Multisig Setup Saves Bitcoin Stack from Home Burglary

Bitcoin user Callum McArthur’s house was broken into last month, and the burglars stole his hardware wallet and recovery words which stored his bitcoin stack. “Otherwise you’re generally talking about 10 to 15 years of your hard labor…and the possibility of that all being gone…you’re not getting those years back. McArthur used a 2-of-3 multisig […]

Taproot Is Coming To Bitcoin: How It Works, Its History And Implications – Bitcoin Magazine

This is going to be a massive foundational achievement to continue building on into the future. Some who have been here a while might find this ironic, but the first mention of Schnorr signatures that I’m aware of was actually from former Bitcoin Core developer turned enterprise blockchain builder Mike Hearn. Adam Back was discussing […]

An Unrealized Capital Gains Tax Would Wallop Big Stock And Bitcoin Investors – Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin HODLers live by the words of the 1987 Rick Astley hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Many have held their stack for years, through steep price declines, only to see the price ratchet up to new highs every year. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced on October 23 that a proposed tax on unrealized […]

As Bitcoin Hits All-Time High, What Are Older Coins Doing On The Network? – Bitcoin Magazine

The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. The spent volume age bands for coins older than three months helps to paint a clear picture of what happened at the previous all-time high. This can indicate strategic profit taking in the market as a one-off type event, […]

Why You Should Care About Taproot, The Next Major Bitcoin Upgrade

Driven by the misconceptions that regular users have about Taproot and a certain lack of understanding, this essay leverages the technical resources that came before it to enlighten you to the broader implications of what is arguably the most significant upgrade to Bitcoin yet. By reducing the transaction size and making nearly any transaction appear […]

How Social Listening And Machine Learning Are Used To Predict Bitcoin Price Volatility

It doesn’t matter if it’s a worldwide platform or a tiny forum chat; if it connects users over the internet, it’s social media. On sites like Twitter, users are separated into tiers of opinion authority based on followers and likes. I will also open a discussion challenging the ethics of new concepts like “emotional data […]

Bitcoin ETF Politician Being Bullish – Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides

Despite some relative sideways action during the week, there was a lot of excellent news and even more bullish news; a new layout for this week’s roundup. A report revealed that Mastercard, in partnership with Bakkt, plans to allow its merchants worldwide to accept bitcoin payments in the near future. Billionaire investor, Anthony Scaramucci, confirmed […]

Why Are Countries Adapting To Bitcoin

Functioning since 2009, the Bitcoin network has come to dominate and even define the cryptocurrency space, spawning a legion of altcoin followers and representing an alternative to fiat government currencies such as the U.S. According to specialists from these nations, many people utilize peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges as their main on-ramp into cryptocurrencies frequently because they […]

Report: Bitcoin Miners, Long-Term Holders Creating BTC Supply Shock – Bitcoin Magazine

A supply shock seems to have contributed to the BTC price appreciating by more than 50% in October, a new report by Kraken Intelligence shows. There has been “little profit-taking” from long-term bitcoin holders along with this month’s price rally, the study found. In addition to users HODLing their coins, bitcoin miners are also not […]