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Future of Bitcoin Payments: Lightning Network, Nostr, and Flash

Future of Bitcoin Payments: Lightning Network, Nostr, and Flash

The October 9, 2024 episode of the Final Settlement podcast, Pierre Corbin discusses the founding of Flash, a Bitcoin payment gateway platform that integrates the Lightning Network and Nostr.

Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities

Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities

Building a Family-Centric Bitcoin Custody Solution

Building a Family-Centric Bitcoin Custody Solution

Why Bitcoin Is More Than Just Money: Unpacking Its Broader Societal Impacts

Why Bitcoin Is More Than Just Money: Unpacking Its Broader Societal Impacts

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration

AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration

Navigating the Debt Doom Loop: Bitcoin's Role Amid Financial Instability

Navigating the Debt Doom Loop: Bitcoin's Role Amid Financial Instability

Briefing note

Future of Bitcoin Payments: Lightning Network, Nostr, and Flash

Future of Bitcoin Payments: Lightning Network, Nostr, and Flash

The October 9, 2024 episode of the Final Settlement podcast, Pierre Corbin discusses the founding of Flash, a Bitcoin payment gateway platform that integrates the Lightning Network and Nostr.

Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities

Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities

Building a Family-Centric Bitcoin Custody Solution

Building a Family-Centric Bitcoin Custody Solution

Why Bitcoin Is More Than Just Money: Unpacking Its Broader Societal Impacts

Why Bitcoin Is More Than Just Money: Unpacking Its Broader Societal Impacts

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration

AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration

Navigating the Debt Doom Loop: Bitcoin's Role Amid Financial Instability

Navigating the Debt Doom Loop: Bitcoin's Role Amid Financial Instability

Bitcoin mining

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining with the DATUM Protocol: Ensuring Network Resilience

The October 9, 2024 episode of Bitcoin Fundamentals, featuring Jason Hughes and the Bitcoin Mechanic, focuses on the decentralization of Bitcoin mining, specifically through the development of the DATUM protocol.

Compass Mining: Innovating Bitcoin Mining Through Hosting and Renewable Energy

Compass Mining: Innovating Bitcoin Mining Through Hosting and Renewable Energy

Harnessing Stranded Energy for Bitcoin Mining

Harnessing Stranded Energy for Bitcoin Mining

Revolutionizing Bitcoin Mining with Liquid Cooling and Data Center Integration

Revolutionizing Bitcoin Mining with Liquid Cooling and Data Center Integration

Bitcoin Rollercoaster: Cleanspark's Growth and Riot’s AI Ambitions

Bitcoin Rollercoaster: Cleanspark's Growth and Riot’s AI Ambitions

Bitcoin Mining in September: Production, HPC Shifts, and Market Impacts

Bitcoin Mining in September: Production, HPC Shifts, and Market Impacts

Bitcoin in Africa: Empowerment Through Energy and Innovation

Bitcoin in Africa: Empowerment Through Energy and Innovation

Research review

Integrating Bitcoin Mining with Renewable Energy: A Hedging Strategy for Electricity Price Volatility

Integrating Bitcoin Mining with Renewable Energy: A Hedging Strategy for Electricity Price Volatility

Full article summary: Bastian-Pinto, C.L., Araujo, F.V.d.S., Brandão, L.E., Gomes, L.L., 2021. Hedging renewable energy investments with Bitcoin mining. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 138, 110520.

Integrating Bitcoin Mining into Biorefineries: Enhancing Economic Viability and Sustainability

Integrating Bitcoin Mining into Biorefineries: Enhancing Economic Viability and Sustainability

Virtual Currency, Tangible Return: Portfolio Diversification with Bitcoin

Virtual Currency, Tangible Return: Portfolio Diversification with Bitcoin

On the hedge and safe haven properties of Bitcoin: is it really more than a diversifier?

On the hedge and safe haven properties of Bitcoin: is it really more than a diversifier?

The influence of Bitcoin on portfolio diversification and design

The influence of Bitcoin on portfolio diversification and design

Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples

Subjective models of the macroeconomy: evidence from experts and representative samples

Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Federal Bank Regulators Come For Crypto

Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Federal Bank Regulators Come For Crypto

Macro trends

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Navigating the Debt Doom Loop: Bitcoin's Role Amid Financial Instability

Understanding the Macro Forces Shaping Bitcoin’s Price

Unlocking Institutional Capital: The Impact of Bitcoin ETFs on Market Dynamics

Rising Bond Yields and Bitcoin’s Role in Inflation Hedging (and Satoshi Nakamoto's anonymity)

Bitcoin: A Superior Alternative to Stocks, Gold, and Real Estate for Long-Term Savings

Short take

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Bitcoin as a Lifeline for Women in Authoritarian Regimes: Insights from Roya Mahboob

Compass Mining: Innovating Bitcoin Mining Through Hosting and Renewable Energy

Revolutionizing Bitcoin Mining with Liquid Cooling and Data Center Integration

Bitcoin Rollercoaster: Cleanspark's Growth and Riot’s AI Ambitions

Bitcoin Mining in September: Production, HPC Shifts, and Market Impacts

Technological advance

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Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: Assessing the Risks and Opportunities

AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration

Counterparty’s Resurgence: Bitcoin’s Meta-Protocol Revival

Navigating Bitcoin Forks: Covenants and the Future of Protocol Upgrades

Bitcoin as Alien Technology: Exploring Resilience and Future Societal Impact