Recently, the concept of so-called covenants has received renewed attention as Bitcoin development and protocol discussions underwent a renaissance. Covenants could enable and facilitate a wide range ...

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin does not need staking, inflation or protocol-based yield mechanisms, arguing returns should come from financial products built around BTC. In an ...

Bitcoin, the pioneering cryptocurrency that has captured global attention, conceals a multifaceted framework called the Bitcoin Protocol Stack beneath its digital facade. In this enlightening article, ...

Bitcoin has been around for nearly two decades, its market cap runs into the trillions, and it now has ETFs, institutional ...

The creator of BRC-20 (Bitcoin Request for Comment 20), Domo, has announced his non-profit foundation is now dedicated to the governance of the BRC-20 protocol. This organization, known as the Layer 1 ...

On Tuesday, Ark Labs announced the public beta launch of the highly anticipated (at least among Bitcoin purists) Arkade, which is a new upper-layer network protocol built on top of the base Bitcoin ...

A proposed workaround could enable quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions without a protocol change, but high compute costs limit real-world use. A Bitcoin researcher has come up with a way that could ...

Bitcoin token protocol BRC20 has taken a step toward enabling Ethereum-style smart contracts with the integration of Ethereum Virtual Machine into its core logic. The upgrade, dubbed BRC2.0, was ...

The Babylon Chain is capitalizing on Bitcoin (BTC-USD) as one of the most secure infrastructures humanity came up with — the blockchain’s proof-of-work (PoW) mechanism — to enable BTC staking. As a ...

Bitcoin skeptics love to predict its demise. Here's what would actually have to break.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once advised future ...

Bitcoin Metaprotocols are secondary protocols embedded "inside" the Bitcoin protocol itself. They function independently, using Bitcoin as a host. Bitcoin is a database. This is an inescapable ...