Research

In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine.

2022 was a watershed year for Bicoin mining.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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?

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.

This report reviews recent market dysfunction, broadly assesses relevant industry policies and practices, and examines potential benefits of expanded Proof of Reserves assurances.

Bitcoin mining revenues have hit rock bottom due to a lethal combination of growing global hashrate and the falling bitcoin price.

A bug resulting in the stalling of LND and btcd nodes had minimal impact — but it could have been much worse.

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%.