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By Munirat Olayiwola One of the ways of proving ownership of bitcoin is through a bitcoin address. Similar to having an account number to which cash can be sent, Bitcoin has addresses where the cryptocurrency can be sent. A bitcoin address is not permanent due to privacy, hence diverse addresses

By Tyonum Peter Like any other developer environment, for one to build on Bitcoin Core and Lightning Network, you need to setup their (development) environments. Note: This writeup is based on implementation on macOS. If you need help setting up for another platform, please reach out and I will be

By Jennifer Ezeobi I am Jennifer Ezeobi and this book will be a journal of my journey into bitcoin software development facilitated by Qala. I first heard of Bitcoin in 2019, a period when ponzi schemes were at an all time high in Nigeria, so I dismissed it as one

By Collin Rukundo Created as a response to the global financial crisis that swept the world in 2008, Bitcoin emerged as a “trustless” monetary system and worthy solution to the erosion of trust in traditional institutions like banks. Trustless does not mean devoid of trust. It simply means that trust

By Theophilus Isah Bitcoin and lightning are so linked that their essential ideas are nearly identical. Payment receipt procedures are a unique and crucial feature of both technologies. It's the bitcoin address for bitcoin, and the lightning invoice for lightning (BOLT 11 invoice, to be precise). They are the respective

By Enigbe Ochekliye A digital signature is a “mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of a message” (Antonopoulos, 2017). It finds use in bitcoin transactions where it proves that transactions have been created by “known” senders, that “known” senders cannot repudiate broadcast transactions and that the transactions have not been