DLCs Are On Bitcoin, Bringing New Functionality And Major Potential
Bitcoin has been critiqued by those in the altcoin community for the past few years over its inability to host smart contracts. But recent work from developers at Suredbits, Crypto Garage and Atomic Loans — along with efforts from some independent contributors — on Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) is bringing Continue Reading
Community-Funded Bitcoin Awareness Campaign Unveiled in Hong Kong
Since 2012, the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong has been one of the strongest local communities focused on Bitcoin, boasting a current membership of over 5,000 people. During the month of September, the organization will be using donations to buy advertising space that feature informative statements highlighting “the risks and Continue Reading
Square Launches Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance To Protect Innovation
Today, mobile payments company Square launched the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit focused on keeping patents from becoming barriers to innovation in the space. “Crypto organizations (or even governments) have filed for hundreds of patents on cryptocurrency technology and continue to do so in large numbers,” a Square Continue Reading
Bitcoin Reddit Roundup – August 2020
Welcome to the 3rd edition of Reddit Roundup by Nik and Flip of Bitcoin Magazine! This contains 40 links to most of the best quality content that was uploaded to Reddit for this month. Most links come from the popular r/bitcoin, but we also retrieved posts from other ones as Continue Reading
The Top 5 Products That Every Bitcoiner Needs
In 2012, Bitcoin Black Friday was launched as a way for Bitcoiners to hack the mainstream consumerism holiday and promote their favorite technology as a killer tool for payments and encourage merchant adoption. Thousands of merchants have participated by offering discounts for customers who pay in BTC, but the celebration Continue Reading
With TVL At New Record, The Lightning Network’s Time Has Come
This article originally appeared in our Weekly Bits newsletter. If you want our news and analysis before anyone else, make sure you subscribe now! This week, the Lightning Network set a new record for the dollar value held in its payment channels at $12.6 million, according to data shared by Bitcoin Continue Reading
Invictus Capital Introduces Bitcoin Alpha Fund With Downside Protection For Investors
This is a promoted article provided by Invictus Capital. Invictus Capital, a leading blockchain asset management platform, has announced the latest upcoming fund in its offerings set which gives investors exposure to BTC while offering additional yield as well as downside risk protection. The Invictus Bitcoin Alpha Fund (IBA) is Continue Reading
Our Hero Hal: Fundraising For A Bitcoin Visionary
Hal Finney is remembered as one of the early pioneers of Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, and an advocate for widespread use of cryptography to help enhance people’s privacy. Finney was one of the biggest defenders and supporters of Bitcoin from its earliest days. He rose to the defense Continue Reading
The Genesis Files: How Hal Finney’s Quest For Digital Cash Led To RPOW (And More)
Once described by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman as “the Mister Rogers of cryptography,” Hal Finney (1956) was known for his relentlessly uplifting spirit. He carried a positive perspective on life with him even when amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) paralyzed his entire body, until the Bitcoin pioneer ultimately passed away from Continue Reading
A Monetary Layer For The Internet
ARPANET’s First Mark Into Networked Computing Created in February 1958, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was a response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, to research and develop projects in technology and science beyond direct U.S. military applications. Bob Taylor, an ARPA computer Continue Reading
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