What Is A Bitcoin Darkpool?
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. […]
The Limitations Of Inscriptions
Throughout history, humanity has developed tools to make their life easier; when we come up with a new tool, we will look at every possible problem it can solve. That is the nature of the experimentation and how we progress and find solutions. For every solution we have today, there were a million missteps and […]
The Pros & Cons Of Ledger Recover
Hardware wallet maker Ledger has been synonymous with cold storing your funds for many years now. They’ve had a solid track record distributing millions of devices worldwide, and if you’ve been in Bitcoin long enough, it might have been your first wallet or is part of your collection, used as a single signature device or […]
What Is MuSig2?
As a Bitcoin user, you’re using digital signatures along with specific messages to prove you’re the sender and that this is a legitimate command by you, the owner of the private key. These digital signatures are to show that you know the private key associated with an address without exposing your key to the network. […]
How To Navigate A Bloated Bitcoin Mempool
When you commit a transaction to the Bitcoin blockchain, it goes through several phases before being confirmed on-chain. Part of that process is having your transaction added to the mempool. The Bitcoin mempool plays a crucial role in the transaction process, acting as a holding area for unconfirmed transactions. Usually, your transactions won’t spend too […]
What Are The Types Of Bitcoin Public Keys?
If you’ve created a Bitcoin wallet before, you should be pretty familiar with the public address or public key. This key is represented by a long string of text with letters and numbers generated by your wallet, which you can use to receive funds. When you generate a public address, your wallet uses your private […]
What Is The Bitcoin UTXO Set?
When you first start to venture down the path of magic internet money, it can be jarring to get your head around the concept of digital ownership. The idea of trading 1s and 0’s is not new; we’ve been doing it with digital payments for ages; what we see on the screen as users are […]
What Is Lightning Node Automation?
The Lightning Network has taken the lead as the most promising solution to Bitcoin’s scalability issues, enabling faster and more cost-effective transactions. This second-layer system requires a network of peers to secure funds within payment channels between one another. These payment channels route payments off-chain and allow for more throughput without the need to broadcast […]
What Is A Satscard?
Bitcoin has grown in popularity over the years, with more people adopting it as a way to store savings, speculate on as an investment or as means of payment. As Bitcoin continues gaining traction, it needs more convenient and secure ways to use and spend it. Bitcoin continues to clear millions each day, with a […]
What Is A TapSigner?
If you’re a Bitcoin user, you’re probably familiar with the challenges of securing your satoshis. You obviously do not want to leave it with a third-party custodian, where you risk losing your funds and only have permissioned access to that Bitcoin. Ideally, you want to take control of those funds by using a wallet that […]