Hardware Hardware Innovations That Are Strengthening Bitcoin The first Bitcoin hardware project was likely a wallet created in 2012 by Slush.
lightning Lightning Pool Lightning Pool is a peer-to-peer marketplace for Lightning node operators to buy and sell channels. Learn more about its benefits and how it works.
Developer Taproot explained in 10 summarised points The Bitcoin network recently received an upgrade called Taproot. The upgrade consisted of 3 different BIPs (Bitcoin's Improvement Proposals): BIP 340 - Schnorr Signatures for secp256k1 BIP 341 - Taproot:
Security Don’t take Bitcoin on trust Mt Gox was a wake-up call to the Bitcoin industry — one it unwisely chose to ignore. Major exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp, BTC China and others did publish a joint statement promising more audits and greater transparency.
Developer Bitcoin DeFi: An overview If bitcoin revolutionised the technology of saving, DeFi aims to revolutise all other parts of the financial system, which is a gargantuan task to say the least.
Developer An overview of technical bitcoin projects [August 2020] There's an incredible amount of development happening within bitcoin. In this article we list most of the key projects being worked on that aim to improve bitcoin technology.
Developer 10 key technical Lightning updates in 2020 A summary of the big technical updates to lightning implementations in 2020 so far.
Conference Running a Bitcoin node - for beginners The motto of a number of bitcoiners is "don't trust, verify" yet increasingly fewer people run a node. Check out reasons to run a node, and reasons why you might not want to.
Conference All conference videos are now free to watch! We’re pleased to say, as of today, all videos on our site are free for you to view :-)
Developer What is Miniscript? Part 1 Miniscript makes the process of writing bitcoin scripts easier to write but also easier to verify its correctness. In this article I explain the basics of miniscript.
Developer Rethinking Wallet Architecture using Wallet Descriptors Bitcoin Core’s wallet recently changed. At the Advancing Bitcoin Conference 2020, Andrew Chow spoke about Rethinking Wallet Architecture. Previously, the wallet inside of Bitcoin Core (the CWallet class) followed a ‘bunch of keys’ model.
Developer How to become a bitcoin developer Whether you're looking to strike it rich, wanting to create a financial revolution, or you're simply loving the technology - working as a bitcoin developer can be a rewarding career.
UX Don't shut me out! Why bitcoin wallets shouldn't lock you out after 3 attempts It is unnecessary to completely lock users out without providing multiple methods to recover access. Using your mnemonic seed as one method is a start but we can do better.
Conference How to raise a seed fund for your bitcoin startup! During London Bitcoin Week I took the opportunity to bring together a successful crypto entrepreneur, Nic Cary, founder of Blockchain.com.
Conference Recap of Advancing Bitcoin 2020 conference The second advancing bitcoin conference took place on February 6th and 7th 2020, during the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic.
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