes the first post in a Taproot preparation series.

An Overview Of Bitcoin’s Cryptography

A look at the securing mechanisms of the global monetary system millions entrust their value with.

Discussing Taproot’s Lock In

In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” the hosts discussed the lock in of Bitcoin’s Taproot soft fork upgrade.

Lightning Network Capacity Breaks 1,500 BTC

The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 solution for fast and cheap transactions, has crossed the 1,500 BTC capacity milestone.

Inside The Scam: Victims Of Ledger Hack Are Receiving Fake Hardware Wallets

A new attack vector following the Ledger data breach of July 2020 involves sending convincing but fake hardware wallets to victims.

Bitcoin Optech #153: Locking In Taproot

This week’s newsletter celebrates the lock-in of Taproot, describes a draft BIP for improving transaction privacy and more.

Taproot Activation Brings Massive Upgrades To Bitcoin

Taproot brings new optimizations to security and usability to the Bitcoin network as the activation is locked in.

Taproot Locks In: Bitcoin Protocol Upgrade Will Activate In November

Taproot has locked in with the Bitcoin protocol upgrade now set to activate in November.

Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) And The BIP Process

This episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado” covered Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) and how the process works.

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