A Bitcoin Node Behind Every Blade of Grass
The debate of 2024 has been about scaling bitcoin self-custody versus ossification, with the presupposition that an ossified bitcoin protocol as it is today is imperfect – but its sound…
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T-Mobile Owner Deutsche Telekom Unveils Bitcoin and Lightning Network Node Operations
This week at the BTC Prague conference, Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary T-Systems MMS announced its operation of a Bitcoin node and a Lightning Network node. Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest telecommunications provider…
Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node’s UTXO Set
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…
Bitcoin Nodes Now One Step Closer to Instant Sync
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…
The RBF Debate Is A Matter Of Incentives And Individual Choice
Full RBF, while contentious, is essentially a matter of time, either through incentivized miners or through individual nodes. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the…
How Improving The UI And UX Of Bitcoin Nodes Could Benefit Everyone
It’s high time to move the discussion on Bitcoin user interfaces and experience over to nodes. This is an opinion editorial by Ram, a twenty year old student, soldier and…