Bitcoin Archives

28 July, 2022

New US Virtual Currencies Tax Fairness Act would help Bitcoin as electronic cash

The Virtual Currencies Tax Fairness Act would exempt transactions of less than $50 and allow Bitcoin to be used for...

Joshua Henslee H2 2022 price predictions: ‘BTC is going back to $3,000’

Business

21 July, 2022

Joshua Henslee H2 2022 price predictions: ‘BTC is going back to $3,000’

In his video about price predictions for the second half of 2022, Joshua Henslee is still very much a bear...

Guest Contributor

20 July, 2022

The future of blockchain services

If developers want to own their data and have access to it, the best way to do this is not...

Directly from one party to another: Craig Wright explains Bitcoin

Business

20 July, 2022

Directly from one party to another: Craig Wright explains Bitcoin

In his recent blog post, Dr. Craig Wright expressed his frustration with the lack of understanding of the Bitcoin white...

Programmable zero knowledge proofs using zk-SNARKs: Part 2

20 July, 2022

Programmable zero knowledge proofs using zk-SNARKs: Part 2

sCrypt shows how to implement another sophisticated cryptographic primitive by simply “programming” it in zero knowledge language Circom: ring signatures.

Programmable zero knowledge proofs using zk-SNARKs: part 1

18 July, 2022

Programmable zero knowledge proofs using zk-SNARKs: part 1

Developing a ZKP for a problem often requires the invention of a whole new cryptographic algorithm. It has no standard...

IPv6 and Bitcoin were made for each other—while BTC misses out

Jon Southurst

14 July, 2022

IPv6 and Bitcoin were made for each other—while BTC misses out

Integrating with IPv6 has been part of Bitcoin's roadmap from the start, and Dr. Craig S. Wright has urged internet...

ZK-friendly hash function MiMC in Bitcoin

13 July, 2022

ZK-friendly hash function MiMC in Bitcoin

The MiMC hash function is specifically designed to minimize circuit size and thus ZKP cost by using only additions and...

Is it the end of the era? Or just the end of the latest pump cycle?

Editorial

Jerry Chan

6 July, 2022

Is it the end of the era? Or just the end of the latest pump cycle?

Looking around now at the constant stream of insolvencies cropping up in the industry, it is clear that we are...

ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin: Way more scalable than on Ethereum

4 July, 2022

ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin: Way more scalable than on Ethereum

In this post, sCrypt implemented the first-ever ZK-Rollup (ZKR) directly on Bitcoin. They also showed why ZKR works better on...

Global IoT Summit in Dublin: Post-event roundup

Events