The Pros & Cons Of Lightning Banks
Xapo Bank’s recent integration of Bitcoin deposits through the Lightning Network (LN) marks another step towards the adoption of Bitcoin by tradFI. For some strange reason, this dirty ocean boiling magic internet money for nerds, drug dealers and ransomware hackers has the suites interested as it smashes through the trillion-dollar market cap range. 2024 looks like the year […]
What Are Multinut Payments?
If Bitcoin is to transition from a store of value towards a regular medium of exchange, aka how we pay for goods and services daily, using on-chain payments will not cut it. On-chain confirmation speeds and fees are the obvious deterrents to regular Bitcoin commerce. Block space is predicted to become increasingly rare as more people […]
Bitcoin ETFs Could Offer Yield
As we approach the point of the cycle, where the anticipation of another Bitcoin bull run begins to attract more capital, speculators and media attention, we find that risk is no longer a factor and all that matters is “Number Go Up“. Despite being around for over a decade, this market is still very much the Wild […]
Lightning Is Not Lightning In A Bottle
After the scaling debate, which resulted in the block size wars, settled down, the small blockers continued with SegWit. The Lightning Network (LN) emerged as a beacon of hope for Bitcoin’s scalability woes. The second-layer network enabling off-chain transactions promised to usher in an era of faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions, and to a degree, it did […]
How To Find BTC eCash Mints
Becoming your own bank has drawbacks, and Bitcoin users are finding that out the hard way. The days of having all your coins on-chain and paying negligible fees are slowly starting to erode, and we have to accept that certain financial transactions will never make sense on-chain. This leaves a new Bitcoin holder; you must […]
NiceHash Launches LN Payments For Its Miners
Bitcoin mining has graduated to the big leagues, from the humble desktop computer to the garage and now to the factory floor that is data centres that dominate hash power generation. As more hash rate comes online, the competition for fees and the block subsidy rises, and with the halving on the way, a big chunk of those rewards will be reduced for each block […]
Access The Lightning Network In Africa With Strike
Speaking as a South African Bitcoiner, the country that has the most developed Bitcoin market on the continent, with several exchanges available to us with support for our local banking rails, it’s still hard to get a hold of Bitcoin, mainly when these exchanges and apps aren’t focused on pushing Bitcoin or self-custody. As someone who […]
What Is Nostr Wallet Connect?
As a modern internet user, we’ve become accustomed to certain user experiences, slick one-click logins, signing off payments perhaps with a 2FA for added security, and connecting our credit cards to applications for subscription payments, and this is the standard; no one will accept anything more complex. When sites and services are centralised, it’s easier […]
The Battle For Layer Two Liquidity
Altcoin tech bros have had a change of heart; they no longer want to surpass Bitcoin, but help it; oh, how sweet, how kind, helping this old crypto lady across the street. It seems as if every few weeks, a new project springs up, claiming it will be a layer two solution for Bitcoin, ready to […]
What Is Nucleus?
The Lightning Network has brought some much-needed throughput to the Bitcoin ecosystem, allowing ordinary users to create their own peer-to-peer network of payment channels and route funds cheaply and instantly without the need for block confirmation every time. This second-layer solution is by far the most popular when it comes to off-chain scaling options, holding over […]