The Bisq DAO is one of the most ambitious and exciting projects in Bitcoin. For those who have never used Bisq, it’s an open source, decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, designed for peer to peer trading which protects user privacy and security. For the past 3 years, Bisq has been used to Read more…
A few days ago, I had a chance to interview Jeff Vandrew Jr. the creator of LibrePatron. LibrePatron is a self-hosted, censorship-resistant, Patreon alternative, that was created as a response to Patreon’s recent move to de-platform users in a coordinated social media censorship effort, along with Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Read more…
This is part 3 in a series on BTCPay server. Part1Part2 In part one of our series we interviewed Pavlenex, of Bitcoinshirt.co, about his first-hand experience with BTCPay, as an e-commerce store owner, and project contributor. In part two we delved deeper into BTCPay server itself and gave you the Read more…
This post is part 2 in a series on BTCPay Server. Here is Part 1 In part 1, we spoke with Pavlenex, of Bitcoinshirt.co, who was kind enough to detail his first-hand experience using BTCPay Server for his Bitcoin T-shirt business. In this article, we will be taking a look Read more…
This article was co-written with Pavlenex, of Bitcoinshirt.co. There has been a ton of excitement around highly anticipated Bitcoin projects like the Lightning Network, and Wasabi wallet, which address long-standing issues with scalability and fungibility. Another project that has been quietly gaining steam has been BTCPay Server. BTCPay is one Read more…
Right after the holiday season, I had a chance to catch up with Nopara73 (Adam Ficsor), the legendary creator of Wasabi wallet. Wasabi is the most advanced Bitcoin wallet, which integrates many privacy and fungibility features into the wallet itself. Nopara73 has managed to make an easy to use app, Read more…
Medium suspended my account so here is a PDF version of this post that you can download. In the last few years, many people have realized that Bitcoin is not anonymous, and some of them have realized it with dire, life-destroying consequences. Bitcoin is pseudonymous and some have learned this Read more…
In the very near future, it is my belief that people will leave the regulated financial system in droves for the freedom Bitcoin allows them. AML/KYC is doomed, it does little to prevent crime and terrorism financing and creates an expensive and onerous regulatory burden for businesses and consumers to Read more…
I started this site around the end of last year with a friend. It was supposed to be a daily Bitcoin and cryptocurrency- related blog. Shortly after we started the site I began working 3 jobs and just didn’t have the time I needed to dedicate to this site. Needless Read more…
Originally published at: https://milehighdecentralized.org/blogs/f/bitcoin-privacy-blockchain-analysis One of the most exciting aspects of Bitcoin as a decentralized, trustless and censorship-resistant sound money is the fact that you can control your own wealth without any 3rd party intermediaries interfering with your finances. This means nobody can freeze your account, they can’t stop you Read more…