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OP_CAT and the Infinite Nothing

IntroductionYou may have heard about re-enabling OP_CAT as a potential upgrade for bitcoin's script language. Depending on where you get your news OP_CAT has been called "only 10 lines of code", "the best way to enable experimentation with covenants", "too...

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OP_CAT & Bitcoin Ossification With Blockstream’s Andrew Poelstra

In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Shinobi sat down with Andrew Poelstra from Blockstream to discuss his colleague Rusty Russell's ambitious proposal. Rusty plans to restore several abandoned features from Bitcoin's code, a bold move that could significantly enhance...

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Dismantling The Cash-flow Narrative: Real Estate vs. Bitcoin

Bitcoin sceptics frequently argue that bitcoin lacks intrinsic value, claiming that investments like real estate, with their tangible cash flows, are superior. In this article, I will debunk the myth of 'intrinsic value' and illustrate why cash flow has no...

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Bitcoin Policy Institute Launches Fund to Defend Non-Custodial Tools from Regulatory Threats

The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) has announced the launch of its Peer-to-Peer Rights Fund, a strategic initiative aimed at safeguarding the decentralized, peer-to-peer integrity of the Bitcoin ecosystem. The fund's mission is to defend non-custodial tools and their developers from...

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Blockstream’s Rusty Russell Wants To Revamp Bitcoin Script

Rusty Russell, lead Lightning developer for Blockstream, is spearheading an ambitious initiative known as the Bitcoin script restoration project. This effort aims to restore and expand the functionality of Bitcoin's script language, which was significantly limited in the early days...

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A Denial Of Service Attack On Bitcoin Consensus

Conservatism, in the literal and not political sense, has always been a core part of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Satoshi himself was very cautious and thorough in his original design attempts, and developers since have tried to be very cautious and...

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Fatal Flaws in Modern Monetary Theory

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. Modern...

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The Institutions Are Coming: The Dawn Of A New Era At This Year’s MicroStrategy World — Bitcoin For Corporations Conference

“The institutions are coming.”Anyone who’s been in the Bitcoin space for any significant period of time has heard some prominent figure within the space utter this phrase.In August 2020, when MicroStrategy, an American-based business software company, announced it would be...

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Michael Saylor Delivers Bitcoin Masterclass To Fortune 1000 Companies

In a Keynote address at MicroStrategy World: Bitcoin for Corporations, MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor delivered a masterclass on corporate finance and the power of bitcoin to supercharge corporate balance sheets. Saylor made a point to emphasize Bitcoin as the...

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Script State from Lamport Signatures

The last six months or so have seen several proposals for improvements to Bitcoin Script: CAT, 64-bit arithmetic, as well as some older ideas (CTV) and far-future ideas (Chialisp and Simplicity). This activity has largely overshadowed some revolutionary changes in...

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