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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…

Bitcoin Season Two Proposals Facing Early Headwinds

[Jun 27 11:22 AM] If you haven’t been around too long, it’s hard to fully appreciate how quickly narratives can shift in this industry, especially when playing catch-up. Fads grow old, memes become tired. It's fair to say that this year’s seasonal craze is currently

Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning

[Jun 27 10:00 AM] Bitcoin’s secondary layers are often overlooked despite their undoubted potential to enhance Bitcoin’s potential for even more advanced functionality. Much of the focus is directed at the Lightning Network and its ability to handle…

Tackling Bitcoin MEV Opportunities With Rebar Labs

[Jun 27 7:59 AM] Rebar Labs, a team of seasoned veterans from the Ethereum industry, is bringing their expertise to Bitcoin to tackle the emerging challenges posed by on-chain Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). The company has successfully raised $2.9 million in seed…

The Evolving Bitcoin Layer Landscape

[Jun 24 2:09 PM] At the most recent Bitcoin++ developer conference in Austin, TX, Bitcoin Magazine's Alex B. sat down with Michael from Boltz and Tiero from Ark Labs to discuss the latest developments in Bitcoin's technology ecosystem, particularly focusing on…

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…

Bridging Bitcoin & Ethereum: BOB’s Hybrid Layer Two Solution

[Jun 18 9:22 AM] Bitcoin & Beyond is an educational series by the team at The Rollup focused on a new and emerging class of builders in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Through spaces, panels, and interactive presentations, the objective is to provide deep technical insights…

The Emerging Bitcoin Modular Ecosystem

[Jun 14 9:39 AM] What’s modularity anyway?Modularity is the result of a curious experiment playing out in Ethereum as a reaction to the poor scaling properties of blockchains. To address this bottleneck, developers have taken the radical approach of auctioning off…

Why Institutional Bitcoin Investors Need Optimal Networks

[Jun 14 9:21 AM] As Bitcoin is increasingly integrated into the economy, investors are recognizing the importance of scalability. Bitcoin investors are particularly interested in the potential of this digital asset to transform not only retail establishments and…

Peer-To-Peer Bitcoin Trading Protocol Hits Milestone

[Jun 12 1:18 PM] Civkit, a project attempting to revitalize the global peer-to-peer economy, announced the release of its first alpha version following over a year of dedicated development. The protocol aims to enable peer-to-peer trading in a decentralized manner…

The Politics of Bitcoin Development

[Jun 12 9:12 AM] In a recent conversation with Christian Decker from Blockstream, Bitcoin Magazine's Shinobi delved into the intricate politics of Bitcoin development. Decker, a lead Lightning developer, provided a candid look at the current competitive atmosphere…