Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The fourth Bitcoin halving is almost upon us, and this one has the potential for some very interesting surprises. This halving marks the reduction of the Bitcoin supply subsidy from 6.25 BTC every block to 3.125 BTC per block. These supply reductions...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The core of Bitcoin’s security model relies on this basic game theory—miners, armed with their digital pickaxes, are in a relentless chase for profit. And it’s this pursuit that keeps the network secure. Basic vanilla mining involves producing blocks...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
& After FTX collapsed, scornful critics widely ridiculed Caroline Ellison's approach to stop losses. 'I just don't don't think they're an effective risk management tool,' she infamously told an audience during FTX's heyday. But did she have a poi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY has once again become a focal point in the conversation about improvements to scale Bitcoin. This time around there are many more alternative designs for covenants being proposed, and actual concrete designs that make use of CT...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Have you ever looked at the stars and noticed how everything in the universe seems connected? Famous inventor and engineer, Nikola Tesla, thought that this connection is all about energy, how often things vibrate, and the way they move. I believe tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
In a notable statement, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has expressed a positive perspective on Bitcoin during an interview today with CNBC, affirming that it "is an asset that protects you."& "I believe it goes up if the world is frightened, if the peo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Get ready, brace yourself. Reading this might enrage and confound you, it might confuse you, you might even get mad enough to punch your screen (don’t do that.) Consider this a trigger warning.Bitcoin is a database. Period. That is what it is. The bl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Vanguard, a major player in the investment management industry with over $7 trillion in assets, has taken a surprising stance by blocking customer access to Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), according to multiple reports. The move comes as a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
We all have a journey to Bitcoin. Some started as sound money advocates who adored Austrian economics and gold. Others fell out of the TradFi world when they knew something wasn’t quite right. Most Bitcoiners have gone through trials and tribulations...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Today,& Bitwise Asset Management unveiled a new initiative, confirming their pledge to allocate 10% of profits from the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) towards supporting Bitcoin open-source development, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Ma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Today, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved the listing of the first-ever spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). This move marks a historic milestone in the evolution of Bitcoin adoption within tradit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has declared on their website that VanEck, Fidelity, and ARK 21Shares Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) will officially commence trading starting tomorrow,& pending regulatory approval and effecti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
After being inspired by a podcast with Preston Pysh and Will Casarin in January of 2023 I experienced my first interaction with ‘the nostr’ using a rather clunky interface. Since that time, nostr has gradually become more user friendly and an increas...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
PlebLab is hosting TopBuilder, a three month-long hackathon starting in January and ending in March. The application deadline is January 13th, so if you’re reading this now and wish to apply, get to it today. The hackathon will take place across thre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Based on the number of merchants that now accept bitcoin in Berlin you might think this article is about the German capital city. Instead, it’s about a small picturesque mountain town in El Salvador with a population of 20,000 people.How it came to h...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Charles Gasparino,& FOX Business& Senior Correspondent,& has reported that the long-anticipated Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are indeed a "done deal," with trading slated to commence this Thursday.& This confirmation from...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
From an economic standpoint, Jevon’s Paradox is arguably the foundation of the scaling road we have started walking down for Bitcoin. Pushing things off-chain is attempting to make the use of the scarce resource that blockspace is much more efficient...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
What is the dollar amount where the Banking Cartel starts asking tough questions like “Who’s holding the bag?” and ”Who’s holding our coins?” As we are near the approval of the ETF, I can’t help but wonder to myself “Who’s carrying the bags?” And whi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
What is the dollar amount where the Banking Cartel starts asking tough questions like “Who’s holding the bag?” and ”Who’s holding our coins?” As we are near the approval of the ETF, I can’t help but wonder to myself “Who’s carrying the bags?” And whi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
CommerceBlock is releasing Mercury Layer today, an improved version of their variation of a statechain. You can read a longer form explanation of how their Mercury statechains work here. The upgrade to Mercury Layer represents a massive improvement a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) could potentially commence live trading as early as Thursday or Friday, with approval happening this Wednesday, sources close to the matter told CNBC.& This news comes amid intense anticipation for the la...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
A bold statement has emerged from a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Jay Clayton, suggesting that the approval of a Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is inevitable, stating that "there's nothing left to decide," in an...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Today Breez announces FiatLink, an open API standard for the integration of on and off ramps directly inside of Lightning wallets and applications. Currently there are many issues with seamless integration of Bitcoin to fiat exchanges inside of appli...
