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Ordinals and Runes creator Casey Rodarmor (rodarmor.com)
Technology
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Runes, Casey Rodarmor's Protocol for 'Sh*tcoins' on Bitcoin, Set to Go Live at Halving
Rodarmor created last year's breakout Ordinals protocol, which is used to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin. Now, he says the relevance of protocols like his new Ru...
Ordinals and Runes creator Casey Rodarmor (rodarmor.com)
By Jamie Crawley
Apr 17, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2024
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16:9 Treasure chest (Ashin K Suresh/Unsplash)
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Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions
Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mi...
16:9 Treasure chest (Ashin K Suresh/Unsplash)
By Jamie Crawley
Apr 15, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Willem Schroé: Building Botanix, a Bitcoin Layer 2 That Brings the EVM to Bitcoin
A Belgian polymath and his team are building a “spiderchain” network that harnesses both bitcoin’s sound money properties and Ethereum’s technological capabilities.
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By Frank Corva
Apr 11, 2024 at 7:27 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2024
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EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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EigenLayer, Crypto's Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality
The "restaking" protocol with $15 billion in deposits won't pay rewards to depositors and is missing its mission-critical "slashing" feature.
EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Sam Kessler
Apr 10, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2024
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Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia.
Consensus Magazine
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Shinobi: How Covenants Help Scale Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine’s technical editor says it’s necessary to implement covenants - which allow joint ownership of UTXOs - if Bitcoin is to fulfill its promise of bringing financ...
Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia.
By Frank Corva
Apr 5, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2024
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Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and meme coin creator “More Light,” in Mexico City in February, 2024.
Consensus Magazine
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Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus
The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also on the fight card.
Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and meme coin creator “More Light,” in Mexico City in February, 2024.
By Ben Schiller
Apr 3, 2024 at 1:54 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2024
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(Bitcoin Dada)
Consensus Magazine
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Lorraine Marcel: Bringing Bitcoin to African Women
The founder of Bitcoin Dada, a virtual education program and sisterhood started in Kenya, on how she’s getting African women involved in the Bitcoin space.
(Bitcoin Dada)
By Frank Corva
Mar 19, 2024 at 5:41 p.m. UTC
Mar 19, 2024
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Stronghold's Russelton plant (Aaron Kotowski/Stronghold)
Consensus Magazine
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Bitcoin Halving Is a ‘Show Me the Money’ Moment for Miners
With April’s “halving” set to cut mining rewards by half, Bitcoin miners are upgrading to more efficient mining machines, cutting costs, finding cheaper sources of power and...
Stronghold's Russelton plant (Aaron Kotowski/Stronghold)
By Aoyon Ashraf
Mar 19, 2024 at 4:53 p.m. UTC
Mar 19, 2024
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Muneeb Ali
Consensus Magazine
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Bitcoin L2s Are Poised to Break Out, Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali Says
“Bitcoin is not going to change much,” says Ali. “Layer 2s are innovative and open to making rapid changes. After a while, it becomes part of their culture.”
Muneeb Ali
By Daniel Kuhn
Mar 18, 2024 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Mar 18, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
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Bitcoin ETFs' Hot Start Seems Largely Driven by Retail Investors
Data shows that the average trade size for the biggest spot bitcoin ETF, BlackRock’s IBIT, hovers around $13,000, suggesting that a big chunk of its demand is coming from nonp...
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By Helene Braun
Mar 18, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Mar 18, 2024
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