“Stacking Sats,” or purchasing small amounts of bitcoin over long periods of time, can pay off. Sats, short for Satoshi, are the smallest subunit of a bitcoin, which is divisible up to eight decimal places. “Stacking Sats” has become a…
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Optimizing Bitcoin With Gloria Zhao
This time on the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast” host Christian Keroles talks with developer Gloria Zhao about her contributions to Bitcoin Core. Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast This week on the “Bitcoin…
Deconstructing The Bitcoin Lending Landscape in 2021: How To Lend Wisely And Avoid Disaster
Juicy interest rates on lending platforms are attracting Bitcoiners who are looking to stack more sats. But the devil is in the details. Bitcoiners have dreamed of lending and earning interest on their coins for over a decade. With companies…
Blockstream Launches Bitcoin Mining Hash Rate Token
Blockstream has announced the launch of Blockstream Mining Note, a Liquid-based security token that tokenizes its bitcoin mining hash rate. Today, Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream announced the launch of a Liquid-based security token called Blockstream Mining Note (BMN), envisioned as…
What Happens When Walmart Buys $1 Billion Of Bitcoin?
Though no purchase has been announced, Walmart’s inevitable allocation to bitcoin will jump start a ripple of hyperbitcoinization. Let me make this clear: Walmart has not announced a purchase of $1 billion worth of bitcoin. But it will and let…
BNY Mellon Releases Report On Future Bitcoin Valuations
The country’s oldest banking institution has taken a deep dive into the future of bitcoin’s value through a new report. BNY Mellon, the nation’s oldest banking institution, founded in 1784, released a March 2021 report today covering various valuations frameworks…
“Probably The Largest KYC Data Leak In History” Demonstrates The Importance Of Bitcoin Privacy
The alleged hack has left millions of users’ personal data — including passwords and addresses — available for 1.5 BTC on the dark web. As much as 8.2 terabytes of personal information data has allegedly leaked from users of India-based…
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood On Bitcoin: “$1 Trillion Is Nothing”
During a recent panel discussion, Ark Investment’s Cathie Wood said that “$1 trillion is nothing compared to where [bitcoin] will ultimately be.” During a panel discussion hosted by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) last week, CEO of investment management…
The Trojan Horse: Bitcoin is “Just” Digital Gold
Bitcoin’s comparison as “merely” digital gold demonstrates that legacy financial bureaucrats are in for a rude awakening. Early on Monday morning, March 22, during the Bank of International Settlement’s Innovation Summit, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell had this to say…
Why Most Professional Traders Aren’t Trading Bitcoin (Yet)
As bitcoin becomes legitimized in the world of traditional finance, there are still some barriers keeping professional traders out. Bitcoin and digital asset investing, HODLing and trading has reached a new, higher plateau of legitimacy. Recent announcements of large-block institutional…