Bitcoin Mining Was Never Banned In China
An extraordinary reveal: Mining was never banned in China. Yes, you read that right. In fact, not only was it not banned, but Chinese miners are leading the world in…
BitVM: But Can It Run DOOM?
Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. ______________________________________________________________ So, some complete autist who…
Bitcoin’s First Ever EVM Transaction Takes Place Paving Way For ZK Rollup
Bitcoin startup Chainway has taken a significant stride in the space with its introduction of the first Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) transaction on bitcoin. This is part of Chainway’s continued…
Readers Responses To The Cult Of The Covenant
Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. _________________________________________________________________ Last week I published a…
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…
Finalists for $1 Million in Seed Funding by Samara Bitcoin Magazine PRO, Announced
Three finalists have been selected for the Bitcoin Alpha Competition, a crowd-sourced campaign to find the next top Bitcoin fund manager. The manager with the most promising approach for generating…
You’ll Activate The Covenants And You’ll Like It
Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. ______________________________________________________________ It’s been two years since…
OP_CHECKSEPARATESIG And Actuaries: Fixing Multiparty Channel Factories
Many people these days are finally starting to realize the shortcomings and limitations of off-chain channels limited to two participants, i.e. the Lightning Network, and the necessity to start exploring…
Bitcoin Blockchain Is Fighting Fraud In Guatemala’s Presidential Elections
Bitcoin is helping secure the truthfulness of Guatemala’s election results. Thanks to OpenTimestamps, a tool created by bitcoin developer Peter Todd a few years ago, Guatemalan tech startup Simple Proof…