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, […]
Regulatory Arbitrage Versus True Bitcoin Scaling
As more people find their way into Bitcoin, it puts pressure on block space, the limited resource available every 10 minutes. That limit might not be obvious right now, but we have reached periods where demand has reached the upper bound.  The mempool doesn’t tell us the full story either, since a lot of Bitcoin […]
Foundry Starts Merge Mining Rootstock
The Bitcoin ecosystem has taken steps to extend its reach beyond the base chain and its limited capacity; while a lot of focus remains on layer two solutions like Lightning, it’s not the only method of moving Bitcoin from one use to another without touching the chain. Another option is to use a side-chain, like […]
Liquid Cuts Confidential Transaction Costs
The maxi-maligned and ugly step-cousin of the Bitcoin blockchain, the Liquid network, has been remarkably reliable since its inception. We don’t often hear it having to be restarted, yes I’m talking to you, Solana. Now I know Liquid is not everyone’s cup of tea, you don’t offer unilateral exit, and you’re going to get hate […]
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 […]
U.S. Treasury Bills Issued On The Liquid Network
In a move that will make the Liquid Network even more unpopular with Bitcoin maxis, Nexbridge has introduced a novel approach to issuing US Treasuries by deploying them as tradable tokens on the Bitcoin side chain. This novel development represents a significant milestone in the evolution of digital assets and financial infrastructure by tapping into […]
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 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 […]
17 Exciting Lightning Network Innovations
Lightning Network innovations are popping up left, right, and centre. Without a doubt, Lightning is winning ground in providing fast, low-cost Bitcoin transactions. The Lightning Network is an open and programmable payment protocol, and many possibilities have emerged that nobody has ever thought of before. This spurred innovation and the creative energy of builders, developers, users […]