P2P, Exchange & Payments

One day, banks might just accept Bitcoin. If global powers get on board, we might see it happening.

So, initially, Bitcoin transactions were pretty much open to anyone who wanted to snoop, right? Like, governments and hackers could see everything…

Stumbled upon this interesting post and thought it was worth discussing here. Not everyone checks the old threads, so let’s shine some light on it.…

So my bank account in India just got frozen with a weird lien code. Spoke to my bank manager and he said it’s because of some cyber crime…

Don't let anyone pressure you into not trading crypto P2P. If exchanges control all the access points, governments can choke your ability to use your…

I'm totally against centralized exchanges. They don’t align with what crypto stands for and they can just freeze your funds. I've started learning…

Hey all, I was looking into some P2PKH transactions and noticed that the nonce r seems to be reused across different public keys. It's kinda weird…

If I buy something from a store that accepts Bitcoin, is that a taxable event? Like, should I be reporting that to the IRS?

Hey everyone, I stumbled upon some P2PKH address pairs that were created in a messed-up virtual environment. Turns out the same nonce r was reused…

So I’m curious if it’s possible to find a private key where the P2PKH address has a specific string in it, like HelloWorld. Are there any…

I'm trying to test my code with the BIP143 reference transactions, but I hit a wall with the first example for Native P2WPKH. I'm working on signing…

How closely are P2P services watched by the government? Like, what kind of amounts would they target you for selling?

hey guys, i’m out of the country on a work visa. can someone help me broadcast this from a fully synced node over tor? i’ll throw in 10 BTC as a…

Been around for a bit and trying to find people moving solid volumes in USDT/BTC via P2P or OTC. Especially those into cross-border deals and looking…

Can a US citizen do a crypto-to-crypto trade with someone from another country without needing KYC info? Like, if Bob has $100k in some altcoin and…

Just saw this post. Satoshi says "I am not Dorian Nakamoto." What does that even mean?

Honestly, it feels like protecting P2PK addresses from quantum attacks is a lost cause. Once that public key is out there, a quantum attacker can…

Did anyone see that Steak 'N Shake is accepting Bitcoin soon? That's exciting. Haven't seen many big names doing this lately.

Think of it this way… what if there was a ride-sharing app that didn’t own any cars? Or a rental service that had no properties? That’s kinda what…

Been diving deep into on-chain data and hit this crazy latency wall. Using the standard Bitcoin Core RPCs is just too slow with the disk I/O and all…

Just renewed a domain and saw a 3% discount for paying with Bitcoin. That's a first for me.

Hey everyone, I'm Tim from Saarland University, and along with Pedro and Aniket from Purdue, we’re excited to share our updated project:…

Merchants should really think about accepting Bitcoin. Irreversible payments are a huge win, especially for digital goods. But they have to swap BTC…