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 […]
Liquid Activates ELIP-203 Hard Fork
On June 1, 2026, Liquid Network successfully activated ELIP-203, a coordinated hard fork that removes a constraint from the Bitcoin sidechain that was part of its legacy launch, and is a sign that the chain is looking to expand its reach beyond being just another way to move Bitcoin off-chain. Lightning has already captured the majority […]
What Are RGB Asset Swaps?
The Bitcoin Lightning Network has enabled payment scalability, removing certain on-chain limitations on Satoshis. Once on Lightning, you do not need to worry about high fees, dust transaction limits, block confirmation times or securing space in the next block. Lightning brought speedy microtransactions to Bitcoin —exclusively! Despite the improvements Lightning brings, Bitcoin as a medium […]
RGB Bridge Launched To Bring EVM Tokens To Lightning
First RGB Bridge Brings USDT From Ethereum to Bitcoin via Lightning: A Game-Changing Development It has become evidently clear over the years that the killer idea in the altcoin space has been stablecoins, while altcoins continue to lose ground to Bitcoin, USDT, and USDC continue to grow in market cap across several chains. The current […]
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 […]