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Satoshi’s Exercise for the Reader

Gloria Zhao -
The Bitcoin whitepaper is clear about Bitcoin’s core feature: it is permissionless. Anyone in the world can pay anyone by joining the peer-to-peer network...
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The v2 Transport: Bitcoin P2P Traffic Goes Dark

Pieter Wuille -
From The Core Issue: Learn about the v2 transport protocol upgrade from 2024 that aims to keep your nodes internet traffic private from snooping.
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Spark Explained Like You’re Five

Roy Sheinfeld -
A simple explanation of the cryptography underlying Spark, a layer 2 built using statechains.
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Brink Funds First Third Party Security Audit of Bitcoin Core By Quarkslab

Shinobi -
First ever external security audit of Bitcoin Core by Quarkslab, funded by Brink, shows no critical or severe security issues.
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Bitcoin Knots Has Been Nothing More Than A Denial-of-Service Attack On Bitcoin

Shinobi -
Bitcoin Knots' attempt at transaction filtering has been a completely ineffective and failed attempt to denial-of-service attack the Bitcoin network.
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Spark and Ark: A Look At Our Newest Bitcoin Layer Twos

Seth For Privacy -
A comparison of the trust models and trade offs of Ark and Spark, the two newest entrants to Bitcoin's collection of Layer Two protocols.
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Taproot Assets – Bitcoin As A Medium Of Exchange 

Hannah Rosenberg -
Taproot Assets could lay the foundational infrastructure necessary to make the Lightning Network a serious competitor with Visa.
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Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin Knots: What The OP_RETURN Debate Is Actually About

Aaron van Wirdum -
The OP_RETURN debate splits Bitcoin users: Bitcoin Core 30.0 supports bigger OP_RETURNs, while Bitcoin Knots pushes back, fearing spam, rising fees, and regulatory risks.
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Why “Ecash Coffee Day” Is No Longer Just a Celebration but a Call to Action

Obi Nwosu -
Four years after someone bought a cup of coffee with ecash, the privacy technology being built on top of Bitcoin continues to improve. From Fedimint and Cashu to new protocols like BitVM, developers, activists, and users are uniting to ensure that transactional privacy with Bitcoin is available to all.
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The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information

Roy Sheinfeld -
Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.
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Bitcoin Privacy: What It Means To Keep Your Bitcoin Transactions Private

Shinobi -
The third of ten Bitcoin privacy focused videos. Yuval Kogman joins Shinobi to discuss what privacy means when it comes to transacting on Bitcoin.
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A Response to Sir Tim Berners-Lee: We Can Fix the Web Without Regulation

Conor Mulcahy -
Tim Berners-Lee suggests the web’s flaws requires regulation to fix. But the problem doesn't lie in design alone: The entire fiat-based monetary system exerts pressure that distorts incentives and has shaped the web’s trajectory in ways Berners-Lee may not fully appreciate.
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