Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 4 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. Itā€™s all over...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

An Interview With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazineā€™s ā€œThe Primary Issueā€. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. After a plane, a ferry, and a train had brought me to Manhattan, NY, we found ourselves with thirty-something minutes to...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

What Is A Bitcoiner?

When bitcoin adoption reaches a global scale, it is likely there will no longer be bitcoin podcasts, bitcoin conferences or even, sorry to say this, a need for a Bitcoin Magazine. However, until this point, people interested in bitcoin will be differ...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

Are Mining Pools Becoming A Problem?

Bitcoin miners provide a valuable service to the ecosystem. In exchange for the work they do securing the network, they are rewarded by the same network they protect. This sound and elegant design by Satoshi is surely one of the most remarkable aspec...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

Bitcoin Magazine Launches Bitcoin Crocs

Bitcoin X Crocs: Bitcoin Magazine is releasing a limited run of the first and only Bitcoin Crocs shoe. The sound money footwear is crafted in the iconic Crocs clog style and features the classic orange Bitcoin logo atop a black base color. Each of th...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

Why You Should Read 1984 (Again)

Despite being published in 1949 at the tail end of World War II, I think George Orwell's fictional novel, 1984, is still as relevant today as it was back then. The book is set in the fictional state of Oceania, where a dystopian future has taken over...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

Reimagining Web3 With Bitcoin

When the Web3 narrative got very popular in 2021, I was still in college and had only recently been introduced to blockchain technology, smart contracts, and decentralized applications. Like many at the time, I imagined that Ethereum or another highl...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 5 months ago

The Primary Issue: Letter From The Editors

ā€œThis letter is featured in Bitcoin Magazineā€™s ā€œThe Primary Issueā€. Click here to subscribe now.ā€First things first, the primary function of Bitcoin is to remove the Stateā€™s special privilege of debt pardoning through monetary printing. Bitcoin is ru...