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#Bitcoin exchange @CoinCorner has revealed the result of a research project exploring ways to lower the risk associated with hot wallets: “Hoffline,” an automated, air-gapped Bitcoin hot wallet with the private key stored offline.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/coincorner-presents-hot-wallet-with-offline-keys
The World Bank has rejected El Salvador’s request for support with its #Bitcoin integration, citing environmental concerns.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/world-bank-refuses-to-help-el-salvador
The #LightningNetwork keeps growing: the network’s cumulative capacity has crossed 1,500 #bitcoin and is up 60% in Bitcoin terms and 580% in USD terms from June last year.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/lightning-network-hits-record-capacity
OPINION: It was always going to be a country like El Salvador that would adopt #Bitcoin first. But there’s one thing hardly anybody predicted, which is that the first country to adopt Bitcoin would turn a historic encumbrance into an advantage.
via @obi
Elon Musk announces that Tesla will once again accept bitcoin for vehicle purchases "if miners confirm reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage."
https://www.btctimes.com/news/tesla-to-resume-bitcoin-transactions
El Salvador is the first country in the world to adopt #Bitcoin as legal tender. Here’s what that means.
via @linaseiche
https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-is-now-legal-tender-in-el-salvador
OPINION: Nothing is ever enough for Bitcoin’s detractors. Whatever we do, they’ll always want more. We can recognize this for the unintended compliment it is. If #Bitcoin wasn’t a threat to the old orthodoxies, there'd be no point attacking it.
via @obi
El Salvador's #Bitcoin strategy has kicked off a wave of support for the asset by politicians in South America, with laser eyes lighting up across the region.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/laser-eyes-across-central-south-america
The DOJ recovered 63.7 of a 75 #bitcoin ransom payment made by Colonial Pipeline following a hack of its East Coast pipeline infrastructure last month.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/doj-recovers-2-3-m-bitcoin-from-pipeline-hack
El Salvador may become the first country in the world to adopt #Bitcoin as legal tender.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/el-salvador-plans-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender
.@Blockstream and @Square are collaborating to build an open-source, solar-powered #Bitcoin mining facility at one of Blockstream’s mining sites in the US.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/square-blockstream-to-build-solar-powered-bitcoin-mine
Square CEO @Jack Dorsey is seeking input from the #Bitcoin community on the development of a hardware wallet that would make Bitcoin storage more accessible and encourage the use of non-custodial wallets.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/square-seeks-community-input-on-bitcoin-hardware-wallet
As part of Bitcoin 2021, bitcoiners in Miami can look forward to a #Bitcoin gaming showcase launched by @zebedeeio: the @MintGox Esports Arena will host tournaments with a 1 $BTC prize pool over the weekend.
@AriaCromwell reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/this-gaming-event-offers-players-a-1-btc-prize-pool
OPINION: Bitcoin’s detractors continue looking for new angles from which to attack, but every argument they find has already been roundly defeated. Of course, the increasing attacks only highlight how impactful and important #Bitcoin truly is.
via @obi
A new Taproot signaling period has begun, and activation looks likely.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/Taproot-Activation-Appears-Probable
Elon Musk and Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor have come under fire after announcing the formation of a Bitcoin Mining Council to promote sustainability initiatives.
https://www.btctimes.com/news/elon-musk-bitcoin-mining-council
OPINION: The “Year Zero” mentality among some new #Bitcoin community entrants who feel they don’t have to pay attention to the past is why we keep having the same discussions over and over — such as that of scaling Bitcoin on a single layer.
via @obi
A number of #Bitcoin mining firms have reacted to recent developments surrounding Bitcoin mining in China - yet reports of large-scale business shutdowns at this point appear overblown.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-mining-firms-react-to-china-crackdown
China’s history with #Bitcoin dates back to 2013 — a look at China’s Bitcoin bans.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/chinas-history-of-bitcoin-bans
The University of Pennsylvania has received an anonymous donation of $5 million worth of #bitcoin — the largest cryptocurrency donation ever sent to the school.
@ItsTwoTM reports
https://www.btctimes.com/news/university-of-pennsylvania-receives-bitcoin-donation
