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The State of Bitcoin Development

As Bitcoin adoption grows through treasury companies and ETFs, self-custody is increasingly critical to mitigate risks from crime and policy changes, while the network’s limited scripting—two core functions (hashed timelocks, multi-signatures) and three states (UTXO, OP_RETURN, SIGHASH)—forms the foundation for custody, escrow, swaps, Lightning channels, and sidechains. Data consensus exists only for Bitcoin itself, making off-chain interpretation necessary for SIGHASH, where larger non-Bitcoin assets like stablecoins or art often reside—seen by some as corruption and others as a trustless alternative to custodial systems. Programmatic use relies on HTLCs and DLCs (with oracles), while multisig evolves via MPC, and covenant upgrades could boost security without adding Turing-completeness. Innovation continues in meta-protocols and L2s, with notable projects like Alkanes, RadFi’s Trading Wallet, and Arch’s decentralized oracle compute network advancing Bitcoin’s role as modern sound money.

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Much ado about tariffs

A rebuttal to libertarian criticism of tariffs and a vantage point for observing the aftermath

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