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Bitcoin Mining Was Never Banned In China

[Aug 5 6:29 PM] An extraordinary reveal: Mining was never banned in China.Yes, you read that right. In fact, not only was it not banned, but Chinese miners are leading the world in innovative uses of Bitcoin mining.But what of this Reuters report and others that…

The Bitcoin Halving: Why This Time Could Be Different

[Jan 16 10:00 AM] The fourth Bitcoin halving is almost upon us, and this one has the potential for some very interesting surprises. This halving marks the reduction of the Bitcoin supply subsidy from 6.25 BTC every block to 3.125 BTC per block. These supply…

BitVM: But Can It Run DOOM?

[Oct 12, 2023 2:11 PM] Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.______________________________________________________________So, some…

Readers Responses To The Cult Of The Covenant

[Oct 6, 2023 8:00 AM] Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates._________________________________________________________________Last week I…

Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node's UTXO Set

[Oct 3, 2023 8:30 AM] Yesterday marks coming up to the finishing line after almost four years of work. Assumeutxo was merged into the Bitcoin Core master branch by Andrew Chow yesterday. This is the first major non-consensus update to the Bitcoin reference…

You'll Activate The Covenants And You'll Like It

[Sep 27, 2023 3:31 PM] Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.______________________________________________________________It's been two…

A New Trustless Way to Calculate the Bitcoin Price

[Sep 21, 2023 12:25 PM] UTXOracle is a simple Python script [Attention: direct download link] that takes advantage of a surprising fact about the Bitcoin blockchain – by parsing on-chain data it’s possible to derive an approximate U.S. dollar price. A graph of UTXO…

Readers React To Drivechain Incentive Concerns

[Sep 20, 2023 1:06 PM] Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates._________________________________________________________________Here is part…

Bitcoin Nodes Now One Step Closer to Instant Sync

[Sep 16, 2023 8:00 AM] Bitcoin light clients are now able to sync to the tip of the blockchain nearly instantly, thanks to a new development enabled by bitcoin startup ZeroSync and their work in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. Ultimately, ZeroSync seeks to enable full nodes…

Drivechains Are Stupid, Prove Me Wrong

[Sep 13, 2023 1:00 PM] Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates.______________________________________________________________We are going to…

ZK Rollups Are Coming To Bitcoin. Here’s All You Need To Know

[Sep 11, 2023 8:00 AM] Zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups are coming to Bitcoin. Recently, two different projects took turnkey steps into turning this development into a reality for the original cryptocurrency, an advancement that could help Bitcoin scale even more and also…