Satoshi’s Exercise for the Reader
Bitcoin Magazine Satoshi’s Exercise for the Reader The Bitcoin whitepaper is clear about Bitcoin’s core feature: it is permissionless. Anyone in the world can pay anyone by joining the peer-to-peer…
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…
Spark Explained Like You’re Five
Bitcoin Magazine Spark Explained Like You’re Five Some of you may remember an article I published years ago, Understanding Lightning Network Using an Abacus, which I wrote after it became…
Bitcoin Knots Has Been Nothing More Than A Denial-of-Service Attack On Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Knots Has Been Nothing More Than A Denial-of-Service Attack On Bitcoin In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack; UK: /dɒs/ doss US: /dɑːs/ daas[1]) is a cyberattack…
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…
The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information
Bitcoin Magazine The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information You’d be forgiven for thinking that technological development was following a predetermined trajectory. In the past few decades, we’ve seen…
A Response to Sir Tim Berners-Lee: We Can Fix the Web Without Regulation
Bitcoin Magazine A Response to Sir Tim Berners-Lee: We Can Fix the Web Without Regulation Sir Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist, inventor of the web and an all-round good guy, wrote…
Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk Is Real – One Solution Might Start with Taproot
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk Is Real – One Solution Might Start with Taproot Roughly a quarter of all Bitcoin is exposed to the risk of a quantum attack, tied…
You Cannot Stop Bitcoin Metaprotocols
Bitcoin Magazine You Cannot Stop Bitcoin Metaprotocols Bitcoin is a database. This is an inescapable technological reality. Money itself is simply a ledger, a record of who has what. Even…
Nunchuck Wallet Brings Programmable Bitcoin To Everyone With Miniscript Support
Bitcoin Magazine Nunchuck Wallet Brings Programmable Bitcoin To Everyone With Miniscript Support Today Nunchuck Wallet releases support for fully generalized Miniscript use, bringing a degree of flexibility and control to…