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Written by Amadi Justice Chinonso Bitcoin transaction fees are crucial for incentivizing miners and maintaining the network's integrity. As the network grows, fees have become a significant concern. The Lightning Network is a second-layer payment protocol that allows for faster and cheaper transactions. This article explores Bitcoin and
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Written by Solomon Eze Overview As bitcoin continues to grow, layers or protocols built upon it continually look for better ways to improve the scale, adoption, and utility of bitcoin. A major problem between these layers is transaction barriers because it’s not a straightforward step to simply send bitcoin
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Written By Anthony Ugwu A bitcoin wallet is a digital software application that allows users to securely store, send, and receive Bitcoin. It does not actually store Bitcoin, but instead, it stores the private keys necessary to access and manage the user's Bitcoin balance. A wallet can be
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Written by Tobi Ojuolape BOLT, which stands for "Basis of Lightning Technology", refers to a set of technical specifications or protocols that define the rules and procedures for how the Lightning Network should operate. BOLT was first introduced in 2017 by a group of developers working on the
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Written by Oghenovo Usiwoma In the world of Bitcoin, addresses are used to specify how you want to receive coins. There are several types of addresses, each with its own properties and capabilities. The simplest type is Pay-to-Pubkey-Hash (P2PKH), which is generated from a public key hash and is secure
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Written by Masiko Timothy Hey, If you are here you might be already interested in getting yourself set up on this cool Lightning network mission , I found quite a couple of challenges in getting an easy guide to help me get setup much faster so I decided to write this
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Written by Marvellous Ibironike A derivation path is a sequence of numbers and letters. Before we go further let’s give an insight into HD wallets. HD WALLETS HD wallets, short for Hierarchical Deterministic wallets, are a type of wallet that uses a single seed phrase, also known as a
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Written by Tobechi Chukwuleta In simple terms digital signatures are techniques that are used to validate authenticity and integrity of a message. It's the digital equivalent of a handwritten signature or a stamped seal, but digital signature offers much more security than others. Digital signatures can provide evidence
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Written by Abubakar Sadiq Ismail Wallets are where private keys, public keys and addresses are kept securely. To generate bitcoin addresses or use a saved private key to sign a transaction in order to spend an unspent transaction output(UTXO). Generally reusing one address to receive bitcoin is bad for
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Written By Veronica Emiola Building on Bitcoin and Lightning does not necessarily have to be extremely hard, and/or costly. If you’re an African software developer interested in building on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, there are a few technical requirements and tools you’ll need to get started.
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Written By Nasser Saazi Coin selection refers to the process of picking Unspent Transaction Outputs(UTXOs) from the wallet’s pool of 'unspent transaction outputs' to fund a transaction. During this process, it is important that the least cost is incurred in terms of fees, while maintaining maximum
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Written By Solomon Eze Bitcoin is changing lives every day, redefining processes in major sectors like finance, and causing individuals and institutions to rethink their earlier stance on Bitcoin. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin also adds to this mix, as it provides a system where there is no central authority