Development

Bitcoin Core 0.20 Released!

“Users can now create a transaction without a signature in the Bitcoin Core GUI using the partially signed bitcoin transaction (PSBT) format” – Aaron Van Wirdum

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Paying Yourself for Privacy on Lightning?

“The Lightning Network is best known for its fast and cheap payments. But the Layer 2 protocol could also offer more privacy than on-chain payments […] the developer thinks that “self-payments” could be an important part of the privacy puzzle.” – Aaron Van Wirdum

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A Bitcoin Roadmap 2020 & Beyond

Closing out an extraordinary year in 2019 has us looking forward at 2020 & Beyond. What will we bring to Bitcoin, and what could Bitcoin bring to us? Today we read an amazing thread by John Newbery on the exceptional list of tools and technologies making their debut on the Bitcoin and Lightning protocol stack that will change everything about how we interact with and use this incredible technology.

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Innovations in Bitcoin’s Technology Stack

For everyone that tells you Bitcoin is a stagnant technology going nowhere, this is the article to point them to. Another be returning author Lucas Nuzzi, we cover a piece that touches on the plethora of developments happening across all fronts in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Much like the development of the internet, Bitcoin has the benefit of building a modular protocol stack to solve a vast array of problems without compromising the underlying network.

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Statechains, Sending Keys Not Coins

If you’ve heard of statechains but couldn’t understand how they worked, who better to break it down than Aaron Van Wirdum & Bitcoin Magazine? Today we get to read Aaron’s piece on the recently conceptualized “Statechains” from the mind of Ruben Somsen. An entirely different way to think of exchanging Bitcoin, by handing keys to the receiver, rather than sending coins.

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Letting a Million Channels Bloom

The Lightning Network does, in fact, have scaling problems of its own. When the network grows to millions of channels we obviously won’t be able to run it on a Raspberry Pi. Don’t tell Rusty Russell or Joe Netti that, because they’ll just build their own network and do it. Another major milestone in Lightning development, the release of the Million Channels Project!

Today we are reading & discussing, from the Blockstream blog, “Letting a Million Channels Bloom.”

Check out the official post for the network data, charts and optimization benchmarks. Follow the blog and developers involved to stay up on the incredible work they are doing to bring Lightning to the world.

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Major Developments in LND 0.7

Today we dive into the recent Lightning Labs Blog post on the incredible improvements in the 0.7-beta release. Followed with a fun discussion on the major developments and what it will mean for the UX, reliability, and further improvements of the Lightning ecosystem. If you need you Lightning Fix, this is where you’ll find it.

Don’t forget to follow the blog and Twitter handles to stay up on what the Lightning Labs team is building! Development is happening at a lightning fast pace and the team is straight fire!

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BetterHash, Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with new Hashing Protocols

What if we already had a solution to one of the biggest threats to the Bitcoin network, but simply weren’t implementing it? Today we read another great piece by StopAndDecrypt breaking down the numerous vulnerabilities of centralized mining pools, that simply wouldn’t exist, with the implementation of a TheBlueMatt’s new hashing protocol, BetterHash.

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Taproot is Coming

>One of the many amazing technologies coming to Bitcoin, Taproot is one of the most promising improvements to the privacy, efficiency, & capabilities of the Bitcoin system. Another excellent article breaking it all down by Aaron Van Wirdum. Published at BitcoinMagazine.com, today we read & discuss:

“Taproot Is Coming: What It Is, and How It Will Benefit Bitcoin”

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Announcing Olympus! From Fiat to Lightning in Seconds

Every so often a major development comes along that combines the available tools and you suddenly see a sharp image of what the future could look like. With Olympus, a new service from Jack Mallers & fam, getting a lightning balance and immediately spending it is as simple as the swipe of your debit card. Lightning is striking, and big things are brewing on the horizon.

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