Top Ten Crypto Websites
The internet is full of crypto sites. The moment you type ‘crypto’ into any search engine, hundreds, if not thousands of crypto sites show...
Stablecoins: What you need to know
Stablecoins have been around for a long time since the advent of BitShares back in 2014. They’ve gotten more popular with the utilization of...
How Bitcoin Mining Works
In traditional fiat money systems, governments simply print more money when they need to. But in bitcoin, money isn’t printed at all – it...
Why are there only 21 million Bitcoins?
As we all know, the total amount of bitcoins to ever exist will be 21 million. In fact, it's 20,999. No one has ever...
SegWit transaction capacity increase compared to Bitcoin Cash
Abstract: In September 2017, we wrote a piece on the SegWit capacity increase. Here, we provide an update on SegWit adoption with six more months of transaction...
What is the Difference Between a Blockchain and a Database?
As stated in our guide "What is Blockchain Technology?", the difference between a traditional database and a blockchain begins with architecture, or how the technologies...
How to Set Up a Bitcoin Miner?
There are three main categories of bitcoin mining hardware, each more expensive and more powerful than the last. This guide to setting up a...
What are Bitcoin Mining Pools?
One of the first questions that anyone interested in mining cryptocurrencies faces is whether to mine solo or join a 'pool'. There are a multitude...
Is Bitcoin mining worth it?
This is a simple question with a complex answer. There are a few different factors that influence whether or not Bitcoin mining will be...
The Inbound Capacity Problem in the Lightning Network
In the last couple of weeks, many people in the Bitcoin community have been talking about inbound capacity in the Lightning Network....
