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The Arteries of the Bitcoin Ecosystem: An Empirical Analysis of the Lightning Network’s Routing Efficiency and Topology

The Bitcoin network, as the bedrock of the cryptocurrency revolution, offers unparalleled security and decentralization for value transfers. However, its inherent scaling limitations, particularly the restricted transaction capacity of the base layer (around 7 transactions per second), have spurred the development of off-chain scaling solutions. The Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) stands as the most prominent…

Lenn Wilson018 mins

"An Economic Analysis of Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms in Proof-of-Work Blockchain Systems" models Bitcoin's DAA to reveal vulnerabilities and its impact on block rate stability, treating it as a policy target.

Data Visualizations & Analytics

3 weeks ago3 weeks ago

Global Bitcoin Adoption: A Data-Driven Map of Monetary Sovereignty in Action 🌍

Bitcoin is not just an asset. For billions of people around the world, it is fast becoming an alternative monetary infrastructure—one that operates outside of state control, bank rails, and the inflationary pressures of fiat currencies. A new interactive Bitcoin Adoption World Map provides a live, data-driven visualization of this growing phenomenon, highlighting both macro-level…

Lenn Wilson09 mins

Live map shows global Bitcoin adoption through data and real-world use cases, highlighting financial sovereignty where traditional systems fail.

Tutorials & How-Tos

2 months ago

Open, Free, and Independent: Why Bitcoin Software Under the MIT License Is the Best Choice

The world of Bitcoin is built on freedom, transparency, and community control – and these principles are reflected perfectly in software projects released under the MIT License. But what makes this license so special, and why should you rely on projects that use it? The MIT License is one of the most permissive open-source licenses…

Lenn Wilson03 mins

Electrum is a lightweight, fast, and secure Bitcoin wallet that uses SPV (Simple Payment Verification) and is released under the MIT license.

Bitcoin Fundamentals

3 months ago3 months ago

Bitcoin Block Size and Scalability: How Technical Limits Shape the Future of Cryptocurrency

Since the Genesis block in 2009, Bitcoin has embodied the visionary idea of a decentralized currency that operates without central authorities yet enables near‐real‐time transactions worldwide. At the heart of this concept lies a fundamental technical constraint that has persisted throughout its evolution: the block size limit. Each block in the Bitcoin blockchain originally was…

Lenn Wilson05 mins