by Guy | Oct 15, 2020 | Development, Technology
A major step toward the next era of Bitcoin was made today. The code is final, and it is now in the Bitcoin codebase as of today. The next steps are an activation method, and a full client release for the network to begin the process of adding it to the global...
by Guy | Sep 22, 2020 | Development, Lightning
“DLCs are uniquely positioned to bring smart contracting to Bitcoin using oracle contracts that are much more private and scalable than previously thought possible.” – Ben Carman Ben Carmen, a developer with the awesome team at SuredBits, drops a...
by Guy | Jul 27, 2020 | Development, Lightning
“Privacy is at the root of Lightning which is a requirement for a retail payment network to succeed. It builds on Bitcoin which does not optimize for privacy⁵ but transparency and robustness.” – Nicolas Burtey & Chris Hunter As excellent piece...
by Guy | Jul 21, 2020 | Development, Technology
“This risk is probably best countered by offering enough time to upgrade. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees on how much time is enough; some think forced signaling could start within a year, others believe it should take several years.” – Aaron Van...
by Guy | Jun 15, 2020 | Development, Fundamentals
“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” – Satoshi Nakamoto To kick off the Third epoch in Bitcoin we are officially...
by Guy | Jun 15, 2020 | Development, Technology
Full nodes without even needing the internet? That’s right. A massive improvement to the decentralization & alternatives for securing Bitcoin validation infrastructure just dropped from the team at Blockstream. Announcing Blockstream Satellite 2.0! Check out...
