Alyssa Hertig

A contributing tech reporter at CoinDesk, Alyssa Hertig is a programmer and journalist specializing in Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Over the years, her work has also appeared in VICE, Mic and Reason. She's currently writing a book exploring the ins and outs of Bitcoin governance. Alyssa owns some BTC.

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Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a 'Non-Issue,' Experts Say

Bitcoin privacy experts are unimpressed with a circulating slideshow-style privacy report that targets upcoming Bitcoin upgrade Taproot.

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Square, Human Rights Foundation Back New Bitcoin Open-Source Developer Fund

Veteran Bitcoin developer John Newbery just launched an independent organization for funding Bitcoin's open source developer community.

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Lightning Operators Are Bracing for a Bitcoin Bull Run

Lightning routing node operators are preparing for the horde of new users that will come in bitcoin's next bull run.

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Unconfiscatable? Using Bitcoin to Resist Police Extortion in Nigeria

It's common in Nigeria for police officers to threaten and extort citizens for whatever money they can find. This man uses bitcoin as a hiding spot.

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Another Bitcoin Lightning Startup Is Working With Visa to 'Fast Track' Card Payments

With help from the Visa Fast Track program, LastBit will let users make any purchase with bitcoin, without needing the merchant to actively accept it.

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Ready to Wumbo: LND Enables More, Larger Bitcoin Transactions on Lightning

LND now supports Lightning Network wumbo channels. These channels have the capacity to hold more funds, and users can send larger bitcoin transactions.

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Writing Bitcoin Smart Contracts Is About to Get Easier With New Coding Language

Bitcoin smart contracts are tricky. Minsc, a new language created by Bitcoin developer Nadav Ivgi, is making them easier to write.

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Nigerians Are Using Bitcoin to Bypass Trade Hurdles With China

Nigerian entrepreneurs are increasingly using bitcoin as a way to trade internationally, noting its significant benefits over legacy financial systems.

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How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security

Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”

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Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork

The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix.

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