Alyssa Hertig
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Bitcoin Isn’t Private – But Its Recent Taproot Upgrade Will Help
The upgrade could give the network a much-anticipated privacy boost once its effects ripple throughout the ecosystem. → Read More
Taproot, Bitcoin’s Long-Anticipated Upgrade, Has Activated
Taproot gives developers an expanded toolbox to work with as they continue to ideate, iterate and build on Bitcoin. → Read More
What Is a Flash Loan?
A flash loan is a highly decentralized, albeit highly exploitable, form of lending that has emerged from the Ethereum-based DeFi industry. → Read More
What Is the ERC-20 Ethereum Token Standard?
The Ethereum ERC-20 token standard is responsible for the creation of many of the leading crypto projects we see today. Here's how it works. → Read More
Which Crypto Projects Are Based on Ethereum?
Crypto dapps play a huge role in the way value is transferred across the blockchain ecosystem. Here is a breakdown of the projects built on Ethereum. → Read More
What Does Hashrate Mean?
Hashrate is a key metric for measuring the activity and security of a mineable cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Here's everything you need to know. → Read More
Bitcoin Cash Approaches Milestone With First Halving Expected Wednesday
The halving is nigh. No, not the one you're thinking of: splinter cryptocurrency bitcoin cash (BCH) will see its first reduction of block rewards Wednesday. → Read More
Bitcoin Halving 2020, Explained
Bitcoin's next milestone event will occur in May as part of Satoshi Nakamoto's design. Mining rewards will shrink, but it's hard to predict the price impact. → Read More
Ava Labs Exits Stealth, Launches Blockchain Testnet Based on 'Avalanche' Protocol
Ava Labs is out of stealth, revealing a past $6 million funding round and a new blockchain testnet backed by the Avalanche consensus protocol. → Read More
Bitcoin 'Breakthrough' Claims Block Size Increase Possible Without Hard Fork
Developer Mark Friedenbach has unveiled a discovery that could make certain contentious changes to bitcoin a bit easier. → Read More
A Fight Is Breaking Out Over Bitcoin Cash – And It Just Might Split the Code
Bitcoin cash devs are fighting over what code changes to make next. If no one compromises, hard-forked coin could itself split into two. → Read More
Bitcoin's Lightning Network Is Getting Its Own Hacker Camp
Chaincode is launching a new "residency" in New York that will focus on helping developers build their own Lightning Network apps → Read More
What Intel's Foreshadow Flaw Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency
A new security flaw doesn't bode well for experimental cryptocurrency projects looking to use trusted hardware in the near future. → Read More
Bitcoin's Taproot Privacy Tech Is Ready – But There's a Catch
Bitcoin could get better privacy with Taproot, but there's one big obstacle - it can't be deployed until another technology goes through. → Read More
You Can Now Get Paid (a Little) for Using Bitcoin's Lightning Network
Lightning nodes are making money – albeit not much – displaying the potential for a growing fee market on the layer two tech. → Read More
Bitcoin's Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible
An influx of lightning apps are mostly silly, but they demo a serious point: the tech enables bitcoin to compete with traditional payment rails. → Read More
A New Bitcoin Mining Calculator Aims to Tell 'Truth' on Profitability
A new type of profitability calculator has been released – and it brings bad news for many miners. → Read More
A New Calculator Aims to Stop Miners From Getting Ripped Off
A new type of profitability calculator has been released – and it brings bad news for many miners. → Read More
One Year Later, A Wave of Apps Is Emerging on Bitcoin Cash
Now a year old, bitcoin cash is carving out a unique niche for itself with new applications. → Read More
Bitcoin's Second-Ever Developer Is Back (With a Big Vision for Crypto)
The first developer to code alongside Satoshi couldn't stay away from crypto for long. He's now helping to launch a new token. → Read More