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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Is TOR critical to Bitcoin and Lightning?

I was reading the other day that one key difference between the TOR and Bitcoin/Lightning networks, when it comes to network growth (in terms of number of individual nodes supporting it) is the alignment of incentives, that makes that people can even...

by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago

Bitcoin Spot ETF Schedule

This past weekend, we saw the postponement of all application decisions for Spot ETFs on Bitcoin. I care a lot about this topic because I see it as one of the few positive drivers (over the next six months) that unites the industry on the same side....

by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago

TIL Lily Allen rejected payment in Bitcoin in 2009

Lily Allen, a british singer known for songs like Smile and F You, was offered 200 000 Bitcoin for playing a gig in the computer game Second Life in 2009. It is no surprise that she turned down the offer since Bitcoin at that time was only known by a...