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Risks of running a pre-segwit Bitcoin node

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Risks of running a pre-segwit Bitcoin node

Running a pre-SegWit Bitcoin node introduces significant security risks and degrades network performance. Learn why staying updated with Bitcoin Core is crucial for maintaining a secure blockchain eco...

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Mitigating Pinning Attacks in the Lightning Network

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Mitigating Pinning Attacks in the Lightning Network

Discover how pinning attacks in the Lightning Network impact commitment transactions and explore various mitigation strategies to enhance network resilience. Learn about anchor outputs, CPFP carve-out...

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Efficient Fee Boosting in Bitcoin: The "Anyone Can Boost" Proposal

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Efficient Fee Boosting in Bitcoin: The "Anyone Can Boost" Proposal

A more efficient alternative to anchor outputs and CPFP in Bitcoin with the "Anyone Can Boost" proposal, enhancing transaction flexibility and privacy through innovative use of the taproot annex.

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Revisiting the Great Consensus Cleanup Proposal

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Revisiting the Great Consensus Cleanup Proposal

Antoine Poinsot's analysis of the Great Consensus Cleanup proposal, addressing critical issues in Bitcoin's consensus rules to improve security and efficiency.

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Mitigating Bandwidth-Wasting Attacks in Bitcoin's Transaction Relay System

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Mitigating Bandwidth-Wasting Attacks in Bitcoin's Transaction Relay System

A detailed analysis of a newly described bandwidth-wasting attack on Bitcoin's transaction relay system, exploring the mechanics of the attack, its implications, and potential mitigation strategies li...

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Revolutionizing Bitcoin Contract Development with New Domain-Specific Language

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Revolutionizing Bitcoin Contract Development with New Domain-Specific Language

Explore how the new DSL can accelerate contract development and enhance system interactions in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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5 days ago

Bitcoin Core 27.0: Key Updates and Enhanced Network Security

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Bitcoin Core 27.0: Key Updates and Enhanced Network Security

The latest advancements in Bitcoin Core 27.0, including encrypted P2P communications, improved coin selection algorithms, and the TRUC.

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Bitcoin Core Implements New Limits on DNS Seed IP Addresses

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Enhancing Network Security: Bitcoin Core Implements New Limits on DNS Seed IP Addresses

Bitcoin Core's latest update caps the number of IP addresses from DNS seeds to 32 per query, aiming to bolster network security and prevent eclipse attacks. Learn how this change could impact node con...

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Weak Blocks: Enhancing Bitcoin's Compact Block Relay

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Weak Blocks: Enhancing Bitcoin's Compact Block Relay

Learn about potential of weak blocks in improving Bitcoin's compact block relay system. Greg Sanders' proof-of-concept implementation could revolutionize block propagation, optimize network bandwidth,...

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Curve Trees: Enhancing Privacy and Scalability in Bitcoin and Lightning Networks

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Exploring Curve Trees: Enhancing Privacy and Scalability in Bitcoin and Lightning Networks

Discover the innovative use of Curve Trees in cryptographic proofs, offering scalable and private verification of public key ownership within Bitcoin's taproot UTXOs and the Lightning Network. Learn h...

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Metaplanet's Strategic Bitcoin Acquisition Echoes MicroStrategy's Success

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Metaplanet's Strategic Bitcoin Acquisition Echoes MicroStrategy's Success

Explore how Metaplanet Inc. is embracing Bitcoin with its recent acquisition of 18.8 BTC, now holding a total of 117.7 BTC worth $7.7 million. This strategic move positions Metaplanet alongside MicroS...

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Canaan Launches A1566 Miner: A New Standard in Efficiency for Post-Halving Bitcoin Mining

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Canaan Launches A1566 Miner: A New Standard in Efficiency for Post-Halving Bitcoin Mining

Discover Canaan's latest innovation, the A1566 miner in the Avalon A15 series, boasting unparalleled efficiency with a 185T hash rate and 18.5J/T power efficiency. Learn how this cutting-edge technolo...

