Bitcoin Privacy: The Effects Of Surveillance On Society
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Privacy: The Effects Of Surveillance On Society This is the first in a 10-episode video series focusing on Bitcoin privacy, filmed at bitcoin++ Privacy Edition in Riga…
Nostr Wallet Connect is the USB-C Connector of Bitcoin Wallets
Bitcoin Magazine Nostr Wallet Connect is the USB-C Connector of Bitcoin Wallets Open Protocols Drive Innovation NWC — Nostr Wallet Connect — has an impressive technological lineage. Digital and physical…
Know-Your-Customer: The Quiet Kill Switch
Bitcoin Magazine Know-Your-Customer: The Quiet Kill Switch The know-your-customer (KYC) threat isn’t coming. It’s already here, and it didn’t arrive through a nationwide ban or an emergency executive order. It…
The Blockspace Market: A Darwinian Forge
Bitcoin Magazine The Blockspace Market: A Darwinian Forge Bitcoin is a decentralized and censorship resistant network built around independent participants maintaining and verifying their own copy of the database storing…
Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Sidechains The original concept of a Bitcoin sidechain was proposed by Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, Andrew Miller, Andrew Poelstra,…
The Scroll: A Brief History of Wallet Clustering
Bitcoin Magazine The Scroll: A Brief History of Wallet Clustering Our previous post in this series introduced the basic idea behind wallet or address clustering, the trivial case of address…
The Spiral Scroll: Wallet Clustering Basics
Bitcoin Magazine The Spiral Scroll: Wallet Clustering Basics The Bitcoin transaction graph has various observable patterns, with wallet clustering of highest importance. Some of these patterns have been studied and…
A Seed Phrase Isn’t Self Custody, It’s A Liability.
Bitcoin Magazine A Seed Phrase Isn’t Self Custody, It’s A Liability. For as long as bitcoin has existed, self-custody–the ability to transact with and hold your own wealth without the…
What Happens to Bitcoin When Quantum Computers Arrive?
Bitcoin Magazine What Happens to Bitcoin When Quantum Computers Arrive? Recent announcements in quantum computing have brought renewed attention to the question of how these advances could impact Bitcoin. In…
Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains Statechains are an original second layer protocol originally developed by Ruben Somsen in 2018, depending on the eltoo (or LN Symmetry) proposal. In 2021…