The v2 Transport: Bitcoin P2P Traffic Goes Dark
Bitcoin Magazine The v2 Transport: Bitcoin P2P Traffic Goes Dark For nearly 15 years, all communication between nodes on the Bitcoin network was transmitted completely in the clear, without any…
The Samourai Wallet Trial: A Test of Financial Privacy and Developer Freedoms
Bitcoin Magazine The Samourai Wallet Trial: A Test of Financial Privacy and Developer Freedoms This piece is featured in the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, The Freedom Issue. We’re sharing…
Taproot Assets – Bitcoin As A Medium Of Exchange
Bitcoin Magazine Taproot Assets – Bitcoin As A Medium Of Exchange What is Bitcoin and who is it for? There are a plethora of catchphrases available on Twitter to cover…
Remote Node Runner Pitfalls
Bitcoin Magazine Remote Node Runner Pitfalls For node runners, setting up a remote Lightning node to send and receive your own payments has never been easier. Thanks to modern wallets…
Lightning Strikes: The Value-For-Value Future of Money and Work
Bitcoin Magazine Lightning Strikes: The Value-For-Value Future of Money and Work When someone holds your funds, these days everyone recognizes the inherent risk: The custodian might misuse the money or…
Ark and Spark: The Channel Factories We’ve Been Waiting For
Bitcoin Magazine Ark and Spark: The Channel Factories We’ve Been Waiting For Visions of future technology are often prescient about the broad strokes while flubbing the details. The tablets in…
The Revolution Won’t Have Good UX
Bitcoin Magazine The Revolution Won’t Have Good UX Adam Curry is the modern-day Prometheus. His discovery of podcasting and sharing it with the world was as significant of a development…
Lightning Is Misunderstood
Bitcoin Magazine Lightning Is Misunderstood The Lightning Network is one of the most exciting and innovative technologies built on Bitcoin, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. From its…
From the Bitcoin Jungle to the Sea, Let Lightning be Free!
Bitcoin Magazine From the Bitcoin Jungle to the Sea, Let Lightning be Free! Welcome to the jungle — the Bitcoin Jungle. Bitcoin Jungle is a bitcoin circular economy located in…
The Lightning Network Is Like the Ship Of Theseus
Bitcoin Magazine The Lightning Network Is Like the Ship Of Theseus What is the Lightning Network? It is generally spoken about in analogies, metaphors or direct explanations of purpose. “It’s…