Development

Amid Chaos, Our Decentralized Future is Being Built

“These prospects have stirred a hive mind of dreamers and fueled an unprecedented bout of economic speculation. We don’t know where it’s headed. But we sense something profound is afoot…”

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Tari Blockchain for Digital Assets on Monero

Eric Kuebler at Bitcoin magazine gives us an introduction into Tari, the sidechain for digital assets and the Lightning Network built on top of Monero. Learn more in today’s Quik Read!

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The State of Cryptocurrency Mining

This may be one of the most important articles I’ve read to date. If you think you know about the intricacies, costs, and dynamics of ASIC manufacturing and Cryptocurrency mining, this quick read might prove you wrong.

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The Future of Bitcoin – What Lightning Could Look Like

Splicing Payments, Submarine Swaps, Atomic Swaps, Dual-Funded Channels, Eltoo, Channel Factories, AMPS, and More! Listen to Aaron‘s recent article to hear more of the awesome potential and the future of the Lightning Network. Listen to the end for a special thank you for all the incredible work at Bitcoin Magazine and the always reliable Aaron Van Wirdum!

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Eltoo – A Simplified Update Mechanism for Lightning

Lightning is a fascinating protocol with enormous potential, but also many challenges. A new mechanism for updating channel states may work to solve some of Lightning’s biggest challenges. Learn more from the announcement by Christian Decker on Blockstream.com

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Hashing Last Weeks Big Topics April 22-28

ERC20 bugs, Forking the forked BCH fork, Will we ever get Parity coins back, and Does France want you to move your ICO to their country? This and more as we hash all the topics I couldn’t get to last week.

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The Long Road To Segwit

The segwit protocol upgrade was the biggest and most controversial software change in Bitcoin’s history. Listen to Aaron Van Wirdum‘s article at BitcoinMagazine.com to learn why it was needed, and the many twists and turns it took to get the code live on Bitcoin’s mainnet.

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Pieter Wuille Chapioning Bitcoin Development

So who are the people behind Bitcoin’s past improvements and who are building its future? Today we have an article from CryptoCoreMedia.com introducing the “Chuck Norris of coders,” Pieter Wuille, and his enormous contributions to the bitcoin protocol. Listen to learn more!

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Mining Centralization Scenarios

Is Bitcoin really decentralized if we consider the enormous market dominance and hash power of Bitmain and the largest mining pools? Listen to Jimmy Song‘s argument about the elements and consequences of centralized mining scenarios to find out.

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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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