Category Cryptocurrency

It has now been sixteen years since the original publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper on the cryptography mailing list. Satoshi went and dropped the paper in the place it would be best received, where all of the cypherpunks and cryptography…

A press release circulating yesterday proved yet again that there’s nothing the mainstream media loves more than some crazy nut claiming to have created Bitcoin. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ In honor of White Paper Day, the latest event, billed…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Some things in Bitcoin are just not up for debate. The plural of bitcoin is also bitcoin— not bitcoins. (One bitcoin, two bitcoin, three bitcoin…) Bits is a better sub-denomination than sats. (100 sats…

Introduction Introducing the Bitcoin Popularity Index (BPI), the first comprehensive search study of its kind. This index has been curated in an attempt to measure the global reach and impact of Bitcoin through a broad analysis of Google search queries.…

David Marcus is taking his experience as the former head of PayPal and Meta Messenger and applying it to building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. At Lightspark’s first partner summit, Lightspark Sync, he and his team rolled out new capabilities for…

I know, it’s a big statement, but really, the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced – looking back, 2024 will be remembered as the defining year for Bitcoin, the year Bitcoin transformed from magic internet money into…

Look, I like a certain kind of Bitcoin shirt. Follow Rizzo on X https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ Yes, the tacky ones with famous one-liners are fine, and so are the conference hand-outs. I, too, collect relics from crypto tragedies, holding on to my BitInstant…

Follow Nikolaus On X Here I joined over millions of live viewers online in watching the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night, and as someone who attended the Republican National Convention over the summer, I was blown…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. This weekend I finally got around to watching Money Electric, the HBO documentary that “reveals” Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd as the true identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto. It’s three weeks old by now and…

Ark is the third major Layer 2 protocol with some form of unilateral exit or enforcement mechanism on the base layer to approach the point of launching on Bitcoin. Lightning came first when C-Lightning went live in the Reckless campaign…

Today, the city of Lugano in Switzerland unveiled an incredible statue honouring Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s anonymous founder. I found this tribute incredibly inspiring and beautiful. The statue was revealed at Lugano’s Plan B conference, turning heads with its clever invisible…

Follow Nikolaus On X Here At the tail end of yesterday, MacroScope, a financial analyst focusing on Bitcoin, revealed a new SEC filing stating that Microsoft is voting this December on whether it should invest in bitcoin. At first I…

At Lightspark Sync, Lightspark’s first partner summit on Thursday, the company announced new products and features that will allow users to make global payments with both bitcoin and fiat. The company announced that it has launched an alpha version of…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Earlier this month, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a paper in which the authors claim the existence of Bitcoin could impoverish non-holders and latecomers. Specifically, they wrote: “Since Bitcoin does not increase the productive…

Follow Nikolaus On X Here Ever since BlackRock filed for its spot Bitcoin ETF last year, Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have been providing valuable insights and data regarding everything Bitcoin ETFs. If you’re not already following…

Follow Vivek on X. I recently stumbled upon a fantastic report from 1A1z on “Funding Bitcoin.” I was surprised to learn that Jack Dorsey funds over 60% of Bitcoin Core’s development via different organizations: over $5 million annually, out of…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Perhaps the biggest cultural shift in my eleven years in Bitcoin has been the transition from tinkering techies emphasizing “don’t invest more than you are willing to lose”, to the Michael Saylors of this…

Follow Mark on X. In the heart of London, amidst the smog and the burgeoning industrial age, a story unfolds that is as relevant today as it was over half a century ago. Mary Poppins, a tale woven with magic,…