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Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization
"One thing is clear: This is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously," said Wladimir van der Laan.

Trading Bitcoin in Africa Is a Way for Some to Escape Poverty
Learning to trade bitcoin has become a valuable skill set for Africans looking to boost their income.

All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin's Biggest Upgrade in Years
Binance Pool represents 11% of Bitcoin’s mining hashrate. Adding it to the “yes” column pushes mining pool support for Taproot to about 91%.

What Is Proof-of-Work?
Proof-of-work is the blockchain-based algorithm that secures many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

First CoinSwap Test Could Herald an Era of Stronger Bitcoin Privacy
"A big day for bitcoin privacy," said developer Chris Belcher as he announced a test transaction implementing a promising privacy technology invented years ago

What Is a CBDC?
A CBDC is a digital currency that is issued by a government and are usually a tokenized form of the country’s fiat currency.

What Is Sharding?
“Sharding” is a proposed method of splitting Ethereum’s infrastructure into smaller pieces in an attempt to scale the network.

Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a 'Non-Issue,' Experts Say
Bitcoin privacy experts are unimpressed with a circulating slideshow-style privacy report that targets upcoming Bitcoin upgrade Taproot.

Square, Human Rights Foundation Back New Bitcoin Open-Source Developer Fund
Veteran Bitcoin developer John Newbery just launched an independent organization for funding Bitcoin's open source developer community.

Lightning Operators Are Bracing for a Bitcoin Bull Run
Lightning routing node operators are preparing for the horde of new users that will come in bitcoin's next bull run.
