Why Are Exchanges Avoiding CoinJoined Bitcoin?

Avoid coinjoin btc

Bitcoin is a pseudonymous payment network; if you only use the data that’s available on-chain, it doesn’t provide you with any personal information on transacting partners or who the user is that owns that specific Bitcoin.  As the market matured and large trading platforms with ties to traditional financial rails like banks became the biggest […]

What Are KYC Bitcoin Mining Pools?

KYC BTC mining Pool

So you’ve heard about Bitcoin mining, and you want to get in on the digital gold rush. You’ve done your research, and you know that it’s a risky investment, but you’re willing to take the chance and set up that ASIC. Maybe you have some untapped power by running home solar, and you want to divert some […]

What Is A Stowaway Transaction?

Stowaway Transaction

When using an open public ledger to transfer funds, you must make peace with the fact that anyone can see your transaction data, such as time, addresses, amounts and more. If you’re unaware of this, you could also leak additional data that can tie those transactions to you and future transactions.  Since Bitcoin is a […]

What Is A Stonewall Transaction?

BTC stonewall transaction

Bitcoin is a permissionless digital currency that is designed to be secure and censorship-resistant while also retaining some elements of privacy. If you were to use Bitcoin without KYC, you could take advantage of its pseudonymous nature; unfortunately, this isn’t a reality for most people.  Today, many new Bitcoin holders acquire their funds through centralised […]

What Are Lightning Prisms?

Lightning Prisms explained

Bitcoin is often spoken about as hard money, with a robust protocol that cannot be changed; while these ideas should be championed, it often leaves people thinking that Bitcoin cannot be upgraded or used in new and innovative ways. Despite some parts of Bitcoin being hard to change, it still programmable money, which means that […]

What Is A Statechain CoinJoin?

statechain coinjoins explained

Bitcoin is an open monetary network that anyone can use as long as they have the software to communicate with the network. Your method of interacting with the network can be as simple as using a software wallet and broadcasting via a third-party node, or you can talk to the network directly via your own […]

How To Use PayJoin Using Nostr

PayJoin with Nostr

Nostr is an open protocol designed to be a community-driven platform; the first use case for the protocol has been short-form social media content clients that mimic the Twitter experience. While this use case remains the primary use of the protocol, it’s not the only way to use it, and we’ve seen long-form content hosting clients […]

What Are Bitcoin Private Payments?

Private Payments Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system that was created in 2009, and since the launch of the chain, every single payment ever made is kept on every full node now and into the future as new full nodes spin up and secure a copy of the chain from the genesis block. While Bitcoin is […]

What Are Bitcoin Silent Payments?

BTC silent payments

When you become your own bank by taking self-custody of your funds, you are not only responsible for the safeguarding of your assets but also the data you leak and how you intend to preserve your financial privacy. A task that becomes more dubious as the Bitcoin network has many prying eyes, and chain analysis […]

What Is A Bitcoin Darkpool?

Bitcoin Dark Pools

In an era where data is the new gold or oil, and big tech is thirsting over every piece of metadata they can pry from your fingers, privacy is a fast-eroding commodity. While many are not too concerned with the privacy of their social media posts, search engine queries, emails or cloud-stored documents and files. […]

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