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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 month ago

How Viable Are BitVM Based Pegs?

BitVM earlier this year came under fire due to the large liquidity requirements necessary in order for a rollup (or other system operator) to process withdrawals for the two way peg mechanisms being built using the BitVM design. Galaxy, an investor i...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 month ago

JIPPI IS POKÉMON GO FOR BITCOIN

Today’s modern Bitcoin exchanges have drastically improved access to Bitcoin ownership in 2024. Gone are the days of janky peer-to-peer (P2P) trade forums and questionably secure early exchanges like Mt Gox. Instead, a legion of Bitcoin on-ramps focu...

Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 month ago

The Consensus Conundrum

A lot of consensus-change proposals for bitcoin are on the table at the moment. All of them have good motivations, whether it's scaling UTXO ownership or making self-custody more tractable. I won’t rehash them here, you’re probably already familiar....