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All of a Sudden, It’s All About Bitcoin
Bitcoin's tech development is buzzing with innovations that could help it keep pace with Ethereum
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Lightning Labs Releases 'Better' Version of Token Minting on Bitcoin After BRC-20s Clog System
The project formerly known as "Taro" has been rebranded "Taproot Assets" after Lightning Labs was hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. The new offering, now on a testnet...
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Binance Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals as Bitcoin Blockchain Fees Jump
Binance Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals as Bitcoin Blockchain Fees Jump
Binance resumed bitcoin withdrawals after a second pause, as the Bitcoin network suffers from congestion. This comes as fee rates on the bitcoin blockchain surged to a 2-year...
Binance Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals as Bitcoin Blockchain Fees Jump

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Giant Bitcoin 'Taproot Wizard' NFT Minted in Collaboration With Luxor Mining Pool
Luxor Mining collaborated with independent developer Udi Wertheimer to mint the NFT advertising “Magic Internet JPEGs” in “the largest Bitcoin block ever mined.”
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A Primer on the Debate Around Ordinal Inscriptions, aka Bitcoin NFTs
Are on-chain Bitcoin NFTs an interesting innovation or a censorable misallocation of resources?
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Bitcoin Community Erupts in Existential Debate Over NFT Project Ordinals
Some are calling the new protocol, which stores NFTs on Bitcoin, an attack on the blockchain's original mission to conduct financial transactions. Others say the new use case...
Bitcoin community members are of two minds on bringing NFTs to the blockchain. (PM Images/Getty Images)

Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin
Data Scientist Alyssa Blackburn discusses the early days of Bitcoin, followed by a Q&A moderated by CoinDesk’s David Morris. Plus, a conversation between Jimmy Song (Bitcoin T...
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin

Lightning Labs Co-Founder on Taro Protocol, Future of Bitcoin Lightning Network
Lightning Labs Co-Founder on Taro Protocol, Future of Bitcoin Lightning Network
Lightning Labs Co-founder and CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun, also known on social media as “roasbeef,” shares insights into the Lightning Network’s latest Taproot-powered “Taro” prot...
Lightning Labs Co-Founder on Taro Protocol, Future of Bitcoin Lightning Network

How 'Taro' Could Bring Stablecoins and NFTs to Bitcoin
How ‘Taro’ Could Bring Stablecoins and NFTs to Bitcoin
CoinDesk Research Analyst George Kaloudis discusses the announcement of the Taproot-powered protocol Taro (Taproot Asset Representation Overlay). Kaloudis explains Taro’s pote...
How 'Taro' Could Bring Stablecoins and NFTs to Bitcoin

Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin
Lightning Lab’s Elizabeth Stark announced a Taproot-enabled protocol called Taproot Asset Representation Overlay (Taro) that has received $70 million in Series B funding to br...
Lightning Labs Raises $70M to Bring Stablecoins to Bitcoin