Starting in 2019 a lot of services offering crypto saving accounts have sprung into existence. Sites like BlockFi or Celsius offer an easy way of earning interest on otherwise non-interest bearing crypto assets. As these sites are usually custodial, you have to trust these companies not to run away with…

In this article I am going to have a quick look at two different approaches for sending bitcoin from one account to another instantly and off-chain. In both cases it is not actually bitcoin being sent but a representation of it using either another faster blockchain or a second layer…

ATTENTION: THIS DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AS CHAINX HAS DISABLED L-BTC MINING There are a growing number of services that allow earning interest on crypto currency holdings. For a detailed overview of these services please refer to my article “How to earn passive income by lending Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoins”. …

In this article I am going to briefly summarize some of the functionality of the currently available iOS lightning wallets. The wallets tested are: BlueWallet Breez Lightning: Fast Bitcoin Wallet Muun Wallet of Satoshi Zap Sats app Bitpie Nayuta This list may not include all existing wallets at the time…

(For a more up to date article and experience read my follow-up article) Recently there has been an explosion in websites that allow cryptocurrency holders to earn interest on their holdings by lending them out to borrowers. There are two types of services, custodial and fully decentralized ones. Custodial services…