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3 hours ago

No Battery, No Screen, Full Control - Satochip Raises Bridge Round To Bring Its Bitcoin Wallet To America

Satochip SRL secures bridge financing to expand into the U.S. digital asset market with secure hardware solutions.

2 days ago

Relics Of A Revolution, Part II: False Profits And Freedom

Revolutions leave behind artifacts - not always weapons or flags, but the quieter objects that carried a message before anyone knew how far it would travel. A wheat-pasted broadside on a Los Angeles overpass. A hand-lettered cardboard sign held up in the snow outside a Tokyo office building.

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1 day ago

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Bitmine Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum Ever Issued

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Ethereum Foundation Converts 5,000 ETH to Fund Operations

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Bitmine Immersion Nears 5% ETH Goal -- What Happens Then?

1 day ago

Bitmine Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum Ever Issued

Bitmine holds 4.875 million ETH, over 4% of total supply, targeting 5% as its primary reserve asset.

Ethereum Foundation Converts 5,000 ETH to Fund Operations

Ethereum Foundation converts 5,000 ETH into stablecoins using Cowswap's TWAP mechanism to support operations and diversify funding strategies.

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Bitmine Immersion Nears 5% ETH Goal -- What Happens Then?

Bitmine Immersion Technologies aims to acquire and stake 5% of Ethereum supply to generate reliable yields for shareholders.

From Inbox to Income: W3.io is Building the Digital Rails That Lead Creators to Bitcoin

The creator economy is a $250 billion industry, but creators face significant operational challenges that hinder their earnings potential.

1 day ago

Bitcoin mining giant Foundry adds new pool for privacy-focused ZCash | Fortune

Foundry launched a Zcash mining pool, reflecting institutional interest in privacy coins and marking a significant endorsement for Zcash.

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4 days ago

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Bitcoin Policy Institute Warns Quantum Advances Are Compressing Timeline For Network Upgrades

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Bitcoin Could Be Quantum-Safe Without Protocol Changes

3 days ago

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Who Actually Maintains Bitcoin's Code? The Untold History Of Its Secret Guardians

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Bitcoin Developer Unveils Quantum-Resistant Wallet Rescue Prototype

Bitcoin Defies Early Volatility to Reclaim $72,000 Support

Bitcoin reclaimed $72,571 after U.S. officials clarified ceasefire terms, boosting market cap to $1.45 trillion amid volatility.

Solo Bitcoin Miner Defies 1-in-100,000 Odds To Win $222K Block Reward

A solo bitcoin miner successfully mined a block, earning 3.128 BTC despite extremely low odds of 1 in 100,000 per day.

4 days ago

Bitcoin Policy Institute Warns Quantum Advances Are Compressing Timeline For Network Upgrades

Recent quantum computing advancements may threaten Bitcoin's cryptography sooner than expected, but developers are actively preparing solutions.

Bitcoin Could Be Quantum-Safe Without Protocol Changes

A new proposal introduces Quantum Safe Bitcoin to protect transactions from quantum attacks without altering Bitcoin's core rules.

3 days ago

Who Actually Maintains Bitcoin's Code? The Untold History Of Its Secret Guardians

Hal Finney played a crucial role in Bitcoin's early development and network stability.

Bitcoin Developer Unveils Quantum-Resistant Wallet Rescue Prototype

A prototype by Lightning Labs enables bitcoin users to recover funds from wallets threatened by quantum computing.

Bitcoin Defies Early Volatility to Reclaim $72,000 Support

Bitcoin reclaimed $72,571 after U.S. officials clarified ceasefire terms, boosting market cap to $1.45 trillion amid volatility.

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Solo Bitcoin Miner Defies 1-in-100,000 Odds To Win $222K Block Reward

A solo bitcoin miner successfully mined a block, earning 3.128 BTC despite extremely low odds of 1 in 100,000 per day.

No Consensus Changes Needed: Starkware CPO Builds Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions From Existing Rules

Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) enables secure bitcoin transactions against quantum attacks without protocol changes, costing $75 to $150 per transaction.

1 year ago

Information security

Reused bitcoin addresses are quietly increasing quantum risk

Google's Quantum Advances Bring Bitcoin Security Debate Into Focus

Breaking elliptic curve cryptography may require fewer quantum resources than previously thought, raising urgency in the crypto industry.

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4 days ago

No Consensus Changes Needed: Starkware CPO Builds Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions From Existing Rules

Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) enables secure bitcoin transactions against quantum attacks without protocol changes, costing $75 to $150 per transaction.

1 year ago

Information security

Reused bitcoin addresses are quietly increasing quantum risk

Google's Quantum Advances Bring Bitcoin Security Debate Into Focus

Breaking elliptic curve cryptography may require fewer quantum resources than previously thought, raising urgency in the crypto industry.

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Binance Integrates Prediction Markets Into Wallet, Bringing On-Chain Outcome Trading Directly Into Its App

Binance launched prediction markets, allowing users to trade real-world outcome probabilities through its wallet, enhancing its decentralized platform integration.