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Apple's AI Integration Stirs Debate: iPad Pro Launch and Creative Concerns

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Apple's AI Integration Stirs Debate: iPad Pro Launch and Creative Concerns

Explore the controversy surrounding Apple's new iPad Pro launch, featuring an M4 chip aimed at enhancing AI capabilities. Delve into the backlash against the 'Crush' ad, which sparked a discussion on ...

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Bitcoin's Precarious Position: Navigating Existential Challenges and the Path Ahead

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Bitcoin's Precarious Position: Navigating Existential Challenges and the Path Ahead

Explore the existential challenges Bitcoin faces as regulatory pressures and community conflicts threaten its decentralized ethos. This article delves into the need for strategic investments in privac...

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Optimizing Bitcoin Light Clients for Enhanced Silent Payment Transactions

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Optimizing Bitcoin Light Clients for Enhanced Silent Payment Transactions

Light clients represent wallet applications that do not process blocks directly nor maintain a direct connection with full nodes. Instead, these clients interact with the blockchain through streamline...

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Debian's KeePassXC Modifications Spark Community Debate

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Debian's KeePassXC Modifications Spark Community Debate

The Debian package maintainer for KeePassXC made the contentious decision to strip all network capabilities from the software. This significant alteration sparked widespread debate over its appropriat...

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Reimagining LND's Sweeper System

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Reimagining LND's Sweeper System

The Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) has revamped its transaction broadcast and fee-bumping system with a new, flexible implementation. Learn about the key pull requests that transformed the sweeper int...

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Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) Introduces New Inbound Fee Policies for Improved Compatibility

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Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) Introduces New Inbound Fee Policies for Improved Compatibility

The Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) updates its inbound fee policies to ensure compatibility across nodes, rejecting user-requested positive inbound fees by default. Learn how these changes impact node...

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Bitcoin Core Proposal Enhances ZeroMQ Support, Adds Unix Domain Socket Notifications

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Bitcoin Core Proposal Enhances ZeroMQ Support, Adds Unix Domain Socket Notifications

Bitcoin Core proposals focus on improving ZeroMQ support, enabling Unix domain socket notifications and enhancing configuration consistency. The updates aim to streamline Bitcoin Core's messaging capa...

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Stablecoins Running on Bitcoin: Lightning Labs Brings Tokenized Assets Closer to Reality

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Stablecoins Running on Bitcoin: Lightning Labs Brings Tokenized Assets Closer to Reality

In a groundbreaking development for Bitcoin (BTC), Lightning Labs is introducing stablecoins and other tokenized assets to the network through new functionality enabled by the Taproot upgrade. Elizabe...

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CleanSpark Expands Bitcoin Mining Operations with Acquisition of Two New Sites in Wyoming

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CleanSpark Expands Bitcoin Mining Operations with Acquisition of Two New Sites in Wyoming

CleanSpark Inc., the company officially known as America's Bitcoin Miner™, announced today that it has further expanded its footprint with the acquisition of two additional bitcoin mining operations i...

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A New Approach to Lightning Payments: Atomic Split Payments

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A New Approach to Lightning Payments: Atomic Split Payments

Wallets under the current setup in the Lightning Network are designed for a single payment to a single recipient. She might pay to Bob, or she may pay to Carol; she cannot pay to both at once, atomica...

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Zap.Store: A New Permissionless App Store Has Arrived!

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Zap.Store: A New Permissionless App Store Has Arrived!

After months of imagining how a better app store would look, zap.store 0.1.0 has finally come to life. It's an innovative solution addressing current problems with centralized app stores. This first a...

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Satoshi Style Message Signing

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Satoshi Style Message Signing

The most common way to sign general Bitcoin messages today is with a private key corresponding to a legacy P2PKH address. This technique originates from Bitcoin Core code that Satoshi Nakamoto wrote (...

