Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Bitcoinâs consensus mechanism ensures that work needs to be done in order for transactions to confirm and secures bitcoin in the fairest manner.This is an opinion editorial by Pierre Gildenhuys, the co-founder of a Hong Kong-based social environment...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
After Jerome Powellâs speech, markets are caught in the middle. Participants are hoping for a pivot. Is the bottom in or is more pain on the horizon? The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Mag...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Bitcoinâs responses to black swans are irrelevant to its continued success as a protocol used around the world.This is an opinion editorial by Bernardo Filipe, a life-long thinker, philosopher and author of âThe Straight Science.ââEarnings-free asset...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Despite a recent warning from European politicians on the dangers of bitcoin, the Swiss-based bitcoin app has published record results this month.Relai, a Swiss company that provides a non-custodial bitcoin wallet app, has reported that November 2022...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Brazilâs Congress just approved a complete regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets in the country. Hereâs everything thatâs in it.On Tuesday, Brazilâs Chamber of Deputies approved a landmark cryptocurrency legislation that sets the tone for h...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Modern day alchemy, unsurprisingly, failed. A deep dive into FTX and the events leading to the collapse of the now notorious crypto exchange. The below is an excerpt from the Bitcoin Magazine Pro report on the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
ECB President Christine Lagarde declared that inflation "came from nowhere,â yet Bitcoiners know this isnât really the case.This is an opinion editorial by Federico Rivi, an independent journalist and author of the Bitcoin Train newsletter.We are rai...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
IntroductionSurprisingly, the first time the term âcredit cardâ was used to describe a card for spending was back in 1887, mentioned several times in the utopian science fiction novel âLooking Backwardâ by Edward Bellamy. Although, in the beginning,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Powering bitcoin mining operations with landfill waste is the latest trend in sector growth as miners capitalize on wasted and stranded energy resources.Powering bitcoin mining machines with literal garbage is an emerging trend within the mining sect...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The leverage-fueled mania in crypto is over with yield arbitrage opportunities collapsing. How can companies still offer yield products above risk-free rates? The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The first successful discreet log contract has been executed on the Lightning Network by creating a new type of transaction when opening a Lightning channel.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1286: âThe first mainnet DLC on Lightnin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, Bitcoinâs Lightning Network is maturing toward mass adoption through specialization and sophistication.This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez, a Lightning Network mobile app....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The IMF and World Bank do not seek to fix poverty, but only to enrich creditor nations. Could Bitcoin create a better global economic system for the developing world? This is an opinion editorial by Alex Gladst...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The Electrum wallet allows Bitcoiners to interact with the protocol in ways that do not limit or sacrifice more detailed features for a friendlier interface.This is an opinion editorial by Arman The Parman, a Bitcoin educator passionate about privacy...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
After a week in El Salvador, itâs clear that state-run Bitcoin adoption is a slow but critical foundation for revitalizing the country.This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The incentives of the fiat system have broken charitable giving, but Bitcoin offers a chance to make real impact without virtue signaling.This is an opinion editorial by Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin developer, educator and entrepreneur and programmer with o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Bitcoin provides the ultimate form of transferable value because it preserves the encapsulated wealth.This is an opinion editorial by Leon Wankum, one of the first financial economics students to write a thesis about Bitcoin in 2015.Evolutionary psyc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Bitcoiners stand on the precipice of great change, built upon a distributed code that builds common values.This is an opinion editorial by Phil Snyder, professor, video director and editor.According to Merriam-Webster, a nation-state is: âA form of p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Despite academicsâ wishes, Bitcoin cannot be reduced down to a mysterious jargon-laden tulip mania.This is an opinion editorial by Maximilian Brichta, a doctoral student at the University of Southern California currently working on his dissertation,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The latest version of Bitcoinâs original software client brings improvements on usability, privacy and security. Hereâs all you need to know.A new version of the original Bitcoin software launched by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 has been released.Bitcoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Certain users have received emails detailing their new access to purchase and sell bitcoin on the Fidelity platform.Fidelity, one of the worldâs largest financial services providers, has officially started opening retail bitcoin trading accounts. The...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
IntroductionBitcoin-only exchanges are platforms where people can buy or sell bitcoin using fiat currencies or stablecoins.You can refer to our guide on âHow To Buy Bitcoinâ for further information on joining an exchange. Still, you usually need to s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The filing indicates that the firm could have up to $10 billion in liabilities, as contagion from FTX spreads.BlockFi has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a press release.The lending platform is the latest victim of contagion within the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The properties of Bitcoin allow it to protect the human rights of people around the world, as outlined by the United Nations.​​This is an opinion editorial by Anita Posch, the founder of Bitcoin For Fairness who has traveled ext...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Itâs time to make bitcoin more approachable for newbies by naming the smallest units âbitsâ which are more familiar to people used to dollars and cents.This is an opinion editorial by Don McAllister, a technologist who has made several video tutorial...