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The Core Issue: Why Bitcoin Needed A Remodel With Segwit And Taproot

Segregated Witness and Taproot represent the two largest Bitcoin protocol changes, addressing fundamental transaction structure limitations and scripting language constraints to enable broader network functionality.

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Bitwise To Donate $233,000 To Bitcoin Open-Source Developers

Bitwise Asset Management donated $233,000 to Bitcoin open-source developers through three non-profit organizations as part of its commitment to allocate 10% of Bitcoin ETF gross profits annually to ecosystem support.

NYT Names Adam Back As Bitcoin's Creator. Back Says No

Adam Back is considered a credible candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto, but he denies being the Bitcoin inventor.

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British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto | TechCrunch

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The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast. | Fortune

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British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto | TechCrunch

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The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast. | Fortune

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Binance Founder CZ Shares Untold Story in New Book: Freedom of Money

Changpeng Zhao's memoir details his journey from rural China to leading Binance, addressing crypto's rise and the need for stricter industry oversight.

1 week ago

Can Tokyo Build Asia's Most Trusted Crypto Rails?

Tokyo's crypto growth relies on regulated infrastructure rather than speculation, with significant user accounts and assets reported.

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The V2 Transport: Bitcoin P2P Traffic Goes Dark

BIP 324 v2 adds opportunistic encryption to Bitcoin P2P traffic, protecting metadata and preventing passive observers from linking transactions and node identities.

Artificial intelligence

Lightning Labs Releases AI Tools To Help Bitcoin Payments

Tired Of Choosing Between Bitcoin Speed And Privacy? Cake Wallet's New Lightning Update Fixes That For Good

Cake Wallet integrates Bitcoin's Lightning Network with advanced privacy features, enabling fast payments while maintaining self-custody and user anonymity through custom Spark implementation.

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Lightning Labs Releases AI Tools To Help Bitcoin Payments

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Tired Of Choosing Between Bitcoin Speed And Privacy? Cake Wallet's New Lightning Update Fixes That For Good

Cake Wallet integrates Bitcoin's Lightning Network with advanced privacy features, enabling fast payments while maintaining self-custody and user anonymity through custom Spark implementation.

1 week ago

Circle Announces Quantum-Resistant Roadmap to Secure Future Digital Asset Infrastructure

Circle's Arc platform will launch with post-quantum signature support to secure institutional assets against quantum threats.

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Venture

Voltage Introduces Credit Line For Bitcoin Settlement

Adam Back Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash and Blockstream co-founder, speaks at Bitcoin 2026 while leading Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company's public merger with record $1.5 billion PIPE financing and 30,021 BTC.

Venture

Voltage Introduces Credit Line For Bitcoin Settlement

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Adam Back Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

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Solo Bitcoin Mining: Your Next Passive Income Play

Startup companies

Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Like Bitcoin Miners

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Mining Margins Tighten as AI Pivot Accelerates, Coinshares Says

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has mined 20 million coins: why the last of the remaining 1 million won't arrive until 2140 | Fortune

Cryptocurrency

Solo Satoshi Launches Bitaxe Turbo Touch, An Open-Source Touchscreen Bitcoin Miner

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Tether Launches Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Operating System

Gadgets

Solo Bitcoin Mining: Your Next Passive Income Play

Startup companies

Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Like Bitcoin Miners

Bitcoin Mining Margins Tighten as AI Pivot Accelerates, Coinshares Says

Q4 2025 was challenging for bitcoin miners due to falling prices and rising production costs, prompting a shift towards AI and HPC for revenue.

Bitcoin has mined 20 million coins: why the last of the remaining 1 million won't arrive until 2140 | Fortune

Bitcoin has mined over 95% of its 21 million coin supply, with fewer than one million coins remaining and the final coin expected in approximately 114 years.

Cryptocurrency

Solo Satoshi Launches Bitaxe Turbo Touch, An Open-Source Touchscreen Bitcoin Miner

Cryptocurrency

Tether Launches Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Operating System

Bitgo CEO Proposes Using a Public Blockchain as the Ultimate Solution for Government Fraud

Mike Belshe proposes using a public blockchain to combat state and federal fraud, potentially addressing losses of up to $521 billion annually.

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The Core Issue: Libsecp256k1, Bitcoin's Cryptographic Heart

Libsecp256k1 evolved from a hobby project into essential consensus-critical software protecting Bitcoin's multi-trillion dollar network through secure elliptic curve cryptography implementation.

Five Bitcoin Narratives Analysts Are Watching Beyond Price in 2026

That's why it helps to understand what analysts look at when the chart isn't explaining why the market is moving or where it may move next. The focus shifts to factors that can quietly reshape Bitcoin's demand, liquidity and long-term narrative: Who's buying through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), how "Bitcoin treasury" stocks are treated by indexes, whether miners are earning enough to secure the network, what scaling actually looks like today and how regulation is shaping mainstream access.

