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How to Protect your Funds from the Hacks on Crypto Exchanges

by Guest · Dec 28, 2018 · 4 min read

The crypto world slowly but steadily paves its way into the mainstream. Banks cooperate with Bitcoin exchanges, governments are moving to regulate the market. The number of people who want to get involved grows, and the…

How to Setup BTC and Lightning Payment Gateway with BTCPayServer on Linux [Manual Install]

by Mario Dian · Nov 13, 2018 · 7 min read

One of the largest Bitcoin payment providers BitPay has been under the fire from Bitcoiners for quite a while. The community called for a boycott which was smartly used by a developer Nicolas Dorier to his advantage. Nicolas…

How to Setup Monero Wallet with Trezor Model T ahead of Schedule

by Mario Dian · Nov 01, 2018 · 5 min read

While Monero is a leading cryptocurrency when it comes to privacy, safe storage of private keys is where it lacks. If you aren't a big fan of Ledger like me, your only option is storing the keys on a paper wallet. The good…

How to Protect your Privacy when Splitting and Claiming Monero Shitforks

by Mario Dian · May 29, 2018 · 4 min read

Ever since Bcash split from Bitcoin in August 2017, the fork craziness took place and there are currently at least 10 Bitcoin shitforks that I know of. Monero suffered the same fate. Monero shitforks, however, are considered…

Why Regulating Bitcoin Will Never Work

by Josh Wardini · May 23, 2018 · 3 min read

With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies surging in value over the latter part of 2017, governments and central banks have issued warnings to a potential bubble forming. The same governments and banks recently took part in…

How to Install and Set up Full Monero Node on Linux

by Mario Dian · May 10, 2018 · 4 min read

With the rise of cryptocurrencies, financial privacy has become a hot topic. Monero is currently the best in the field thanks to the fairly big anonymity set, mandatory privacy for all transactions, ring signatures,…

How to Create and Use a Bitcoin Multi-signature wallet with Electrum and Trezor

by Mario Dian · Apr 19, 2018 · 3 min read

Bitcoin supports scripting since the day one which gives it capabilities beyond just spending outputs in a "standard" way. One of such use cases is a multi-signature wallet. It allows to "lock" outputs in a way…

How to Run Lightning's Zap Wallet on Bitcoin Mainnet Ahead of Schedule

by Mario Dian · Apr 07, 2018 · 3 min read

Zap Wallet for Lightning Network is one of the most beautiful software ever written for Bitcoin. The bummer is, it isn't officially available for Bitcoin mainnet yet. Developers are busy fixing bugs and making sure…

How to Install and Use the Lightning Network with bitcoind on the Bitcoin Mainnet

by Mario Dian · Mar 25, 2018 · 7 min read

Lightning Network is a system of smart contracts on top of the Bitcoin's blockchain. It aims to solve scalability, provides instant payments with zero double spend risk and cheap transactions. These properties enable new…

How to Determine the Right Transaction Fee for Bitcoin

by Mario Dian · Mar 13, 2018 · 3 min read

Being your own Bitcoin bank comes with certain responsibilities. If your coins get lost or something annoying happens with your wallet, you're on your own. One of the annoyances with Bitcoin is "stuck" transactions. Often…