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Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy

[Jun 12 7:00 AM] One of the best parts about running Breez is the diverse range of people I get to meet and work with. We have partners from Jamaica, the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Estonia, and who knows where else. We have users in Finland, Wales, Namibia…

Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup Is Gearing Up For Launch

[Jun 10 11:29 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…

Cashu: A Vision For A Bitcoin Powered Ecash Ecosystem

[Jun 10 10:03 AM] Ecash is becoming an unavoidable topic these days. In a climate of contention over pretty much every proposal floating around these days ecash stands out as a protocol that can be deployed today without any alterations or changes to the Bitcoin…

Proof-Of-Stake On Bitcoin? Discussing Botanix’s Spiderchains

[Jun 7 7:09 AM] In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Shinobi sat down with Willem Schroé from Botanix Labs to discuss the progress and vision behind Spiderchains, an innovative scaling solution soon to be released to the public. Despite the flurry of…

BitReXe: Enabling Parallel VMs on Bitcoin Network

[Jun 6 8:53 AM] Ethereum is still working on a complementary plan for parallel EVM, but Bitcoin can be soon expecting its own parallel VM layer 2. Let’s firstly understand why Ethereum cannot achieve parallel EVM.To maintain network consistency and security, EVM…

10 Steps to Self-Sovereignty with Bitcoin

[Jun 5 2:29 PM] Bitcoin Magazine's "10 Steps to Self-Sovereignty" series in partnership with Ledger is officially concluded. Over the last few months we have gone through many different topics, ranging from specific guides on how to manage and interact with your…

Reactions: The Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Arms Race Begins

[Jun 5 7:30 AM] In case you missed it, Starkware, a company historically active in the Ethereum ecosystem, announced yesterday plans to start committing significant resources towards new Bitcoin scaling opportunities that have emerged over the past months…

Red Vs. Blue: The Bitcoin Ordinals Wargame

[Jun 4 10:30 AM] For over a year, some have considered bitcoin to be under siege. Fee spikes and transaction volumes associated with Ordinals and Inscriptions have impacted other users, and some even propose these may be cover for a deliberate attack by a…

Is The MEV Monster Under Bitcoin's Bed?

[May 30 11:59 AM] What's MEV?For the uninitiated, Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) involves various techniques used by market actors to capture additional value by exploiting price inefficiencies in blockchain transactions.One naive form of MEV is called “transaction…

Building the Future of Bitcoin Education

[May 28 7:01 AM] Bitcoin Magazine recently sat down with Lisa, founder of Bitcoin++ and the Base58 Bitcoin Developer course, to discuss her work and vision for structured education in the Bitcoin space. Lisa's journey in the Bitcoin space has been multifaceted…

OP_CAT and the Infinite Nothing

[May 22 9:30 AM] IntroductionYou may have heard about re-enabling OP_CAT as a potential upgrade for bitcoin's script language. Depending on where you get your news OP_CAT has been called "only 10 lines of code", "the best way to enable experimentation with…

The New Wave Of Bitcoin L2s Are Sidechains

[May 20 11:33 AM] I heard a lot of people say no one could define an L2 at Bitcoin Asia. The problem is that we have a definition, and most people just want to ignore it. Marketing, eh.“Bitcoin L2s” are the hottest thing on the street. People are using a bunch of…

Blockstream's Rusty Russell Wants To Revamp Bitcoin Script

[May 17 12:02 PM] Rusty Russell, lead Lightning developer for Blockstream, is spearheading an ambitious initiative known as the Bitcoin script restoration project. This effort aims to restore and expand the functionality of Bitcoin's script language, which was…

The Great Script Restoration: A Path Forward For Bitcoin

[May 16 1:29 PM] Bitcoin was initially designed with a fully fleshed out scripting language, intended to encompass and support any potential safe use case that users could come up with in the future. As Satoshi himself put it before he disappeared: “The nature of…

DIY Multisig vs. Collaborative Custody Multisig

[May 6 2:18 PM] Originally published on Unchained.com.Unchained is the official US Collaborative Custody partner of Bitcoin Magazine and an integral sponsor of related content published through Bitcoin Magazine. For more information on services offered, custody…

Script State from Lamport Signatures

[May 2 3:33 PM] The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This activity has largely overshadowed some…

OP_CAT: The Purr-fect Solution for Covenants?

[May 1 7:45 AM] Is OP_CAT happening? The covenants proposal was just assigned BIP number #347. But before we delve deeper, let’s explore what covenants are and why Bitcoiners may want them.Is Bitcoin an ideal state of digital e-cash or do we want more from our…

Paypal's Green Mining Initiative Makes Zero Sense

[Apr 29 11:00 AM] Last week Paypal released a whitepaper in partnership with Energy Web and DMG Blockchain Solutions, describing a “Green Mining Initiative” intended to redirect fees from participating users specifically to certified miners powering their operations…

Shadow Boxing: Comments On Proof-Of-Work Centralization Hysteria

[Apr 26 12:32 PM] The always-relevant Marty Bent had Spiral developer Matt Corallo on his podcast this week to address the freaks about urgent Bitcoin mining matters.To bring everyone up to speed, the concerns stem from recent sleuthing of the blockchain which…

Top 10 Tips for Every Bitcoin Multisig Beginner

[Apr 26 11:46 AM] Originally published on Unchained.com.Unchained is the official US Collaborative Custody partner of Bitcoin Magazine and an integral sponsor of related content published through Bitcoin Magazine. For more information on services offered, custody…

Bitcoin address types compared: P2PKH, P2SH, P2WPKH, and more

[Apr 23 2:29 PM] Originally published on Unchained.com.Unchained is the official US Collaborative Custody partner of Bitcoin Magazine and an integral sponsor of related content published through Bitcoin Magazine. For more information on services offered, custody…

Bitcoin Decentralization and Where to Find It

[Apr 23 12:00 PM] IntroductionOne of Bitcoin's undeniable and frequently touted strengths is its decentralization. It's often claimed that the Bitcoin network offers levels of decentralization, accessibility, and distribution unmatched by any other cryptocurrency…

How To Keep Your Bitcoin Safe When You Have to Flee Your home

[Apr 23 9:30 AM] The world is becoming an increasingly unstable place politically and economically speaking. Many people all over the world are currently living somewhere presenting serious risks to their livelihood and well being, everything from totalitarian and…

The Weekly Reorg: This Time Is Different

[Apr 23 7:56 AM] My buddy Harry Sudock has a wager with Danny Knowles of What Bitcoin Did fame about the prospect of a 50 BTC block reward in this new epoch. Putting aside a couple of fat fingers, the last time this happened was over 4000 days ago. Late last Friday…

Fun Facts About The Halving

[Apr 19 9:37 AM] The halving is a pivotal moment in Bitcoin’s monetary policy every four years, having massive implications for the economic viability of individual mining operations, the overall market dynamics of the asset, and generally the block alcohol content…

What the heck is CatVM?

[Apr 17 9:30 AM] Taproot Wizards released a cartoon yesterday called CatVM. I will not refer to it as a whitepaper, those are real academic documents for adults. In the cartoon, interspersed amongst the absurd childish narratives, were a few valuable technical…