Should Full Replace-By-Fee Be Merged Into Bitcoin Core?
Weighing the pros and cons of the current debate in the Bitcoin community about whether to include full RBF into the next Bitcoin Core update. Watch This Episode On YouTube…
Exploiting The Lightning Bug Was The Ethical Choice
By publicly exploiting a bug on Lightning that could have put users’ funds at risk, the developer was acting in the best interests of Bitcoin node runners. This is an…
Is It Dangerous To Have Multiple Implementations Of Bitcoin?
What are the implications for having multiple implementations of the Bitcoin protocol? Do the positives outweigh the potential bugs and other issues? This is an opinion editorial by Bill Scoresby,…
The RBF Debate Is A Matter Of Incentives And Individual Choice
Full RBF, while contentious, is essentially a matter of time, either through incentivized miners or through individual nodes. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the…
Analyzing The Insights From River Financial’s Lightning Node Report
River Financial research analyst Sam Wouters shares about his report which details unique insights from the company’s Lightning node. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here: Apple…
Decentralizing IP Addresses With Bitcoin Helps Distribute The Internet
If they choose to, IANA could use Bitcoin to create a decentralized database for IP address distribution, unless they go down the path of tokenization. This is an opinion editorial…
Another Bug Briefly Took Down Part Of The Lightning Network
The nature of open-source distributed systems leaves some vulnerabilities open to exploitation, but should bugs be exploited publicly or disclosed in private? The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s…
How A Bug Temporarily Brought Down One Implementation Of The Lightning Network
One developer brought down LND nodes with a massive multisignature transaction, causing issues across the Lightning Network for a short period of time. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble…
Erlay Makes It Easier To Run A Bitcoin Node
Erlay will bring bandwidth efficiency gains to Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer layer by changing the transaction relay protocol where full nodes share data. The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent…
Using Taproot And FROST To Improve Bitcoin Privacy
A group of developers in Malaysia are working to incorporate FROST and Taproot to create federated Chaumian mints with the Fedimint protocol. This is an opinion editorial by Dan Gould…