Research Congo National Park Relies on Hydro Powered Bitcoin Mine for Much Needed Revenue In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine.
Research Hashrate Index 2022 Bitcoin Mining Year in Review 2022 was a watershed year for Bicoin mining.
Research NYDIG: 2022 Review and Look Ahead NYDIG is a subsidiary of Stone Ridge, a holding company that has led the creation of firms across the worlds of technology and finance, including a $13B+ alternatives asset manager.
Research Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse: War and Commodity Encumbrance This report discusses the shifting dynamics of global trade, particularly in regards to the role of the US dollar as the dominant currency for international transactions.
Research Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse: Oil, Gold, and LCLo(SP)R World War III already started, it’s just that it is a hot war in cold places (in space, cyberspace, underwater, and Svalbard) and a cold war in hot places (militarizing islands in the Pacific and mines in Africa).
Research This Month in Bitcoin Privacy: November 2022 This Month in Bitcoin Privacy (TMIBP) is a newsletter about privacy-related technology developments, events, and conversations in Bitcoin that catch her eye, as well as the tools or strategies that can be used to protect our right to informational self-determination.
Research New Open Source Lightning Privacy Research Portal Launches We set out to investigate potential improvements to Lightning on both the protocol level and in how it’s used. With an awareness of current privacy best practices and pitfalls, what else is possible to improve Lightning privacy?
Research 3AC, DCG & Amazing Coincidences This research is from July 23 2022 but it is particularly relevant today to due concerns surrounding the solvency of Genesis, their parent company Digital Currency Group, and DCG's exchange traded product GBTC.
Research Bitcoin Policy Institute Releases New Report on Proof of Reserves This report reviews recent market dysfunction, broadly assesses relevant industry policies and practices, and examines potential benefits of expanded Proof of Reserves assurances.
Research Margin Squeeze - How Bitcoin Mining Revenues Evaporated over the Past Months Bitcoin mining revenues have hit rock bottom due to a lethal combination of growing global hashrate and the falling bitcoin price.
Research Learning From The LND Bug That Could Have Robbed The Lightning Network A bug resulting in the stalling of LND and btcd nodes had minimal impact — but it could have been much worse.
Research Publicly Traded Bitcoin Mining Firms Account for 25% of Total Bitcoin Hash Rate: Up from 10% a Year Ago This chart shows how the public miners’ hashrate share has steadily grown during the last year. The public hashrate first surged in January 2022 when Core Scientific, the world’s biggest bitcoin mining company by hashrate, went public. This number has since gradually increased, now sitting at 25%.