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How Are Bitcoin’s Hash Rate, Difficulty And Fees Related?

The three mechanics are an important part of understanding Bitcoin on a technical level.

95% Of Bitcoin Hash Rate “Potentially” Signaling For Taproot Activation

Taproot.watch has added a new feature showing that a vast majority of Bitcoin mining hash rate supports Taproot activation.

Utreexo Can Speed Bitcoin Initial Block Download By 62%

BitMEX Research grantee Calvin Kim has demonstrated how the Utreexo client can speed up the Bitcoin Initial Block Download by 62%.

Bitcoin Optech #149: Relay Reliability Workshops And More

This week’s newsletter discussed the previously proposed transaction relay reliability workshop, updates to Bitcoin software and more.

The Top-10 Bitcoin Mining Pools Have Signaled For Taproot

Each of the top-10 bitcoin mining pools by hash rate have signaled at least one block for the Bitcoin network’s Taproot soft fork activation.

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High As Second Taproot Signaling Period Begins

The start of a new Bitcoin difficulty adjustment window brought a major increase and a new Taproot signaling period with 63% green blocks.

First-Ever Dual-Funded Mainnet Lightning Channel Opened

The world’s first dual-funded Lightning channel has been opened, bringing more features to the network while reducing fees.

Bitcoin Optech #148: A Security Disclosure Affecting Protocols

This week’s newsletter covers a security disclosure, a summary of a Bitcoin Core PR Review Club meeting and more.

Mara Pool And Bitcoin Mining Censorship

The hosts of "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado" discussed Mara Pool, bitcoin mining pools that censor blocks and what Bitcoiners could do about this.

Bitcoin Optech #147: Miner Activation Of Taproot And More

This week’s newsletter encourages miners to begin signaling for Taproot, discusses closing lost Lightning Network channels and more.

Nearly Half Of Bitcoin Hash Rate Now Signaling For Taproot Activation

Bitcoin mining pools have begun signaling for the Taproot soft fork activation, with almost half of network hash rate currently doing so.

Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 Released With Taproot Activation Code

Bitcoin Core version 0.21.1 is now available for download, including activation parameters for the Schnorr and Taproot protocol upgrade.
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