Month: April 2018

Don’t Count Your FUD Before Lightning Strikes

We’re back in action! In the follow-up to Aaron van Wirdum‘s excellent explanatory series, I decided to tackle 15 common claims against the Lightning Network, one by one. Only listen if you’re ready to learn!

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 3

Completing the Lightning Puzzle with Part 3 of Understanding the Lightning Network. The riveting conclusion of Aaron van Wirdum’s series on the Lightning protocol from Bitcoin Magazine.

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 2

Diving deeper down the Lightning rabbit hole with Part 2! How do we turn payment channels into a secure and trustless network?

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 1

Take a dive down the Lightning Rabbit hole with Part 1 of Aaron Van Wirdum’s 3 part series at Bitcoin Magazine to understand how a smart contract network accomplishes instant, secure, and trustless payments. Listen to learn more!

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Privacy and Schnorr Signatures

Schnorr Signatures could result in a significant change in the Bitcoin network efficiency and the size and types of transactions, but what will it mean for privacy? Listen to @nopara73‘s article to learn more.

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Why Schnorr Signatures will Solve 2 of Bitcoin’s Biggest Problems

Schnorr signatures could be a boon to the efficiency of the Bitcoin system and a hindrance to its spammers. Listen to the article from Sam Wouters to learn more.

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Monero has Hard Forked – Resulting in Four New Projects

Monero’s hard fork has been successfully executed as planned… or has it? Like many hard forks in the past, the consequences are rarely a simple matter. Listen to learn more.

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A History of Lightning: From Brainstorm to Beta

Listen to the extraordinary history of the Lightning Network stretching back to the beginnings of Bitcoin itself.

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Critique of Buterin’s Proof of Stake Design Philosophy

Tuur Demeester lays out his arguments against Vitalik‘s Proof of Stake Design Philosophy. Guess what he has to say. Listen to today’s quick read to find out.

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Atomic Swaps, How the Lightning Network Extends to Altcoins

The Lightning network is a new protocol layer that not only has implications for Bitcoin payments, but could hugely impact many altcoins, decentralized exchanges, and the nature of crypto payments for the entire ecosystem.
Learn more about its benefits from another of Aaron van Wirdum’s excellent articles with Bitcoin Magazine.

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