Last month, the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) pertaining to the integration of Taproot and Schnorr signatures were merged into the Bitcoin Core Github. As the BTC Times reported, 150 Bitcoin Core developers approved the merge after seven weeks of review following a merge request first created by Pieter Wuille.   Schnorr

Many of us dabble with Bitcoin but seldom actually get our hands dirty in the nitty-gritty - yet that's often where the benefits lie. Hosting your own Bitcoin node, for example, not only steadies and decentralizes the network, but it can confer greater user privacy and security.  For

Starting early October, the number of unique addresses on the Bitcoin blockchain has seen a significant surge.  Number of uniquely identifiable Bitcoin wallet users. Source: Willy Woo, Glassnode Square's Bitcoin Purchase Sped Up Adoption Analyst Willy Woo describes unique Bitcoin addresses with a balance above zero as “Bitcoin

PayPal made waves in October when the global financial technology giant made public that it would begin supporting Bitcoin alongside a number of other cryptocurrencies. Now it appears that the firm's involvement in the space may be more nuanced than first announced, statements from executives indicate.  When PayPal