Super Testnet Introduces Hedgehog: A Protocol For Asynchronous Layer 2 Bitcoin Payments
Today, a freelance developer focused on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, Super Testnet, unveiled his latest invention, Hedgehog, a protocol for asynchronous layer two bitcoin payments. „This is a protocol…
Bitcoin: The Tree of Bytes
The blockchain truly is a marvelous piece of technology. A mechanism to timestamp the order of digital information without needing to depend on a centralized operator. A decentralized mechanism with…
Bitcoin: The Entropy Engine
Introduction Names can be both liberating and confining. When mankind gives something a name, we mark it with a label that helps us discuss our shared environment and experience. At…
First Nation to Buy Bitcoin El Salvador Passes $400 Million in Holdings
El Salvador, the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, and to adopt a Bitcoin investment strategy for its national treasury, has now accumulated over $400 million worth of Bitcoin.…
South American Gold Miner Nilam Resources Files Letter of Intent to Acquire 24,800 Bitcoin
Nilam Resources, Inc., a precious metal mining company with principal assets in Peru, has announced it is entering into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Xyberdata Ltd. to acquire 24,800 bitcoin. This agreement…
AMIDST P2P CLAMPDOWN, NIGERIA BITCOINERS EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH BITCOIN EDUCATION
In the wake of ongoing peer-to-peer (P2P) clampdowns in Nigeria, the country’s Bitcoin community took a remarkable step towards empowerment by dedicating International Women’s Day to educating and uplifting women…
London Stock Exchange To Launch Bitcoin ETN Market In May
The London Stock Exchange has announced that it will accept applications for the admission of Bitcoin Crypto Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) starting from April 8, 2024. This decision follows the Exchange’s…
Bitcoin and Taxation: Government On A Bitcoin Standard
How will governments function in a world that has transitioned from fiat to hyperbitcoinization? This is a question that I have thought about recently, and I wanted to think through…
BlackRock's Robert Mitchnick: Bitcoin Is "Overwhelmingly" The Number One Priority For Clients
In a fireside chat today at the Bitcoin Investor Day by Reflexivity Research, Robert Mitchnick, the Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, shared insights into the asset manager’s approach to Bitcoin,…
Bitcoin and Grain: a tale of two custodies
FTX’s collapse demonstrated the wisdom of segregating the activities of market making on the one hand (Alameda) from those of running an exchange (FTX) and a custodian (FTX again) on…