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• Bitcoin miners play a crucial role in securing the Bitcoin network by proposing blocks of transactions which nodes then verify, accept, and update to the Bitcoin ledger. • The concern is that the transaction fee portion of the miner rewards will not be raised enough to make up for the loss of the block … Read more

• In December 2022, software analytics company MicroStrategy sold 704 bitcoin to generate a net tax benefit and offset previous capital gains. • Two days later, MicroStrategy bought back 810 bitcoin, at a higher price than the sale. • MicroStrategy now holds 132,500 BTC, acquired for about $4.03 billion at an average price of $30,397 … Read more

• Channel jamming is a threat to the Lightning Network, which presents an open mechanism to attack nodes on the network. • Last month, Lightning developer Antoine Riard proposed a formal specification to solve this problem. • The proposed solution involves a form of anonymized credentials, which nodes can use to build a sort of … Read more

Bullet Points: – In 2022, the Canadian government attempted to freeze the bank accounts of protestors, leading to the use of Bitcoin as a way to skirt these restrictions. – Organizations like GoFundMe attempted to pass the money along to causes they aligned with, but ended up refunding the money after public outcry. – The … Read more

• CoinCorner has partnered with Pouch to enable global payments via the Lightning Network to the Philippines. • This Send Globally feature allows users to convert one fiat currency into bitcoin and then send it over the Lightning Network to be converted into another fiat currency. • The partnership enables users from Europe, the U.K. … Read more

• A bill to make the usage of bitcoin and cryptocurrency legal in Nigeria has been proposed by Babangida Ibrahim, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Institutions of Nigeria. • The proposed bill would amend the 2007 Investments and Securities Act, recognizing bitcoin as legal capital for investment. • If … Read more

• Bitcoin is a form of digital money that is decentralized, meaning that it can’t be taken away from you by a government or corporation. • Bitcoin is a 21st century hedge against inflation and money printing. • Bitcoin is a provably scarce digital asset that is backed by a wall of encrypted real world … Read more