What Is Hedgehog?
Super Testnet, a freelance developer focused on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, is known for developing some rather novel ideas and pushing them out to drive discussion and innovation. Every so often, the tinkerer pops up with a new proof of concept and leaves some of us scratching our heads as we try to keep […]
What Is Pathcoin?
We’ve all heard of Bitcoin as a digital currency, a revolutionary way to exchange value online. Internet native money used by cartels to launder money, ones and zeros used to purchase drugs via online marketplaces, and digital beanie babies are ideal for somewhere scams. Yes, Bitcoin has been used for those types of transactions, but […]
What Is OP_CAT?
Bitcoin upgrades are a contentious subject; whenever they are brought up in conversion, as you can rightly imagine, a larger portion of the population joins in and places their monetary value into the network each year. Now that we’re sitting in the trillion-dollar range, making any changes to Bitcoin becomes a monumental task. You’ll find […]
What Are Taproot Swaps?
Bitcoin has become a victim of its success as more people regularly use the network to settle transactions. Bitcoin has a hard limit on the number of transactions it can settle per block, and as demand for the asset increases, the resulting network congestion drives up fees. Increased fees optimise blocks for the transactions that […]
What Is Coin Consolidation?
As the internet has matured and become a mainstream channel for exchanging value, many of us have leapt to eCommerce and familiarised ourselves with online interfaces, like banking websites or mobile apps, that allow us to send and receive funds. Today, we manage our balances from our laptops or phones. We see the balance increase […]
What Are Inviscriptions?
Bitcoin is marketed by many as a decentralised and censorship-resistant network that is committed to transaction finality. As long as you pay the fees and broadcast your transaction, you will see it added into the next block or a few blocks after that, depending on how busy the network is and how competitive your transaction […]
Can Taproot Assets Migrate BRC-20 Mania?
BRC-20 tokens started out as a joke, an experimental token standard using the ordinals protocol, with some clear issues that even its creator claimed were flawed from the start. Even the creator of the ordinal theory on Bitcoin has proposed an alternative implementation in Runes. It was never meant to be anything but a novelty use case for […]
BitVM Could Enable 2-Way Pegs
Bitcoin can scale through side chains by offloading transactions to separate blockchains that are linked to the main Bitcoin blockchain. Sidechains allow for faster and more efficient transaction processing, as they do not have to adhere to the same strict consensus rules as the main blockchain. This can help to lower transaction fees and congestion […]
Why Run A Cloud Node With Voltage
One of the core tenets of Bitcoin is to avoid trust and always verify. To do this, you should practise self-custody and reduce exposure to intermediaries. While this is the intended use for Bitcoin, the reality is very few people have taken the time to use the asset and the network in a trustless manner. […]
What Is The Bitcoin Security Budget?
Bitcoin, often referred to as digital gold, is not just a revolutionary form of decentralised digital currency; it’s also a pioneer in security. It’s the first global open network to remain online for over a decade without a major hack, and it does so by encouraging miners from around the world to provide security. As […]