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Are Bitcoin maximalists just cultist fools? Or are they realists who have yet to see a solid case for alternative blockchains? Hitting Jimmy Song’s article

Are Bitcoin maximalists just cultist fools? Or are they realists who have yet to see a solid case for alternative blockchains? Hitting Jimmy Song’s article

The most entertaining panel discussion so far @Consensus2018 was between Joe Lubin, Amber Baldet, and Jimmy Song. Song met the panel with uninhibited skepticism over

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

New ideas take the stage at the EIP:0 meeting. Governance, Inflation, Social Consensus, funds recovery and more. Reading one of Rachel O’Leary’s great articles on

[Trigger Warning!] Giacomo Zucco recently delivered an epic Twitter thread detailing why he thought bcash supporters were stupid. He may not be the most diplomatic

Szabo’s excellent essay on the specific trade-offs that empower Satoshi’s brilliant solution to the scaling of trust across human institutions. Listen if you are ready

With so many new features, tricks, and protocol changes, what will it be like to use lightning? What will Carol, the user, need to know?

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

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

An introduction to Channel Factories and the concept of a new Layer 2 protocol that could shift the Lightning Network into Layer 3. Is this

Lightning is a fascinating protocol with enormous potential, but also many challenges. A nee mechanism for updating channel states may work to solve some of

Nick Szabo is undeniably one of the most influential thinkers and pioneers in the Cryptoconomy. Learn more of his history and his works in this
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