Three Reasons Behind Bitcoin’s 2023 Resurgence
This is an opinion editorial by Chen Fang, the COO of BitGO, a Bitcoin-focused regulated custody and financial services firm. A challenging 2022 prompted Bitcoin skeptics to gleefully say “I…
The Debate Around “Cursed” Ordinal Inscriptions
After only four months since the protocol was launched, ord has its first contentious debate about what are known as “cursed” inscriptions. The simplest definition of a cursed inscription is…
Ordinals Is Bringing The NFT Industry To Bitcoin
The Ordinals protocol has taken the Bitcoin world by storm. Quickly amassing over 9,000,000 inscriptions, the new protocol allows for arbitrary data to be embedded on the Bitcoin blockchain. In…
Ordinals Have Proven Demand On Bitcoin, But Fees Will Push Users To Layer 2
This is an opinion editorial by Steven Hay, a writer, former trader and art dealer. The (modified by author). As for the loss of user funds due to rug pulls,…
Decoding Bitcoin’s Transaction Surge: The Emergence Of History’s Greatest Accounting Innovation
This is an opinion editorial by Darin Feinstein, the co-founder and co-chairman of Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific. The recent surge in transaction volume on the Bitcoin network has sparked…
High Bitcoin Fees From BRC-20 And Ordinals Lead To Controversy And Challenges
The fees collected in a single block of Bitcoin transactions have surpassed the block reward, a testament to the growing demand for block space as a result of Ordinals and…
Ordinals Are An Attack On El Salvador’s Bitcoin Mission
Support for a government-supported Ordinal collection from El Salvador demonstrates misunderstanding of what Bitcoin is really for. This is an opinion editorial by Jaime García, a Salvadoran-Canadian Bitcoiner and co-host…
Bitcoin Magazine’s Ordinal Auction Raises Questions About What Bitcoin Is Really For
This publication’s decision to auction off its magazine covers as Ordinal inscriptions sparked debate about how we should use Bitcoin. This is an opinion editorial by Nozomi Hayase, Ph.D., who…
A New Website Lets You Search For Full Text On The Bitcoin Blockchain
Preturino lets users search all plain text available on the Bitcoin blockchain since the genesis block. Preturnio, a full-text search engine for the Bitcoin blockchain, has been introduced, allowing users…
Bitcoin Magazine Launches El Salvador Cover Edition Ordinals Giveaway
Bitcoiners will have the opportunity to show how much they disrespect banks and love Bitcoin while potentially earning a Cover Edition ordinal. Bitcoin Magazine has launched a “Disrespectors” giveaway with…