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Bitcoin Exchanges on the Lightning Network and their Capacity

Bitcoin Exchanges on the Lightning Network and their Capacity

Bitcoin exchanges offer incredibly valuable and necessary services for onboarding everyone from the fiat world. Some exchanges have also adopted the Lightning Network [https://lightning.network/lightning-network-summary.pdf] to offer customers near free and instant transactions, and to also push forward the broader ecosystem. We won't be standing

LNBIG routed 12.4 BTC yesterday... how does that extrapolate to lightning network volume?

LNBIG routed 12.4 BTC yesterday... how does that extrapolate to lightning network volume?

With 25 Nodes, 5504 active channels, and a combined active capacity of 891 BTC, LNBIG and their nodes offer the largest amount of capacity on the Lightning Network. At ~22% of the Lightning Network's active capacity, what sort of data can we attempt to infer on total network

Does Bitcoin Actually Solve a Problem?

Does Bitcoin Actually Solve a Problem?

Before we can evaluate if and how Bitcoin is worth any value, we must first acknowledge and agree that there are problems worth solving.

Million Dollar Pixels? How Decentralized Are NFTs?

Million Dollar Pixels? How Decentralized Are NFTs?

If you ever need an extra dose of chaos or entertainment, just sign in to a random crypto coin, DAO, or NFT Discord Server at 10pm at night. Schemes for days.

How Decentralized Is It? An Example Ethereum Smart Contract and Front End Web App (dApp) Demo with Alchemy and Hardhat

"Crypto" continues to move mainstream. From the latest Biden administration executive order [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-innovation-in-digital-assets/] , an estimated 16% of adult Americans have engaged with crypto, with many millions more engaging worldwide. Coinbase offers services to more than 89 million users [https:

A Bitcoin 101 Console App Demo Using C#, .NET, and NBitcoin on the RegTest Network

A Bitcoin 101 Console App Demo Using C#, .NET, and NBitcoin on the RegTest Network

This article is a 101 level walkthrough of getting started programming on top of the Bitcoin network with Windows, .NET, C#, and the NBitcoin [https://github.com/MetacoSA/NBitcoin] library. There is a lot to learn when starting on Bitcoin. I work most with C#/.NET/Windows and whenever possible

A Brief Look at Government and Money

A Brief Look at Government and Money

With the recent events in Canada, it is worth a brief investigation of how governments have controlled the flow and supply of money throughout the world and throughout history. (cover photo by sebastiaan stam [https://unsplash.com/@sebastiaanstam?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on