Aaron Van Wirdum

Don’t Count Your FUD Before Lightning Strikes

We’re back in action! In the follow-up to Aaron van Wirdum‘s excellent explanatory series, I decided to tackle 15 common claims against the Lightning Network, one by one. Only listen if you’re ready to learn!

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 3

Completing the Lightning Puzzle with Part 3 of Understanding the Lightning Network. The riveting conclusion of Aaron van Wirdum’s series on the Lightning protocol from Bitcoin Magazine.

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 2

Diving deeper down the Lightning rabbit hole with Part 2! How do we turn payment channels into a secure and trustless network?

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Understanding The Lightning Network Part 1

Take a dive down the Lightning Rabbit hole with Part 1 of Aaron Van Wirdum’s 3 part series at Bitcoin Magazine to understand how a smart contract network accomplishes instant, secure, and trustless payments. Listen to learn more!

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Monero has Hard Forked – Resulting in Four New Projects

Monero’s hard fork has been successfully executed as planned… or has it? Like many hard forks in the past, the consequences are rarely a simple matter. Listen to learn more.

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Atomic Swaps, How the Lightning Network Extends to Altcoins

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 the nature of crypto payments for the entire ecosystem.
Learn more about its benefits from another of Aaron van Wirdum’s excellent articles with Bitcoin Magazine.

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There is a Bitcoin Patent War Going On

There is a Bitcoin Patent war going on that could have serious consequences for the entire industry and security assumptions of blockchain as a technology. However, there may be a solution! Listen to the quick read from @BitcoinMagazine to find out more.

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Bitcoin 0.16.0 is Released: Here’s What’s New

Final release for Bitcoin 0.16.0 has hit mainnet! Find out what’s inside with Aaron Van Wirdum‘s article breaking it down.

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Keep an eye out for New Bitcoin Tech in 2018

Tons of exciting developments on the horizon for 2018, listen to hear why this year is going to be another big one for Bitcoin. Written by author Aaron Van Wirdum, published on Bitcoin Magazine, a exploration of the numerous new technologies and proposals coming in 2018!

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