David Marcus is taking his experience as the former head of PayPal and Meta Messenger and applying it to building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. At Lightspark’s first partner summit, Lightspark Sync, he and his team rolled out new capabilities for…
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The Bitcoin Popularity Index (BPI) – A Measure of Bitcoin Interest Around The World
Introduction Introducing the Bitcoin Popularity Index (BPI), the first comprehensive search study of its kind. This index has been curated in an attempt to measure the global reach and impact of Bitcoin through a broad analysis of Google search queries.…
Bhutan – Another Country Using Bitcoin To Escape Poverty
Having invested in startups for over twenty years I have deep respect for entrepreneurs trying to build a company. It is so difficult. And more often than not, it doesn’t work out. Developing a whole country, of course, is much…
21 Million Fashion Makes Bitcoin Clothes That Are Worth the Sats
Look, I like a certain kind of Bitcoin shirt. Follow Rizzo on X https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ Yes, the tacky ones with famous one-liners are fine, and so are the conference hand-outs. I, too, collect relics from crypto tragedies, holding on to my BitInstant…
What Ark Could Potentially Learn From Lightning
Ark is the third major Layer 2 protocol with some form of unilateral exit or enforcement mechanism on the base layer to approach the point of launching on Bitcoin. Lightning came first when C-Lightning went live in the Reckless campaign…
Trump’s Momentum Is Too Big To Rig, The Bitcoin Candidate Will Win
Follow Nikolaus On X Here I joined over millions of live viewers online in watching the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night, and as someone who attended the Republican National Convention over the summer, I was blown…
Money Electric: Being Distracted By Nonsense
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. This weekend I finally got around to watching Money Electric, the HBO documentary that “reveals” Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd as the true identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto. It’s three weeks old by now and…
Bitcoin Won’t Let You Transcend Politics
We can’t transcend politics ‘because we have bitcoin now, bro’. Sometimes I see this kind of t-shirt or sentiment being shared online, but it’s simply misguided. Just to prove I’m not strawmanning, here’s another similar example: My condolences to anyone…
Satoshi Nakamoto Statue In Lugano Is Inspiring
Today, the city of Lugano in Switzerland unveiled an incredible statue honouring Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s anonymous founder. I found this tribute incredibly inspiring and beautiful. The statue was revealed at Lugano’s Plan B conference, turning heads with its clever invisible…
If Microsoft Invests in Bitcoin It Will Be Likely Via Spot ETFs
Follow Nikolaus On X Here At the tail end of yesterday, MacroScope, a financial analyst focusing on Bitcoin, revealed a new SEC filing stating that Microsoft is voting this December on whether it should invest in bitcoin. At first I…