What Is The eCash Fork?
In August 2026, Bitcoin will undergo a fork with a new chain emerging if Paul Sztorc and Layer 2 Labs follow through with their plans. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a fork following the Bitcoin Cash split from the network in 2017 (along with BTG and BSV, which even fewer people care about, […]
What Is Quantum Recovery of Bitcoin?
There has been a lot of chatter surrounding Bitcoin’s longevity as a network, as research on quantum computers gains traction, with some claims circulating that a viable device is less than a decade away, which, if true, will have massive implications for not only Bitcoin but the entire web from a privacy and security perspective. […]
What Is Citrea?
Bitcoin has proven it’s the only real innovation in the blockchain space, while altcoins have made for interesting experiments with real money, real lives and real crimes, no other chain has come close to Bitcoin. With each 4-year (bull & bear) cycle that goes by, Bitcoin continues to lap these other ecosystems, draining liquidity, users, […]
Why Have Bitcoin Fees Been So Low?
In a surprising turn of events for Timechain observers, Bitcoin has managed to maintain relatively low transaction fees despite breaking new all-time highs in value, market capitalisation, and hash rate. This phenomenon contradicts the historical pattern where network congestion and fee spikes accompanied Bitcoin’s bull runs. Fees have been lower than a pregnant ant’s stomach! […]
What Is A Chain Rollback?
Ah, the good old blockchain, a buzzword that has been bastardised to death since the launch of altcoins. Bitcoin, like many altcoins, runs on top of a distributed ledger, hosted, verified and updated by a globally distributed network of nodes. This process of global record-keeping commonly refers to a blockchain; the purpose of this chain […]
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 […]
What Is A HODL_FEE?
Ah, the Bitcoin network. A beautiful symphony of cryptography, decentralisation, and…sometimes whiny miners? Yes, miners play an essential part in this ecosystem. What started as part of the Bitcoin core system, where everyone would mine themselves as part of running a node, has spun off into a specialised service and legitimate business. While Bitcoin miners […]
What Is MicroStrategy Orange DID?
MicroStrategy, known for its bullish stance on Bitcoin, recently unveiled a new project called MicroStrategy Orange. This isn’t about fruit (although the name is catchy), but rather an orange washing of the Decentralised Identity (DID) play, with MSTR looking to build a platform on the Bitcoin blockchain instead of launching a side-chain or using a side-chain, the data for […]
What Are Real World Asset Tokens?
Real-world assets, or RWAs, refer broadly to any traditional security or physical asset that derives its value from outside the blockchain, unlike the closed-loop ecosystem that Bitcoin provides. Think of it as a 3rd party representation of the underlying asset; these tokens can represent stock certificates or bonds, they could be NFTs that represent non-fungible […]