Expanding Bitcoin Custody Models With FediMint The Fedi team is using the ideas behind Chaumian Ecash to develop alternative custody solutions in order to onboard many more people to bitcoin.

Disclaimer: The author is a venture partner at Ten31, which co-led Fedi’s seed round. The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1241: “Fedi is here to bring a consumer … Read More

Bitcoin’s Accumulated Momentum Is Going To Be Hard To Stop While “the smartest people in the room” scan the horizon, bitcoiners are out there actually building the future they want to live in.

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1259: “Bitcoin is action. The accumulated momentum is going to be hard to stop.” Sign up for the newsletter here. This morning … Read More

Bitcoin Volume Spikes With Market Uncertainty In The UK Is bitcoin diverging from traditional markets? Are people starting to wake up to the fact that the fiat system will not save them in times of crisis?

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1269: “Interesting reaction out of the U.K.” Sign up for the newsletter here. via Coinshares Here’s a chart that has been lingering in … Read More

Another Bug Briefly Took Down Part Of The Lightning Network The nature of open-source distributed systems leaves some vulnerabilities open to exploitation, but should bugs be exploited publicly or disclosed in private?

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1278: “Another LND/btcd bug emerges.” Sign up for the newsletter here. via GitHub For the second time in less than a month, btcd … Read More

DLCs On Lightning Open The Door For Bitcoin Smart Contracts The first successful discreet log contract has been executed on the Lightning Network by creating a new type of transaction when opening a Lightning channel.

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1286: “The first mainnet DLC on Lightning has been executed.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Transaction graph showing how the DLC … Read More