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John Carvalho Wants to Get Rid of ‘Sats’

John Carvalho Wants to Get Rid of ‘Sats’The Synonym CEO suggested the change via a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) last week. Longtime Bitcoiner Seeks to Redefine Bitcoin Units John Carvalho, CEO of Bitcoin software company Synonym wants to do away with the idea of “satoshis” or “sats” – the smallest units of bitcoin (BTC). Each bitcoin is made up of 100 million […]

Stephen Miran to Lead Trump’s Economic Team: What It Means for Bitcoin’s Future

Bitcoin Core’s Version 24.0 Full-RBF Proposal Sparks Controversy, Synonym CEO Calls ‘Pet Agenda’ an ‘Attack’

Bitcoin Core’s Version 24.0 Full-RBF Proposal Sparks Controversy, Synonym CEO Calls ‘Pet Agenda’ an ‘Attack’During the last few weeks, a number of individuals have been discussing the upcoming release of Bitcoin Core version 24.0 and how the codebase will include full-replace-by-fee (RBF) logic. The discussion has become controversial as a few Lightning Network and zero confirmation advocates have expressed a distaste for the full-RBF idea. The CEO of Synonym, […]

Stephen Miran to Lead Trump’s Economic Team: What It Means for Bitcoin’s Future

Gavin Andresen Publishes Theory of Possible Crypto Future: Whales Shut Down the BTC Network in the Year 2100

Gavin Andresen Publishes Theory of Possible Crypto Future: Whales Shut Down the BTC Network in the Year 2100On September 21, former Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen published an interesting blog post about “a possible [Bitcoin] future.” The blog post details a theoretical situation for the Bitcoin network in 2061, where most [bitcoin] transactions don’t happen on the [Bitcoin] network. A Theoretical Look at $6 Million Dollars per Bitcoin and the Year 2061 Following […]

Stephen Miran to Lead Trump’s Economic Team: What It Means for Bitcoin’s Future