How the Lighting Network Could Improve Encrypted Messaging
“…using a network of…micropayment channels, Bitcoin can scale to billions of transactions per day with the computational power available on...
Communications
Why FOSS Development Is Crucial for Bitcoin’s Mainstream Acceptance
Crypto likes to see itself as disruptive, just as Apple disrupted mobile phones (and the camera), Tesla disrupted automotive (and...
The Rise of SIM Swapping: How and Why Bitcoiners Need to Protect Themselves
Using a phone number for identity authentication is a bad operational security practice. Handing over bitcoin to a third party...
Bitcoin Researcher Drums Up Academic Interest in Erlay Protocol
In November 2019, Gleb Naumenko, co-author of the Erlay protocol and Bitcoin researcher at Chaincode Labs, came to London to...
Instilling trust in a decentralized financial infrastructure
By Vincent Chok & Glenn Woo Trust, in the traditional finance context, used to lie in the hands of people....
IstanBlock 2020 – bringing Turkey and blockchain together
Istanbul will host its first-ever Turkey blockchain week from April 6-10, with the main event IstanBlock 2020 being held on...
China Launches Pilot of Blockchain Service Network, This Crypto Exchange Joins it
Hangzhou, Zhejiang in China hosted the first Blockchain Service Network Partner Conference on December 1, 2019. They announced the launched...
On Lightning, Messaging Apps Emerge as Growing Use Case
“Does instant messaging over Lightning have killer application potential?” Lightning Labs developer Joost Jager asked his Twitter followers this rhetorical...
BIP 324: A Message Transport Protocol That Could Protect Bitcoin Peers
More than 10 years living in the world of Bitcoin has shown us that there is a long road ahead...
Bitfinex Files Subpoena to Recover $850M in Frozen Bank Accounts
Bitfinex, a prominent bitcoin exchange, has filed an application to subpoena a former bank executive in an attempt to recover...
