The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels originally proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, with major implementations having been built by Blockstream (CLN), ...

Today, the Bitcoin Students Network launches its "Layer Zero" program, which aims to empower youths globally to collaboratively and creatively build and strengthen Bitcoin's 'social layer' and ...

Bitcoin’s network difficulty rose by over 10.5% on Aug. 1, 2024, breaking a three-month-long downward streak to mark a new all-time high. The difficulty to create a new block on the Bitcoin blockchain ...

In the last Mempool article, I went over the different kinds of relay policy filters, why they exist, and the incentives that ultimately decide how effective each class of filter is at preventing the ...

In the early days, holding Bitcoin on your balance sheet felt like the boldest move you could make as a company. Companies locked in exposure to a scarce, appreciating asset with the conviction it’s ...

More than $19 trillion in transactions settled over the Bitcoin network in 2024 — more than double the $8.7 trillion settled over the network in 2023 — reversing two years of declining transaction ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitGo, the leading digital asset infrastructure company, today announced its partnership with the Bitcoin Students Network, a growing coalition of student-led bitcoin ...