Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency, created in 2008 by the mysterious genius called Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin has a limited total supply and the strongest community. With its price going all the way up to where it is today, Bitcoin is more and more seen as modern society’s "digital gold".

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Staking Vs Mining: Which is Better?
Beginner

Staking Vs Mining: Which is Better?

Click to discover the key differences between two of the most popular minting mechanisms in cryptocurrency.
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Monthly Outlook: Expectations on Ethereum
Beginner

Monthly Outlook: Expectations on Ethereum

This article discusses the different prospects of Ethereum and Bitcoin following the approval of spot ETFs, analyzing Ethereum's unique advantages as a smart contract platform and its central role in decentralized finance (DeFi). Despite challenges from competing chains like Solana, Ethereum continues to demonstrate strong market potential and long-term growth prospects through its Layer 2 scaling technology, extensive EVM applications, and significance as collateral in DeFi.
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Lorenzo Launches Babylon Pre-Staking Event and Bitlayer Mining Gala
Beginner

Lorenzo Launches Babylon Pre-Staking Event and Bitlayer Mining Gala

Lorenzo, a Bitcoin liquidity finance project, has announced the launch of the pre-staking Babylon event and the co-hosted Bitlayer Mining Gala event. This allows users to stake BTC to obtain stBTC and bridge it to Bitlayer, participating in ecosystem project staking and lending, and enjoying rich rewards. Lorenzo is committed to building a Bitcoin liquidity financial layer using Babylon, expanding the potential for financialization of the Bitcoin ecosystem through innovative staking and re-staking mechanisms, and promoting its broader DeFi applications.
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Bitcoin and Stablecoins are a Threat to Weak Emerging Market Currencies
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Bitcoin and Stablecoins are a Threat to Weak Emerging Market Currencies

Bitcoin is transforming the global monetary landscape. Its fixed monetary attributes and high adoption rate in emerging markets have led to its rapid rise in countries experiencing currency devaluation. With the proliferation of stablecoins and the widespread use of Bitcoin, the vulnerability of fiat currencies is becoming increasingly apparent, potentially leading to more global currency collapses.
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OP_CAT: The Missing Piece for BTC L2s?
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OP_CAT: The Missing Piece for BTC L2s?

OP_CAT was initially proposed by Satoshi Nakamoto but was disabled in 2010 due to security issues related to unlimited memory usage that could lead to potential denial-of-service attacks. If OP_CAT were to be activated, projects like StarkWare could develop on its basis. StarkWare plans to use OP_CAT to bring zero-knowledge extensions to Bitcoin, enabling advanced financial tools and applications on the network. StarkWare's involvement underscores that the broader ecosystem is ready to leverage the enhanced features introduced by OP_CAT.
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 Bitlayer: Bitcoin Layer 2 Solution with BitVM
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Bitlayer: Bitcoin Layer 2 Solution with BitVM

Bitlayer is a Bitcoin Layer 2 network security project based on the BitVM solution. It aims to provide the same security as Bitcoin and supports Turing-complete smart contracts, efficient transaction processing, and secure cross-chain asset transfer. This article will introduce its core mechanism, organizational structure, team, and other aspects.
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CAN BITCOIN BE A PRODUCTIVE ASSET?
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CAN BITCOIN BE A PRODUCTIVE ASSET?

Bitcoin is like physical gold, serving as an asset and inflation hedge, with a currency value similar to the dollar, reshaping monetary basics. Supporters seek credit and yield mechanisms on its protocol. Brick Towers automates Lightning Network services, optimizing efficiency and capital to meet liquidity needs, minimizing risk, enhancing Bitcoin's utility, offering secure, seamless yield for users.
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 Bitlayer Ecosystem & Growth: What You Need to Know
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Bitlayer Ecosystem & Growth: What You Need to Know

The Bitlayer ecosystem has grown to include over 100 decentralized applications, ranking second in TVL among Bitcoin chains, just behind the Merlin chain. This article will detail some of the key partner projects involved in this initiative, which form an important part of Bitlayer’s total TVL, user base, and activity.
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Babylon: How Does It Unlock Bitcoin’s Security Value?
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Babylon: How Does It Unlock Bitcoin’s Security Value?

Today, the shared security mechanism has evolved through staking, leveraging the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum to provide security for multiple blockchain protocols. YBB Capital delves into the latest developments in the Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon and the Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer in this field, offering a detailed analysis of Babylon's three-layer architecture and its potential.
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Solv Protocol: A New Paradigm for Asset Management under the CeDeFi Trend
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Solv Protocol: A New Paradigm for Asset Management under the CeDeFi Trend

Solv Protocol's rapid growth is attributed to its focus on the burgeoning "Restaking+Yield'' lending sector, which revolves around BTC as the core asset and expands horizontally across the multi-chain landscape. In simpler terms, as Restaking projects like Bouncebit and Ethena gain traction, a new breed of "CeDeFi '' projects that combine CeFi management with DeFi market liquidity have emerged as a prominent force.
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Understand BTC Address Types
Beginner

Understand BTC Address Types

During last year’s inscription craze and this year’s Runes, many people were unclear about the address types of BTC and it was very confusing. Today we will use eight questions to help you understand clearly.
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Bitcoin Layer2 Project Overview
Intermediate

Bitcoin Layer2 Project Overview

This article will delve into multiple innovative Bitcoin Layer2 projects. Through detailed analysis of their technical principles, team backgrounds, funding situations, and development roadmaps, we will understand how they drive innovation and development within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Blockchain Profitability & Issuance - Does It Matter?
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Blockchain Profitability & Issuance - Does It Matter?

In the field of blockchain investment, the profitability of PoW (Proof of Work) and PoS (Proof of Stake) blockchains has always been a topic of significant interest. Crypto influencer Donovan has written an article exploring the profitability models of these blockchains, particularly focusing on the differences between Ethereum and Solana, and analyzing whether blockchain profitability should be a key concern for investors.
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 How Bool Network Is Paving the Way for Truly Decentralized Bitcoin Cross-Chain Bridges
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How Bool Network Is Paving the Way for Truly Decentralized Bitcoin Cross-Chain Bridges

Bool Network functions as a witness bridge, requiring only a signature on the target chain to complete the cross-chain transaction at minimal cost. Its core advantage is that nearly all operations occur within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), ensuring that external parties cannot see what is happening. Each node is unaware of the identity of the witnesses or whether they have been selected, which fundamentally prevents collusion and greatly increases the cost of external attacks.
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Was 10,000 BTC Really Worth Just $25? The Unmissable Tale of Bitcoin Pizza
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Was 10,000 BTC Really Worth Just $25? The Unmissable Tale of Bitcoin Pizza

This article looks back at the iconic event of May 22, 2010, when programmer Laszlo traded 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas. This transaction marked the first-ever use of bitcoin for a real-world purchase, becoming a significant milestone in bitcoin's history.
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