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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago

Vote With Your Money, And Your Feet

Individual voting, often considered a civic duty, has a statistically negligible impact on election outcomes. Studies show minimal difference between Republican and Democratic state governments on various policy outcomes.Politicians often declare eve...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago

Everyone Needs An Uncle Jim

The recent decision by Wallet of Satoshi to stop serving customers in the United States brings us to a crossroads in the evolution of Lightning’s use as a consumer tool. While it is trusted and custodial, Wallet of Satoshi has been invaluable in givi...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago

Presidential Candidate Bitcoin Scorecards

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Primary Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription.IntroductionUntil this election cycle, Bitcoin has flown under the radar when it comes to the national political stage. Fo...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago

WATCH: Bitcoin Mining Changes Forever

Mining has become a heavily centralized industry, not necessarily due to the ownership of actual mining hardware being concentrated, but because of the central dependency on large mining pools to actually coordinate with other miners.& This prese...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago

Lightning Is Doomed

Lightning is doomed. High fees from Ordinals have killed all hope of scaling Bitcoin non-custodially, there is no chance at all that people will be able to cost effectively open channels or enforce hung payments on-chain when necessary. It’s all over...