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Caught up in the storm of price action and US politics, it’s easy to forget the Bitcoin technology landscape had its own breakout earlier this year. Now that things have cooled off over the summer, next week’s Open-Source Stage at Bitcoin Nashville is a good opportunity to survey the industry’sContinue Reading

The original article this piece is responding to: Reflections on Bitcoin Culture.  Bitcoin changes our lives. It’s an almost spiritual observation that we’ve all seen within ourselves. After acquiring some, learning how it works, and to various degrees delving into what this decentralized, uncensorable, proof-of-work money is, we’ve seen ourContinue Reading

Earlier this year, Weikeng Chen and his partners at venture firm L2 Iterative decided to shift their attention to the bubbling Bitcoin ecosystem. Chen, a Chinese native, had taken notice of the growing interest in Bitcoin development from several large actors in the mining space who started backing different projectsContinue Reading

I like to eat. What I mean by that is I like to make money. I’ve had my share of being hungry and eating two-minute noodles because I couldn’t afford anything else. That’s no fun, but it’s the reality for a lot of people in the Global South. It’s aContinue Reading

Company Name: Lava Founders: Shehzan Maredia Date Founded: January 2022 Location of Headquarters: New York, USA (with some remote employees) Amount of Bitcoin Held in Treasury: N/A Number of Employees: 7 Website: https://www.lava.xyz/ Public or Private? Private Shehzan Maredia wants to make custodying Bitcoin easy. This is why he foundedContinue Reading

I logged back on to social media after a week offline in the countryside, only to see my timeline filled with news of an assassination attempt on Trump. My first thought, after noting my impeccable timing, was: “Let me see how CNN frames this.” And lo and behold: The firstContinue Reading

Leading Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network onto its platform. This will introduce faster, cheaper Bitcoin transactions to Bitso’s user base of over 8 million retail clients and 1,700 institutional customers. Bitso will leverage Lightspark’s infrastructure to enable Lightning transfers. LightsparkContinue Reading