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Reclaiming The Crypto Title: The Primacy Of PoW And Cryptography

The term "crypto" has become a buzzword, encompassing a wide range of digital assets. Amongst Bitcoiners, it has also become a derogatory term used to refer to altcoins, as seen in the oft-repeated phrase “Bitcoin, Not Crypto.” However, not…

Bitcoin Now Up Over 110% This Year In Anticipation of Spot ETF Approval And Halving

Bitcoin has risen over 110% in 2023 at the time of writing, where the price of the asset started the year off at $16,677 on January 1, has now pumped to above $35,000 only 10 months later. With more room to run this year as hype builds in the…

Payment Splitting And Switching: Improving Privacy And Payment Success Simultaneously

One of the fundamental limitations of the Lightning protocol is how payment routing is handled and accomplished. It is entirely source routed, meaning that the sender of a payment is the one who constructs the entire route from themselves to the…

MicroBT Unveils Highly Anticipated WhatsMiner M60 Series at Blockchain Life 2023 in Dubai

MicroBT, a prominent Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, made an industry-leading announcement in hash efficiency at the Blockchain Life 2023 event in Dubai. The company unveiled its latest generation mining rigs, the Whatsminer M60 series…

Postmortem On The Lightning Replacement Cycling Attack

So a lot of noise has been made around the Lightning vulnerability recently disclosed by Antoine Riard. Many people are claiming the sky is falling, that Lightning is fundamentally broken, and nothing could be further from the truth. I think part…

Strike Enables Bitcoin Spending on Everyday Items with Bitrefill Integration

Lightning payments app Strike has introduced a new feature that enables its users to utilize their bitcoin for everyday necessities. This comes after the platform partnered with Bitrefill to bring more practical functions to its service…