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Fishy mining with Ocean pool illustration
Editorial 5 December 2023

Fishy mining with Ocean pool

In 2011, Dashjr started one of the first Bitcoin mining pools called "Eligius," presumably named after the patron saint of gold—this pool was later resurrected under the name "Ocean."

Bitcoin on top of Money stack, against blurry background
Editorial 17 May 2023

BRC-20 and Bitcoin NFTs—A new era for Bitcoin?

Thanks to the smart folks who created the Ordinals, the BTC network exploded with activity recently, but sadly the network performance slowed to a halt, forcing even Binance to halt withdrawals.

Bitcoin crypto currency and finance concept
Editorial 16 May 2023

Bitcoin token war 2.0?

The future of Bitcoin and its tokens remains uncertain—will the digital currency community learn from its past and find a way to reconcile its differences, or is another civil war inevitable?

Kurt Wackert Jr., Ordinals
Editorial 6 February 2023

Inordinate Ordinals for ordinary Bitcoiners

Twetch came out with a bunch of tooling within 48 hours of the public explosion of Ordinals NFTs and launched a mint of 69 “Planetary Ordinals” to kick off the party.