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Revolutionizing Bitcoin Mining: The Power of Three-Phase Systems

[Sep 12 1:00 PM] Bitcoin mining has seen exponential growth since the first ASIC miner was shipped in 2013, improving hardware efficiency from 1,200 J/TH to just 15 J/TH. While these advancements were driven by better chip technology, we're now reaching the limits…

Bitcoin Vaults and the Future of Bitcoin Custody

[Sep 11 6:40 PM] Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, has come a long way from its informal past. From an experimental digital currency that occupied cypherpunk niches on the internet, it has grown to a trillion-dollar market cap asset valued at over $66,900 per…

Early Bitcoin Developer Backs Satoshi Nakamoto Theory

[Sep 11 1:00 PM] Jeff Garzik, a veteran Linux contributor and early open-source developer who contributed to the Bitcoin project from 2010 to 2017, has released a series of new videos detailing his time working with Bitcoin’s anonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto…

Bitcoin Rollups - The Rock Or The Hard Place?

[Sep 9 4:13 PM] Rollups have become the narrative focus of scaling Bitcoin lately, becoming the first thing to truly “steal the limelight” from the Lightning Network in terms of wider mindshare. Rollups aim to be an off-chain layer two that is not bound or…

Choose Privacy

[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…

UTXO Research Report: State Of The Bridges

[Sep 4 2:08 PM] As we enter a new era of development on Bitcoin, it has become very hard for most people to understand the nuances of the L2 debate, and ever harder to follow some of the technical jargon associated with it. Sidechains, rollups, sequencer…

The New Mission Critical Facilities: Bitcoin Mining Farms

[Aug 29 1:51 PM] Life embodies evolution, change, adaptation, and the willingness to thrive. Throughout history, we have experienced numerous changes that have forced society to evolve, adapt, and grow. From the inception of trading to the COVID-19 pandemic and…

The Security Hustle: Protecting My Bitcoin From Hackers

[Aug 28 4:08 PM] Bitcoin, the world’s first and leading cryptocurrency, has proven its mettle in its roughly fifteen years of existence. From 2011 to 2021, it was the world's best-performing asset class in eight of the last eleven years. At the end of 2023, it…

Lava Loans Protocol v2: DLC Based Bitcoin Collateralized Loans

[Aug 16 4:16 PM] The Lava Loans protocol (v2) is a scheme designed by Lava building upon Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) to facilitate a trustless Bitcoin collateralized loan system. The huge implosion in the market last cycle caused by centralized platforms…

Crypto Behemoth Coinbase Enters The Bitcoin DeFi Arena

[Aug 15 3:13 PM] A short and cryptic tweet sparked a frenzy in X circles late Tuesday night when leading global exchange Coinbase hinted at plans to enter the wrapped Bitcoin market. The initial speculation was quickly validated by senior employees who corroborated…

Silent Payments Are Coming To Better Protect Bitcoin Users

[Aug 14 7:12 PM] Bitcoin continues to provide a massive breakthrough in the digital age by allowing people to transact between each other without third parties. Bitcoin Magazine covered Silent Payments over two years ago to shed light on one of Bitcoin's…

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…

Fedi Launches A Bitcoin Operating System For Communities

[Aug 7 5:08 PM] Following a year of incubation, “Community Superapp” Fedi officially launched yesterday and has announced plans to open source its freedom technology stack. Introduced back in 2022, Fedi is a financial platform looking to empower individuals with…

The Key to FROST: What is Distributed Key Generation?

[Aug 2 4:16 PM] Multisig is a familiar concept for most in Bitcoin: a multisig transaction requires approval from multiple parties before it can be executed. We distinguish between "n-of-n" multi-signatures, where the number of involved parties is n, and they all…

Alby Opens Waitlist For Alby Hub: A One-Click Lightning Node

[Jul 24 7:10 AM] Alby is officially launching the waitlist for their new product, Alby Hub. The Hub is a one-click install Lightning Node application that aims to make self-custodial Lightning use as painless as possible. Users can sign up to join the waitlist…

Stablecoins Are Coming To Bitcoin's Lightning Network

[Jul 23 10:26 AM] The world of financial assets and alternative currencies has officially arrived to Bitcoin. If it wasn’t clear already following the slew of new protocols birthed by the Ordinals’ movement, the release of Lightning Labs’ Lightning-native Taproot…

Compute Maximalism: The Symbiosis Between Bitcoin Mining and AI

[Jul 22 11:10 AM] The story of human progress can be simplified into the story of increasing energy utilization. We harness energy to create order, both in terms of biology and society. Energy surpluses allow for every form of wealth creation, which in turn produce…

Breez Lightning SDK Integrating Support For Liquid Network

[Jul 22 7:00 AM] The Breez SDK is launching integration of the Liquid Network in addition to their support for the Lightning Network. Breez SDK has been a great success in making integration of Lightning support easier for developers. Used by Relai, Cake Wallet…

Bitcoin Open-Source Development Takes The Stage In Nashville

[Jul 18 11:43 AM] Caught up in the storm of price action and US politics, it’s easy to forget the Bitcoin technology landscape had its own breakout earlier this year. Now that things have cooled off over the summer, next week’s Open-Source Stage at Bitcoin Nashville…

Bitcoin Core Announces New Security Disclosure Policy

[Jul 3 11:54 AM] A group of Bitcoin Core developers has introduced a comprehensive security disclosure policy to address past shortcomings in publicizing security-critical bugs.This new policy aims to establish a standardized process for reporting and disclosing…

Bitcoin HODLers Need To Pull Their Weight Too

[Jul 3 10:03 AM] Imagine a scenario where you’re heading off for a 100-year vacation and you want your wealth to survive when you return. You decide to bury a safe that holds:Some gold barsA bunch of $100 billsYour bitcoin in cold storageWhat do you expect the…