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Bitcoin Scripting 101: Mastering the Language of Bitcoin Transactions

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Bitcoin Scripting 101: Mastering the Language of Bitcoin Transactions

Bitcoin's Script language is a crucial component of the Bitcoin protocol. It is a simple, stack-based language that allows users to define conditions for spending Bitcoin. The purpose of the Bitcoin scripting language is to provide a way to create complex transactions with specific rules and requirements, ensuring

By John Williams Mar 20, 2024
Mastering Bitcoin Transactions: A Deep Dive into Inputs, Outputs, and Scripts

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Mastering Bitcoin Transactions: A Deep Dive into Inputs, Outputs, and Scripts

Bitcoin transactions are the backbone of the Bitcoin network. They are responsible for transferring value between different parties and are recorded on the blockchain. To fully grasp how Bitcoin transactions work, it's essential to understand their three main components: inputs, outputs, and scripts. Inputs are references to previous

By John Williams Mar 19, 2024
Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Separating Facts from Fiction and Exploring Sustainable Mining

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Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Separating Facts from Fiction and Exploring Sustainable Mining

Bitcoin, the world's first and most widely recognized cryptocurrency, has faced criticism for its energy consumption. The process of mining Bitcoin, which involves solving complex mathematical problems to validate transactions and create new coins, requires significant computational power and electricity. However, many of the claims about Bitcoin'

By John Williams Mar 18, 2024
Decoding the Bitcoin Genesis Block: Insights into the First Transaction

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Decoding the Bitcoin Genesis Block: Insights into the First Transaction

The Bitcoin genesis block, also known as block 0, is the very first block in the Bitcoin blockchain. It was mined on January 3, 2009, by the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The genesis block is unique and holds a special place in the history of Bitcoin. It marks

By John Williams Mar 18, 2024
MicroStrategy Seeks to Borrow $500 Million to Purchase Additional Bitcoin

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MicroStrategy Seeks to Borrow $500 Million to Purchase Additional Bitcoin

MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a company that considers itself the world's first Bitcoin development company, has announced plans to sell $500 million in bonds due 2031. The private offering will be made to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The company also expects to

By John Williams Mar 15, 2024
Crypto Influencers Rally Followers to Invest in Bitcoin as U.S. Debt Soars

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Crypto Influencers Rally Followers to Invest in Bitcoin as U.S. Debt Soars

As concerns over the escalating U.S. national debt continue to grow, two prominent figures in the crypto community, Balaji Srinivasan and Robert Kiyosaki, have taken to X to urge their followers to invest in Bitcoin, gold, and silver as a means of safeguarding their wealth. Srinivasan, an entrepreneur, angel

By John Williams Mar 14, 2024
Bitcoin Halving: Does It Still Matter with Limited Supply Left?

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Bitcoin Halving: Does It Still Matter with Limited Supply Left?

As Bitcoin inches closer to its maximum supply of 21 million coins, with only 1.35 million left to be mined, the cryptocurrency community is grappling with the question of whether the upcoming halving event holds the same significance it once did. The current circulating supply of Bitcoin stands at

By John Williams Mar 13, 2024
Bitcoin's Volatility: A Feature, Not a Bug

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Bitcoin's Volatility: A Feature, Not a Bug

Bitcoin's ups and downs have always been a favorite talking point for its haters. Every time the price soars and then dips, they're quick to say "I told you so!" and call Bitcoin nothing more than a crazy gamble that's bound to

By John Williams Mar 6, 2024
Cerra.io - Next Generation Profit-Sharing DeFi Hub on Cardano

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Cerra.io - Next Generation Profit-Sharing DeFi Hub on Cardano

During the months of January and February of 2024, the team has been working hard and had tremendous progress done on the development side. Fully audited dApp is live on the main-net, AMM Swaps are coming to the testnet in a couple of weeks, our Decentralized Oracles have been upgraded

By John Williams Mar 6, 2024
El Salvador's Bitcoin Bet Pays Off With 40% Profit, And They Don't Sell

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El Salvador's Bitcoin Bet Pays Off With 40% Profit, And They Don't Sell

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland this week, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele predicted the collapse of the US dollar. He warned that America's policy of money printing was unsustainable and would inevitably lead to a loss of confidence in the currency. Bukele'

By John Williams Mar 4, 2024
Community Treasuries and Governance Coming to Bitcoin Via Bitpacs

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Community Treasuries and Governance Coming to Bitcoin Via Bitpacs

Bitpacs are bringing functionality similar to decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) on platforms like Ethereum to Bitcoin. Bitpacs utilize Bitcoin's inherent capabilities to enable transparent and verifiable community treasuries, fundraising, governance, and more. The key innovation is the use of public multisignature Bitcoin wallets. While multisig wallets usually obscure

By John Williams Mar 2, 2024
Web3 Platform ZTX to Bring to Life Genesis Homes NFTs in the Upcoming Beta Update

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Web3 Platform ZTX to Bring to Life Genesis Homes NFTs in the Upcoming Beta Update

* ZTX Genesis Homes are the flagship NFTs for the ZTX metaverse platform that respective owners can modify accordingly. * Running on the top-tier, Ethereum-based Arbitrum (ARB) network, Genesis Homes sold out on their OpenSea marketplace debut. * Following the ZTX Beta update, the Genesis Homes owner can now unlock more benefits and

By John Williams Mar 2, 2024
The problem of fragmented liquidity in DeFi and its solutions

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The problem of fragmented liquidity in DeFi and its solutions

Liquidity is a longstanding pain point for decentralized finance (DeFi). In its early days, the industry struggled to attract the necessary liquidity to make it a viable option for most users.  Then Compound introduced liquidity mining, which kicked off the DeFi Summer of 2020. In short order new protocols proliferated

By John Williams Feb 29, 2024
Unsustainable Trajectory: ETFs Buying More Bitcoin Than Miners Produce

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Unsustainable Trajectory: ETFs Buying More Bitcoin Than Miners Produce

Over the past 30 days, ETFs have purchased a staggering 272,000 bitcoins. In contrast, only 25,200 bitcoins were mined during the same period. This buying spree from ETFs cannot be sustained forever given bitcoin's limited supply. If this rapid pace of ETF acquisitions continues or increases,

By John Williams Feb 28, 2024
Bitcoin Leads Broad Crypto Rally, Spot ETFs  and Halving Drive Demand

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Bitcoin Leads Broad Crypto Rally, Spot ETFs and Halving Drive Demand

Bitcoin's price surged over 10% early Tuesday to hit $56,740, its highest level since November 2021. The broader cryptocurrency market also saw gains, with Ethereum up 4.7% and the GMCI 30 index rising 6%. Analysts pointed to record spot bitcoin ETF trading volumes as a key

By John Williams Feb 27, 2024
Nakamoto Notes: An Introduction to Bitcoin and Its Architecture

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Nakamoto Notes: An Introduction to Bitcoin and Its Architecture

Welcome to the first edition of Nakamoto Notes, a series where we dive deep into all things Bitcoin. These articles aim to decode the core technical concepts and internal machinery that power Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that was created in 2008 by an unknown person or group

By John Williams Feb 24, 2024
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