Support The Show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5   @TheBlueMatt has introduced a new protocol to re-decentralize the vulnerability of mining pools.  Listen to @dantwany’s article breaking down what this could mean for the future of Bitcoin.    Check out the website for further links and other articles on Bitcoin news and development: https://news.buybitcoinworldwide.com/betterhash-aims-to-increase-bitcoin-mining-decentralization/   Tales From the Crypto…

Today we read @StopAndDecrypt’s thorough breakdown of the Ethereum scaling and validation trade-off.  Is ETH an inherently centralizing system?  Find out in today’s Quik Read. Don’t forget to check the plethora of graphics and charts as well as the other great work from @StopAndDecrypt: https://hackernoon.com/sharding-centralizes-ethereum-by-selling-you-scaling-in-disguised-as-scaling-out-266c136fc55d Support the Show: 3CHTvvAhrzUs3QWN5DsyGXbM2W1SvL2bi5 — Send in a voice message:…

Covering the weeks top stories with Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review – Looking to the Past and the Future.  Listen to today’s episode from Shawn Gordon and subscribe to hear all the best articles in the Cryptoconomy space.Don’t forget to click the link for the other great work from @bitcoinmagazine and Shawn Gordon:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazines-week-review-looking-past-and-future/ Support the…

The once-feared 51% attack of POW security has recently moved from a theoretical vulnerability to a common occurrence.  Today we read and discuss an article from @AlyssaHertig with @coindesk exploring recent events and what they might mean for the cryptoconomy at large.  Listen for more. Links to the article and relevant resources:https://www.coindesk.com/blockchains-feared-51-attack-now-becoming-regular/https://www.crypto51.app/Mentioned in the commentary:…

Another from @goorha and @parabolictrav detailing the application and incredible potential of Bitcoin’s contractual governance.  A truly global and open platform for economic organization.  Don’t miss this one!  Link to the full article and @parabolictrav’s medium page:https://medium.com/@parabolicinvestor/introducing-bitcoin-contract-governance-d28eb046ce8b — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Is Bitcoin a new asset class, a fancy way to buy coffee, digital sound money, or something entirely different and more fundamental?  Listen to the article by Prateek Goorha (@goorha) and Parabolic Trav to dive into the future of contracts. Be sure to check out the full article for the links and other work by the…

One of the features of the Lightning network is its innate benefits to privacy.  Listen to a short exploration of privacy in Lightning with Toronex (@scidexer) plus commentary.Check out the full article at:https://medium.com/@scidexer/increasing-bitcoin-privacy-using-the-lightning-network-or-how-to-delete-the-origin-of-your-bitcoins-3c611d072e40 Also check out the LN visualizer used:https://rompert.com/recksplorer/ — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Has transaction count become an unreliable measure of Bitcoin’s usage because of batching?  Find out the answer to this and more thanks to the detailed analysis by coinmetrics.io and hasufly. Check out the full article for the large number of excellent visuals and graphs included:https://medium.com/hasufl/an-analysis-of-batching-in-bitcoin-9bdf81a394e0 Be sure to follow Coinmetrics.io and keep them as a reference…

If you are curious of the foundations of thought that ultimately led to the creation of the Bitcoin system, Nick Szabo is absolutely the one to read.  Listen to Szabo’s “Trusted Third Parties and Security Holes” from 2001 @nakamotoinstitute Check out the full article and other works at the nakamoto institute as well as to…

Channel balances, gateway routing nodes, non-advertised channels, buffer capital, source routing, onion routing, bridge channels, and atomic multi-path payments. Take a dive into the tech behind Lightning routing with Bryan Vu and the Lightning Labs Blog. Don’t forget to check out the full article to see the graphics and explore other great work over at the…