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[Sep 4 8:11 PM] This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine's "The Privacy Issue". Subscribe to receive your copy.Privacy is a fundamental issue in using a public blockchain system like Bitcoin. Numerous projects and proposals have been made over the years to…

Bitcoin Lightning Startup TMRW Raises $1.3 Million Funding

[Aug 21 12:31 PM] Miami-based Bitcoin startup TMRW has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed Funding to develop its social payments app powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Maple VC led the funding round, and Bitcoin angel investors like Brad Mills joined the…

River: A Bitcoin Brokerage Built From The Ground Up

[Aug 20 8:32 PM] Company Name: RiverFounders: Alexander LeishmanDate Founded: February 2019Location of Headquarters: Columbus, OHAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: Proof of reserves launching soonNumber of Employees: 50Website: https://river.com/Public or Private?…

Fedi Combines Bitcoin And Other Freedom Tech With Community

[Aug 13 4:57 PM] Company Name: FediFounders: Obi Nwosu, Justin Moon and Eric SirionDate Founded: June 2022Location of Headquarters: Fully remoteAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: N/ANumber of Employees: 27 full-time employeesWebsite: https://www.fedi.xyz/Public or…

Assessing the Lightning Network's Last-Mile Solutions

[Aug 13 3:37 PM] Custodial Lightning has clearly achieved product market fit. Users benefit from instant Bitcoin payments and minimal fees, while custodians manage the complexities of channel and liquidity management. Major platforms like Coinbase, Cash App…

Alby: A Hub For The Bitcoin And Lightning Economy

[Jul 24 11:03 AM] Company Name: AlbyFounders: Michael Bumann, Moritz Kaminski and René AaronDate Founded: Open-source project founded in December 2020 / Company founded in March 2022Location of Headquarters: Fully remoteAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: N/ANumber…

Bitcoin Blockspace: Dynamics of System Resource Use

[Jun 21 10:04 AM] Competition for blockspace is and always will be one of the core tensions that exist between different users of the Bitcoin protocol. At the end of the day there are only two restrictions on how it will be used, the technical and consensus layer of…

Taking Bitcoin Mainstream, One Stream At A Time On Wavlake

[Jun 5 8:40 AM] Founders: Sam Means and Michael RheeDate Founded: 2022Location of Headquarters: Chicago,IL; New York, NY and Phoenix, AZAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: N/ANumber of Employees: 3Website: https://wavlake.com/Public or Private? PrivateSam Means is…

Ecash Makes Bitcoin (And Fiat) Private With Calle’s Cashu

[May 21 7:32 AM] Editor’s note: Cashu is a protocol, not a company.Founders: CalleDate Founded: October 2022Location of Headquarters: RemoteAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: N/ANumber of Employees: 20-30 open-source developersWebsite: https://cashu.space/Public…

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network In Every App: Breez CEO’s Vision

[May 14 9:57 AM] Founders: Roy Sheinfeld, Roei Erez and Yaacov SlamaDate Founded: 2018Location of Headquarters: RemoteAmount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: Dozens held in Breez Lightning nodesNumber of Employees: 11Website: https://breez.technology/Public or Private?…

Going Bankless: Bitcoin Offers The Ultimate Financial Freedom

[May 7 9:58 AM] It is often said that Bitcoin allows anyone to be their own bank. If you know anything about Bitcoin’s ethos and underlying tech, you’ve likely heard of this concept before. But do you know exactly how that works and why Bitcoin is more suitable as…

Coinbase Integrates Bitcoin Lightning for 100 Million Users

[Apr 30 8:49 AM] Bitcoin and crypto exchange Coinbase has integrated Bitcoin's Lightning Network, enabling faster and cheaper BTC transactions for its users in the United States (with the exception of New York). As the largest Bitcoin exchange globally by users…

Are Bitcoin Developers Losing Faith in Lightning?

[Apr 2 11:59 AM] High-profile defections, and ongoing criticism from the community, paints a picture of a much-hyped scaling project running out of steam. But bitcoiners have always been critical of the leading scaling solution.

Braiins Becomes First Mining Pool To Introduce Lightning Payouts

[Feb 26 10:57 AM] Braiins, a leading mining pool in the Bitcoin industry, has made a significant stride by becoming the first mining pool to introduce Lightning payouts. This pioneering move marks a notable advancement in the integration of the Lightning Network…

Preston Pysh: How To Actually Get Free Speech

[Dec 8, 2023 8:00 AM] Like most things, it’s hard to talk about the solution if we don’t properly define the problem first. So, let’s start there. Last week, Elon Musk and Andrew Ross Sorkin conducted an hour-long interview full of awkward and strange moments. For…