Bitcoin nodes independently validate transactions and enforce shared rules without a central authority. Proof-of-work ...

Lightning Labs released a new toolkit that enables AI agents to operate directly on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1274: “Erlay support signaling has been merged into Bitcoin Core.” Sign up for the newsletter here. It’s been over three years and exactly 696 ...

Lightning Labs just released an AI toolkit that will enable AI-agents to conduct autonomous transctiosn and other tasks on ...

Whoa! For folks who’ve run a handful of nodes, validation can feel like a black-box ritual. My first instinct was to treat Bitcoin Core as sacred and opaque, but actually, wait—let me rephrase that: ...

A quantum-resistant Bitcoin upgrade is inevitable, but ignoring full node incentives could accelerate centralization. Fixing this flaw now is the only way to secure Bitcoin’s future. Bitcoin (BTC) has ...

Discover the difference between solo and pool Bitcoin mining in 2026, including rewards, risks, and which approach suits your setup best.

The lightweight zero-knowledge proof will allow Bitcoin users to verify payments without having to download the full blockchain history. StarkWare, a company specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) ...

In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason about the basic functionality of the mempool, and how it was used by different kinds of users of the Bitcoin ...