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Our goal here is to do an overview of all these proposals, figure out what technical patterns they share, figure out what kinds of new opcodes and other soft fork upgrades they need to function, and create a comparison table of how all the parts fit together. Along the way we’ll also define what an L2 protocol actually is, what kind of scaling Lightning is already capable of, and get an understanding of what improvements we need to do to mempools to achieve all this.

This article analyzes why discounts should be given to these endorsements and whether we should eliminate the discount on witness data by means of a soft fork.

xStocks promotes the tokenization of US stocks, igniting the cryptocurrency world, with Kraken and Robinhood both integrating. However, its founder was previously involved in DAOstack's "soft RUG," raising community concerns over high fees and custody transparency.

This article provides a detailed analysis of the question of whether Bitcoin's embrace of OP_CAT for exploring smart contracts or its adherence to Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision to maintain purity.

Gate Research Daily: September 10 — BTC price increased by 3.33% Over the past 24 hours, while ETH rose by 1.94%. Altcoins saw broad gains following BTC’s rebound, with notable surges in sectors like BTC sidechains, cat-themed cryptocurrencies, and AI Agents. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $287 million, while Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $5.2 million. The development team behind Friend.Tech announced they have relinquished control of the platform’s smart contract. On September 10, three projects publicly announced funding rounds, raising over $16 million collectively, spanning gaming, AI, and oracle sectors.

Following Japan's interest rate hike on July 31st, the borrowing costs of the yen surged, significantly increasing the risks associated with yen arbitrage. To settle debts, yen arbitrageurs engaged in massive sell-offs of dollar assets, compounded by geopolitical risks, soft U.S. economic data, and other macro factors, resulting in a drastic drop in cryptocurrency prices on August 5th, leading to a substantial market crash.

The Dollar milkshake theory argues that as central banks around the world inject cheap liquidity like milkshakes into their economies via soft monetary policies, the U.S. Dollar will act as a straw to suck up global capital.

A fork occurs when a change to the protocol is proposed and two distinct groups of nodes follow different sets of rules, creating two separate blockchains.

This article aims to define Bitcoin upgrades, trace historical developments to identify certain patterns, analyze current upgrade proposals, and provide readers with key takeaways.

This article analyzes the complexity of Bitcoin upgrades, exploring the community's differing views on upgrades, the history of upgrades, current proposals, and potential alternatives. It provides basic knowledge about Bitcoin upgrades, draws conclusions from historical analysis, and offers insights into the future direction of upgrades.

The scalability landscape of Bitcoin has long relied on shifting security and demand to off-chain solutions beyond Bitcoin itself. Citrea aims to revolutionize this reality by fully scaling Bitcoin through zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring on-chain verifiability and data availability within the Bitcoin network. This approach makes Citrea the first scalability solution capable of enabling more complex applications without compromising Bitcoin's security or altering its consensus rules.

The history of Bitcoin addresses and transfer methods is introduced in this article.

Rollup inherits "Ethereum security" or "trust minimization," essentially meaning that on Rollup, confirmation rules with the same security as Ethereum's confirmation rules can be utilized. This article introduces confirmation rules and emphasizes finality.

Green energy, as a foundational real-world asset, will need both DePIN and AI to support its tokenization. The blend of “Green Energy + DePIN + AI” effectively equips green energy with a brain (AI) and a heart with veins (DePIN).

BSV is a hard fork network based on the Bitcoin Cash network. Currently, this network maintains a respectable level of daily transaction activity. Simultaneously, progress in enterprise-level applications is also underway, continuing its development towards becoming a global payment system.