How To Use AlbyHub Node Sub Accounts
Let’s get real for a moment; Alby moving to fully non-custodial is a good thing for Bitcoiners, but it is still a pain in the arse when compared to the ease of a custodial wallet. Having gone through the onboarding process myself, I can attest to the work the Alby team has put in with […]
What Is Strata?
It’s about that time of the cycle when everyone and their Uber driver begins to pay attention to Bitcoin, and with more eyes on the prize comes more critiques of the network. It’s slow, expensive, and cumbersome; we’ve heard it all before, and NO ONE ASKED YOU PATRICE! And yes, we know, and we’ve been […]
What Is Bitcoin Ossification?
Bitcoin, the world’s first and only decentralised cryptocurrency, has undergone numerous changes since its inception in 2009. Even Satoshi himself was around to deploy some updates during his brief stint as master of the code base, before handing it over. However, as the network matures and starts to hold some serious value, a critical concept […]
What Is Spark?
I’ve had a bit of L2 fatigue this past year and a bit, with everyone and their grandma getting a couple of VC seed round cheques cut to roll out the “next generation of Bitcoin scaling solutions.”The vast majority of those whitepapers, litepapers, and GitHubs rolling out in this niche are just skibidi toilet brainrot […]
What Is Simplicity?
One of the criticisms often levelled at Bitcoin is its limited scripting capabilities, which restrict the complexity of smart contracts. If you ever speak to a crypto-bro, whether he can write a solidity smart contract or not, they will say that Bitcoin is a boomer coin because it can’t execute some arbitrary function on the […]
What Is The Sequentia Side Chain?
Bitcoin is optimised for security and reliability. Its design, while robust, has inherent limitations when it comes to scalability. The blockchain, the underlying technology, can only process a finite number of transactions per second. This limitation, often referred to as the “scalability trilemma,” presents a significant challenge as the network’s popularity grows. As Bitcoin’s user […]
What Is Fractal Bitcoin?
It feels like nearly a lifetime ago now that Ordinals were making headlines and stirring up all sorts of arguments about how to use block space; while the debates raged on for a brief moment in time, fees were astronomically high, making the base chain unusable for the average person. If you wanted to spend […]
How To Add RSK Network To MetaMask
When you dive into Bitcoin scaling, you’ll likely end up down the Lightning rabbit hole, with more than enough reading, videos and tutorials to keep you busy for a few months. While Lightning remains the premier scaling solution, there are other methods of taking your Bitcoin activity off-chain, all with different trade-offs. Currently, if you’re […]
What Are Anchor Outputs?
Before diving into anchor outputs, it’s essential to grasp the basics of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Imagine the Bitcoin blockchain as a busy highway that sometimes gets congested. While it’s reliable, transactions can be slow and expensive during peak traffic. While the highway works on a first-come, first-served basis, Bitcoin allows you to bump up […]
What Is The Spaces Protocol?
Bitcoin created a phase change in how we see data. Before the beloved orange coin, we saw everything digital as a commodity of unlimited supply, able to always be copied and reproduced in some form. The advent of distributed ledger technology brought about a new way of thinking, and early adopters started to grasp the […]