Liquid Network Is Fully Backed Again
On 2 November 2026, nearly two months after an exploit drained its entire reserve, the Liquid Federation announced that Liquid’s bitcoin reserves were “fully restored, reestablishing 1:1 BTC backing for all LBTC.” Every L-BTC in circulation once again has a real bitcoin behind it. That is good news for L-BTC holders who thought they might […]
What Is LayerTree?
Bitcoin is a trillion dollar asset class consistantly going on 2 year, but the amount of users interacting on the network is far smaller, as certain transaction types really don’t make sense for on-chain transfers. If you need transaction finality, if you don’t have access to Lightning or you want to consolidate funds for the […]
Ark Operator Second Gets Hacked
On Monday, 5 October 2026, an attacker exploited a bug in the server that powers Bark, the Ark implementation built by Second. They walked away with 0.75 BTC, about $62,000 at the time. Second says none of it belonged to users. The amount is small by this year’s standards, but the incident matters for a […]
What Is Bark?
The Ark protocol is an alternative scaling solution that offers different trade-offs than the Lightning Network. Like the Lightning Network, Ark offers multiple implementations to choose from, and as a developer, you can pick the one that fits your needs and gives your users the best experience. Bark is Second’s implementation of the Ark protocol, […]
What Is ArkPool?
Since Bitcoin mining is now an industrial-level operation, with the vast majority of hash rate coming from large-scale operations, it’s natural that the ecosystem and accompanying software would focus on the largest market share. Most Bitcoin mining pools are built for people with serious hashrate. A hobbyist running a Bitaxe at roughly 500 GH/s is, […]
What Is Arkade?
Bitcoin’s base layer is deliberately conservative. It settles value securely, but it doesn’t offer instant payments, easy asset issuance, or flexible contracts. For years, the main answer to that gap has been Lightning, which is excellent for payments but requires channels, inbound liquidity, and a constantly online Lightning node, which needs active management. Arkade is […]
3,400 BTC Returned To The Liquid Network
Liquid Network Follow-Up: 3,400 BTC Returned, But the Math on Recovering the Rest Doesn’t Work. It’s been a wild 24 hours in the Bitcoin space, while the main chain remains unaffected. Tick tick, next block! While Bitcoin’s price hasn’t moved dramatically, the Liquid side chain has been decimated and, ironically, has had more eyes on […]
The Liquid Network Gets Hacked
On September 6, 2026, Blockstream’s Liquid Network — A Bitcoin federated sidechain — watched roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 BTC in its federation reserve walk out the door in a single, devastating peg-out. At Bitcoin’s price of around $79,750, that’s approximately $320 million, drained from the exact wallet that’s supposed to back every unit of […]
What Is the RGB Protocol on Bitcoin?
RGB Protocol on Bitcoin (v0.11.1) is an open-source protocol for issuing and transferring digital assets directly on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, without any change to Bitcoin’s base layer. It is not a third layer stacked on top of Lightning: RGB runs on Bitcoin’s base layer (Layer 1) and integrates natively with Lightning (Layer 2). […]
Tether Plans USDt Issuance On RGB
It’s been well over a decade since Tether’s flagship stablecoin was born on Bitcoin; few remember its launch, as most were introduced to it it on an altcoin chain like Ethereum and TRON, but back in 2014, USDT launched on the Omni Layer, a Bitcoin-based protocol, before congestion and high fees drove it to Ethereum […]