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BTQ's Bitcoin Quantum Testnet and "Old BTC" Risk, Explained

Quantum risk to Bitcoin arises primarily from exposed on-chain public keys enabling future quantum computers to derive private keys and authorize unauthorized spending.

US Senators Unleash New Bill Driving Bitcoin Mining Expansion and Cementing Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

U.S. lawmakers are advancing legislation to strengthen domestic digital asset mining and establish a national bitcoin reserve strategy.

'They're Here': Bitwise Signals End of Anticipation Phase as Institutions Embed Into Crypto

Institutional capital is increasingly being deployed into crypto markets, marking a significant shift in investment strategies among large allocators.

Mixin Expands Gas Fee Subsidy Program

Mixin expands its gas fee subsidy program to reduce costs for users transacting across multiple blockchains.

Strategy Elevates Bitcoin Security as Massive 762K BTC Holdings Raise Market Stakes

Strategy Inc. is hiring a Bitcoin Security Director to enhance its digital asset protection efforts amid significant bitcoin exposure.

The Core Issue: Beneath The Binary, Verifying Trust

Bitcoin Core's build system emphasizes decentralization, transparency, and verifiability, allowing users to verify software without trusting intermediaries.

MoonPay Launches Open-Source Wallet Standard For AI Agents

MoonPay launched an open-source wallet standard to enable AI agents to manage funds and conduct transactions across multiple blockchains, addressing fragmentation issues.

BTQ Deploys First Working BIP 360 Implementation On Bitcoin Quantum Testnet

BTQ Technologies released the first working implementation of BIP 360, introducing quantum-resistant transaction infrastructure on Bitcoin Quantum testnet v0.3.0 for live testing and developer experimentation.

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Bitcoin's Quantum Defense Plan: What BIP-360 Actually Changes

BTQ Deploys First Working BIP 360 Implementation On Bitcoin Quantum Testnet

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin's Quantum Defense Plan: What BIP-360 Actually Changes

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Bitcoin's Quantum Risk May Be Real, But The Network Is Preparing: Report

Quantum computing poses a long-term threat to Bitcoin's security through elliptic curve cryptography, but developers are actively building protective solutions before the technology becomes viable.

The Core Issue: Your Node Vs. The Digital Wilderness

Bitcoin's peer-to-peer networking layer is its most vulnerable attack surface, requiring Core to prevent denial-of-service vectors while enabling safe node communication in adversarial Internet environments.

Despite A 47% Price Drop, Bitcoin Traders Aren't Selling

Bitcoin's 46% correction in early 2026 triggered minimal panic selling, with 69% of holders maintaining positions despite anxiety and fear dominating emotional responses.

Imagine Swapping Lightning Sats For USDT Instantly-Without Ever Trusting A Custodian

Boltz Exchange launched non-custodial atomic swaps between Lightning Network sats and USDT on Arbitrum, using USDT0 to eliminate fragmented liquidity pools across multiple chains.

Bitcoin Adoption Metrics Say One Thing, Price Action Says Another

Bitcoin's price reflects short-term marginal trading while adoption reflects long-term structural shifts; ownership expansion, institutional integration, and merchant growth accelerate independently of price movements.

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Bitcoin Has A Golden Opportunity With AI Agents, It's Time To Build

Bitcoin has an unprecedented opportunity to become the payment standard for AI agents since the agentic commerce field is nascent with no entrenched players, unlike fiat currency competition.

4 weeks ago

Bitcoin Adoption Metrics Say One Thing, Price Action Says Another

Bitcoin Has A Golden Opportunity With AI Agents, It's Time To Build

Bitcoin has an unprecedented opportunity to become the payment standard for AI agents since the agentic commerce field is nascent with no entrenched players, unlike fiat currency competition.

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The Core Issue: Outrunning Entropy, Why Bitcoin Can't Stand Still

Bitcoin's verification requirement that all nodes rebuild the ledger from genesis creates growing Initial Block Download burdens that threaten network decentralization by making node operation increasingly resource-intensive.

Blockstream's Jade Hardware Wallet Adds Lightning Support For Instant Bitcoin Payments

Blockstream Jade hardware wallet now enables Lightning Network payments while maintaining cold storage security through atomic swaps with the Liquid Network.

Bitcoin Hits 20 Million: Less Than 1 Million Coins Left

Over 95% of Bitcoin's 21 million coin supply has been mined, with the remaining coins projected to be fully mined by 2140 due to halving events that reduce mining rewards every four years.

The Core Issue: Consensus Cleanup

The Consensus Cleanup soft fork proposal addresses four long-standing Bitcoin protocol vulnerabilities, including the Timewarp attack, to strengthen Bitcoin's security and long-term viability.

Bitcoin Is The Collateral, It Just Needs The Credit Markets

Bitcoin lacks mature credit markets despite being pristine collateral; loans remain trapped at origination rather than circulating through secondary markets, keeping borrowing costs high.

The Core Issue: Cluster Mempool, Problems Are Easier In Chunks

Cluster Mempool reorganizes mempool transaction sorting to align miner incentives, simplify architecture, and improve security for second layer protocols.