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Bitcoin’s Biggest Milestones in 2022

CoinDesk Technology reporter Frederick Munawa discusses Bitcoin's major achievements this year, as outlined by the Bitcoin Operations Technology Group. The paper covers dozens of milestones: from ambitious scaling proposals such as validity rollups and the Taro test software, to captivating events like the establishment of a Bitcoin legal defense fund by Block CEO Jack Dorsey and a controversial Lightning Network Daemon (LND) bug that left part of the Lightning Network in disarray.

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Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit

Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss The Point.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions executives of the nation's largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Jack Dorsey Gives Grants to Signal App and Social Network Nostr

Jack Dorsey donated roughly 14 BTC, about $245,000, to further fund development of Nostr, an open protocol that aims to create a censorship-resistant global social network. This comes as Dorsey pledged to donate $1 million annually to encrypted messaging app Signal. "The Hash" panel discusses the implications for the future of decentralized social media.

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Jack Dorsey Gives Decentralized Social Network Nostr 14 BTC in Funding

The former Twitter CEO has donated roughly 14 BTC worth $245,000 to fund Nostr's development, after recently publishing his views on a native internet protocol for social media.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Jack Dorsey's Block Invests in East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless

Gridless, a bitcoin mining company helping generate new sources of energy in East African rural communities, secured $2 million in a seed investment round led by bitcoin VC firm Stillmark and Block, a payments company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the global bitcoin mining industry.

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Jack Dorsey-Backed East African Bitcoin Miner Gridless Raises $2M

Dorsey’s Block and bitcoin venture-capital firm Stillmark co-led a seed funding round.

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Jack Dorsey's TBD Reverses Plan to Trademark 'Web5' After Backlash

The move was meant to prevent confusion about the meaning of Web5 and deter misuse of the term.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Twitter Reportedly Halts Work on Crypto Wallet

Social media platform Twitter has halted its plans to build a crypto wallet as part of ongoing changes kickstarted last week by its new owner, Elon Musk, according to online publication Platformer. Mask Network CEO Suji Yan shares his insights about the future of Twitter, as Bluesky, the decentralized social network initiative backed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, gets thousands of signups for its beta version's waitlist.

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Jack Dorsey's Block Sees Drop in Bitcoin Revenue as Consumer Demand, Crypto Prices Slump

Block cited declines in consumer demand and the price of bitcoin for its bitcoin-based revenue decline.

CASH app on Smartphone next to $100 dollar bill (Shutterstock)