I was recently browsing Etherscan to get some examples of OtherDeeds metadata for a presentation when I noticed that Ethereum accounts holding these NFTs had received an ERC721 token from the “Primates” Collection. Taking a further look into the collection showed an enticing image which seems to fit with the…

A bridge is a way of moving cryptoassets and data across blockchains. It can be a one way bridge e.g the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) bridge which allows you to send your bitcoin to Ethereum but not ether to Bitcoin, or a two way/bidirectional bridge e.g the Ethereum-Polygon bridge which allows…

Did you know that Litecoin and Bitcoin don’t just support their respective native assets? 🤯 🤯 🤯 You might think that the Bitcoin blockchain only supports bitcoin (BTC) or that Litecoin is only able to transfer value for litecoins (LTC) but actually both networks have the ability for you to…

Grab a cup of tea or a coffee, the world of miner revenue takes a bit of explaining … ☕ ☕ ☕ Bitcoin Bitcoin is nice and simple; for every block the successful miner gets 6.25 newly created bitcoin and collects all transaction fees from the transaction in the block. Or…

Depending on your position, Ethereum’s move to proof of stake is either just around the corner, on the distant horizon or less likely than hell freezing over. However, instead of just asking “wen merge?” let’s look at some important information about this industry milestone and break some misconceptions. Whilst hitting…

In my previous piece I broke down how MimbleWimble was expected to work when it came out via the v0.21.2 upgrade to Litecoin: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-mimblewimble-work-litecoin-tara-annison Since then, the upgrade has gone live and there are now (at the time of writing) almost 800 LTC (~$51,000 worth) in the extension blocks and…

Ice phishing is a blockchain based attack which Microsoft raised concerns about earlier this year and involves tricking a user into signing a malicious transaction so that the attacker can gain control over the cryptoassets. On Chain Transactions Many crypto holders will connect their browser based wallet, such as Metamask, to decentralised applications…

If you follow the bitcoin dev mailing list then you won’t have been able to escape the unfolding drama on CTV — a proposed update to add covenants to Bitcoin core. This was a panel I attended at Bitcoin 2022 and included one of the leading developers within the debate…

In my previous piece I explored how bitcoin is moved from the Bitcoin blockchain to Ethereum (and other networks) via a process called ‘wrapping’. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-does-cryptocurrency-move-across-blockchains-part-1-tara-annison In this follow up, we’re going to look at a specific example of centralised wrapping and see how the transactions look on-chain…. Overview Wrapped bitcoin (WBTC)…