What Is Pathcoin?

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 Anduro?

Anduro Bitcoin Layer Two

Bitcoin has changed how we transfer value online, allowing users to transfer funds without an intermediary. It has chugged along nicely over the last decade, increasing its user base yearly. While several bull cycles have come and gone, on-chain transactions could meet demand interest, and the user base was manageable.  Yes, there were a few […]

The Bitcoin Layer 2 Grift

BTC Layer 2 grift

Bitcoin’s core strength lies in its decentralisation and security. Every transaction is meticulously recorded on a public ledger, accessible to everyone, ensuring transparency and immutability. However, this robust consensus mechanism comes at a cost: slow transaction speeds. The Bitcoin network can only process around seven transactions per second, a far cry from the thousands handled by centralised payment systems like […]

What Is BitcoinOS?

BitcoinOS explained

Bitcoin, the digital gold, gleaming brightly but locked in a gilded cage of its own design. To ensure security and reliability, the Bitcoin network had to make inevitable trade-offs that manifested in a lack of throughput. Its revolutionary potential for global finance and peer-to-peer transactions is hampered by this critical bottleneck – a transaction speed […]

Can Taproot Assets Migrate BRC-20 Mania?

BRC-20 migration to taproot asssets

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

BitVM two 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 […]

What Is A FediMint Federation?

Fedimint federation

Taking complete ownership of your funds is one of Bitcoin’s killer apps, given the fact that all you need is 12 to 24 words, and you have an entire banking infrastructure set up for you. Self-custody of Bitcoin is crucial for users as it gives them complete control over their private keys, ownership over their […]

What Is Token Burning?

Token burning explained

Bitcoin’s scarcity is one of its key features and is often paraded through the enforcement of its hard cap. As per consensus, there will only ever be a maximum of 21 million Bitcoins in circulation, with the last Bitcoin mined roughly 2140. However, the true circulating supply will likely be unknown since we don’t have […]

What Is The Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note?

Blockstream Basic Note

ASIC miners help to secure the Bitcoin network by validating transactions. ASICS generating hash power is a necessary part of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Still, the most important aspect for the average person is that these noisy computer boxes can generate new Bitcoin. Each year, individuals and businesses try their hand at this digital gold rush […]

Why Exchanges Are Launching Their Own Chains

Exchanges launch own chain

If you’re planning on acquiring some Bitcoin, or you’ve already bought Bitcoin, chances are you conducted the transaction with a Centralised Exchange (CEX). These companies act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers, who trade in real-time in different parts of the world. Instead of trading on-chain and P2P, users would hand over custody of their […]

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