BitVM Just Got A Massive Upgrade
The introduction of BitVM smart contracts has marked a significant milestone in the path for scalability and programmability of Bitcoin. Rooted in the original BitVM protocol, Bitlayer’s Finality Bridge introduces…
Scaling Bitcoin Practically With Ark Labs
Company Name: Ark Labs Founders: Marco Argentieri and Simone Giacomelli Date Founded: June 2024 Location of Headquarters: Europe Number of Employees: Six full time Website: https://arklabs.to/ Public or Private? Private…
David Marcus: From PayPal President To Bitcoin Believer
David Marcus is taking his experience as the former head of PayPal and Meta Messenger and applying it to building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. At Lightspark’s first partner summit, Lightspark…
Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin L2 and Upgraded UMA Capabilities
At Lightspark Sync, Lightspark’s first partner summit on Thursday, the company announced new products and features that will allow users to make global payments with both bitcoin and fiat. The…
Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Stacks Achieves New High in Smart Contract Deployments
Stacks, the Bitcoin Layer-2 protocol, has achieved a new high in smart contract deployments, with a 30% month-over-month increase. This growth reflects the ongoing efforts of developers to enhance the…
Mythical Games VP: Blockchain Gaming Boom Built on Stronger Base
Mythical Games’ VP of Blockchain Tech, Cameron Thacker, said he believes the current interest in blockchain gaming is more sustainable than the last cycle. He attributes this to a shift…
Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning
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…
Bitcoin Blockspace: Dynamics of System Resource Use
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…
Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy
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,…
BitReXe: Enabling Parallel VMs on Bitcoin Network
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…