19/06/24
OP_CAT, or "Operation Concatenate," is an opcode in Bitcoin's scripting language that allows to build new Bitcoin related solutions, like L2 networks, but it has to be reactivated in the protocol first - consensus is needed. "StarkWare has plans to leverage OP_CAT for bringing zero-knowledge (ZK) scaling to Bitcoin to enable advanced financial instruments and apps on the network. "
22/04/24
New functioning zk-proof mechanism for light clients or simple payment verification (SPV) without running a full network node. Still under research and development.
20/11/23
Bitcoin's Nakamoto, Vintage, Pizza, Block 9, Block 78, Black Sats explained.
17/04/23
Taproot is an upgrade to Bitcoin which brought better Schnorr digital signature scheme and reforming Bitcoinâ??s scripting language from Nov. 2021. Occasionally it brings possibility to create Bitcoin's version of NFT - Ordinals.
23/02/23
Chart of electricity consumption and COâ?? emission of popular blockchain networks. See carbon footprint of the Ethereum and Bitcoin.
22/11/22
"One of the first securities solely invested in and deriving value from the price of BTC.
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is solely and passively invested in BTC, enabling investors to gain exposure to BTC in the form of a security while avoiding the challenges of buying, storing, and safekeeping BTC, directly."
29/05/22
"Omni is a platform for creating and trading custom digital assets and currencies. It is a software layer built on top of the most popular, most audited, most secure blockchain -- Bitcoin. Omni transactions are Bitcoin transactions that enable next-generation features on the Bitcoin Blockchain. Our reference implementation, Omni Core is an enhanced Bitcoin Core that provides all the features of Bitcoin as well as advanced Omni Layer features."
"The Omni Protocol was originally specified to embed data in the blockchain using fake bitcoin addresses (Class A transactions), upgraded to a more blockchain-friendly method which embeds data in a bitcoin multi-signature transaction (Class B), and currently embeds data using the OP_RETURN opcode (for most transactions) making most Omni Protocol data completely prune-able (Class C)."
Downloads links for OmniWallet Web and Desktop, link to omniexplorer.info. Requires Omnilayer supported Exchange to buy/sell such new tokens.
24/04/22
For serious Bitcoin miners "This article is the first in a series about bitcoin mining and energy infrastructure. Each article offers an introductory level explanation of electric grids and their relationship with mining to better educate miners and other bitcoin investors."
