Ordinals Is Bringing The NFT Industry To Bitcoin

The Ordinals protocol has taken the Bitcoin world by storm. Quickly amassing over 9,000,000 inscriptions, the new protocol allows for arbitrary data to be embedded on the Bitcoin blockchain. In addition to attracting attention from the NFT industry, Ordinals have led to a major increase in the fees required to send bitcoin, eliciting new debate on how Bitcoin should deal with high fee environments.  In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Farokh, founder of the Rug Radio platform and a well-known collector within the NFT industry, shared insights into the…

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Bitcoin Core Version 25.0 Released Bringing New Features And Transaction Use Cases

Bitcoin Core version 25.0 has been released, bringing new features, bug fixes and performance improvements to the software. Users can download the latest version from the official Bitcoin Core website or update their existing installations. The release notes outline the changes and provide instructions on how to upgrade. One notable change is the allowance of transactions of non-witness size 65 bytes and above, which opens up new use cases and enhances protections against vulnerabilities like CVE-2017-12842. Another addition is the scanblocks RPC, which allows for fast wallet rescans by returning…

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Tax Attacks Won’t Kill Bitcoin: Regulators Must Learn To Accept New Technology

This is an opinion editorial by Conor Chepenik, an organizer for the MassAdoption Bitcoin meetup. Source Congressman Brad Sherman’s recent tweet attacking Bitcoiners as “tax evaders” is a prime example of how Bitcoin has become a mainstream phenomenon. It’s ironic that politicians like Sherman, who have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and the presumption of innocence, are so quick to label Bitcoin supporters as criminals without any evidence. Such remarks undermine the fundamental principles of justice and fairness that underpin our legal system. The fact that politicians like…

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