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Exploding Keys: An Alternative to OP_CTV in Bitcoin

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Exploding Keys: An Alternative to OP_CTV in Bitcoin

Exploding keys are public keys that commit to a set of outputs. If a key is spent to those outputs, no signature or witness is required. The concept offers similar functionality to OP_CTV but with a m...

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U.S. House Votes to Overturn SEC Crypto Accounting Policy Amid Presidential Veto Threat

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U.S. House Votes to Overturn SEC Crypto Accounting Policy Amid Presidential Veto Threat

Overview of SEC’s SAB 121 Guidance

In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121), providing new accounting guidelines specificall...

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FTX Bankruptcy: Path to Recovery and Payouts for Creditors

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FTX Bankruptcy: Path to Recovery and Payouts for Creditors

FTX's Bankruptcy and Financial Challenges

The collapse of FTX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, in late 2022 sent shockwaves throughout the crypto industry. Once valued at $32 billion, FTX filed for ...

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OKX Wallet and ZKM: Advancing Bitcoin Layer 2 Development

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OKX Wallet and ZKM: Advancing Bitcoin Layer 2 Development

OKX Wallet Expands ZK-Rollup Capabilities

OKX Wallet, a leading multi-chain platform, recently announced an integration with Starknet's Zero-Knowledge Rollups (ZK-Rollups). Starknet, developed by Sta...

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Tips for avoiding Bitcoin Social Engineering Attacks

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Tips for avoiding Bitcoin Social Engineering Attacks

Bitcoin podcaster Junseth received a call from a scammer attempting to socially engineer him into handing over control of his exchange account. The scammer unknowingly spilled the details of his entir...

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Robinhood Triples Crypto Volume, Maintains 'Business As Usual' Despite SEC Notice

Robinhood Markets Inc. reported a significant rise in cryptocurrency trading volume for the first quarter, reaching $36 billion—a more than threefold increase year-over-year.

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Robinhood Triples Crypto Volume, Maintains 'Business As Usual' Despite SEC Notice

Robinhood Markets Inc. reported a significant rise in cryptocurrency trading volume for the first quarter, reaching $36 billion—a more than threefold increase year-over-year. This surge helped drive c...

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Bitcoin Podcaster Exposes Coinbase Scammer's Confession

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Bitcoin Podcaster Exposes Coinbase Scammer's Confession

A Bitcoin podcaster, Junseth, recorded a revealing conversation with a scammer who tried to fraudulently access his Coinbase account. The scammer, posing as a Coinbase customer support agent, aimed to...

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On Memecoins - Jimmy Song

The venture capital (VC) token industry has seen a dramatic decline from its heyday in 2017 and 2021 when VC recommendations would easily sway the "crypto" market.

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On Memecoins - Jimmy Song

The venture capital (VC) token industry has seen a dramatic decline from its heyday in 2017 and 2021 when VC recommendations would easily sway the "crypto" market. Their influence has since plummeted ...

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Bitcoin Core #29623: Enhanced Warnings for Local Time Synchronization Issues

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Bitcoin Core #29623: Enhanced Warnings for Local Time Synchronization Issues

Bitcoin Core continues to prioritize network security and node reliability with the recent introduction of Pull Request #29623. This update introduces improvements to warning mechanisms for users whos...

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Bitcoin Core #28016: Prioritizing Seed Node Polling Over DNS Seeds

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Bitcoin Core #28016: Prioritizing Seed Node Polling Over DNS Seeds

Bitcoin Core recently implemented a significant change in the way it handles peer discovery with the introduction of Pull Request #28016. This update ensures that all configured seed nodes are polled ...

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Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transactions with Lamport Signatures

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Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transactions with Lamport Signatures

Ethan Heilman shared a method on the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list for requiring transactions to be signed by a Lamport signature to be considered valid. This approach can make spending P2SH and P2WSH outp...

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Great photo

08 May

Same here

08 May

GN

08 May