How Lightning Network, Taproot Growth Signal The Future Of Bitcoin

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Saptu, 29 Jan 2022 8:00

How Lightning Network, Taproot Growth Signal The Future Of Bitcoin

The first day of Keyfest 2022 highlighted the growth of the Lightning Network and Taproot, and reflected on the future of Bitcoin.

Dinten mimiti tina Keyfest 2022, a virtual Bitcoin conference hosted by Casa, was focused on the future of Bitcoin — exciting applications currently being developed and others that are growing in user base — and the continued growth of the Bitcoin network as it relates to on-chain metrics and global socio-economic impact on the adopting world.

Dina hiji panel pikeun jalma anu dipilih, judulna "Casa Annual Summit," Nick Neuman, CEO Casa, diiluan ku CTO Casa Jameson Lopp, manajer jasa klienna Andrew Yang sareng kapala kaamananna, Ron Stoner.

Before getting into specific details about Casa’s 2021, they discussed some fascinating statistics around Bitcoin that are quite telling for the network’s future expectations and latest achievements.

SegWit Jeung Taproot

Pamutahiran saksi anu dipisahkeun tina 2017 dipisahkeun saksi tina daptar inputs nu nyegah malleability urus, atawa kamampuhan pikeun ngarobah informasi disadiakeun dina urus. Kalawan aksés kawates, saksi teu ngidinan malleability ieu lumangsung. SegWit ogé ngamungkinkeun garpu lemes pikeun ningkatkeun kapasitas blok tanpa peryogi garpu keras, atanapi ranté énggal.

SegWit was not instantaneously picked up by every node, and adoption takes time. One of the statistics Casa discussed was that 86% of Bitcoin network transactions are now SegWit.

The speaker lajeng Drew hiji ngabandingkeun atra ka nyoko kana Tapak akar. Opat taun ti harita, 14% tina transaksi dilaksanakeun tanpa SegWit. Nya kitu, nyoko alamat bayar-to-Taproot, kitu ogé parobahan séjénna anu datangna babarengan jeung Taproot, bakal butuh waktu.

Tapi éta teu hiji pamikiran encouraging mun ngabayangkeun jaringan dina opat taun deui? Naon aplikasi anyar anu bakal urang ngajalajah kusabab Taproot?

Tumuwuh Jaringan kilat

Sakuliah Keyfest, speaker kajawab dina pertumbuhan hébat kami geus katempo as the Lightning Network, the Layer 2 Bitcoin protocol built to handle smaller, everyday transactions, continues to push the boundaries of adoption.

Kilat diluncurkeun dina Juni 2018 kalayan kapasitas anu bakal ngahontal 1,104 BTC ngan 11 bulan engké. Ti Januari nepi ka Séptémber 2021, éta total kapasitas indit ti 1,058 BTC ka 2,968 BTC, ngagambarkeun lonjakan 181%!

Jumlah total saluran Lightning publik pencét leuwih ti 70,000 dugi ka Séptémber 2021. Titik, saluran sareng kapasitas sadayana sigana nuju "kaluhur sareng ka katuhu." Luar biasa ningali ieu kajadian sacara real-time salaku sistem kauangan milih kaluar ngamungkinkeun akumulasi kabeungharan tanpa izin. Ayeuna, pikeun Casa.

Parobihan Casa dina 2021

Sajumlah fitur Casa karek ditambahkeun anu dikaitkeun salila sési mimiti Keyfest ieu. Mimiti, Casa ngumumkeun yén éta bakal ngadukung alamat Taproot - pilihan anu jelas pikeun platform anu nyobian ningali jalan ka arah nyoko ka hareup.

Éta ogé ngumumkeun integrasi pikeun hardware Keystone sareng Foundation, sareng nambihan transfer kode QR pikeun konci énkripsi, sabab sababaraha urang ngagaduhan masalah sareng cadangan awan anu saacanna dianggo anu ngamungkinkeun para pangguna pikeun nyimpen konci sacara lokal, tinimbang meryogikeun panggunaan awan. Parobihan ieu ngamungkinkeun pangguna langkung seueur pilihan dina pilihan pamulihan.

Ogé, parobahan fitur warisan ngamungkinkeun pikeun prosés streamlined sarta dina sababaraha kasus moal merlukeun bantuan ti pagawe Casa ku pamakéan automation, sarta dina kasus séjén moal merlukeun kontrak nanaon. Konsumén ayeuna ditawarkeun program rujukan, sakumaha Casa nyatakeun yén loba pamaké na referrals. Fitur rata-rata biaya dolar (DCA) ogé ditambah, ogé dukungan Specter. Specter ngamungkinkeun pamaké ngagunakeun titik pribadi maranéhanana pikeun pariksa prosés Casa jeung mesin sorangan, sarta Casa sabenerna nyadiakeun pituduh ngeunaan cara ngalakukeun ieu. Hal ieu ngamungkinkeun pamaké pikeun mibanda leuwih kontrol konci maranéhanana dina Casa, sabab bisa lalajo kasaimbangan ti titik sorangan.

Tim rékayasa Casa parantos dua kali, anu ngamungkinkeun éta ngajantenkeun microservices langkung modular sareng adaptasi pikeun robih bari nyiptakeun tingkat efficacy anu langkung luhur. Éta ogé tiasa teras-terasan nguji sareng ngasingkeun usaha serangan kana sistem internalna.

Future of Bitcoin

The second session of Keyfest focused on the question, what does the future of Bitcoin mirip?

Neuman returned for this panel and was joined by Peter McCormack from the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast, as well as Obi Nwosu, cofounder of Coinfloor.

Harkening deui kana paguneman kilat, aya loba fokus nempatkeun kana tumuwuhna sarta diakses tina jaringan. Kreasi Kilat diwenangkeun pikeun mecenghulna Bitcoin basisir, a local community of opt-out citizens in El Salvador who decided Bitcoin worked better for them than the local currency. The world began to take notice, and so too did the government in their home nagara.

Nwosu’s hopes pointed to Nigeria as he discussed the continued adoption of Bitcoin, stablecoins and altcoins in that region. The naira has become deeply inflated, losing an absurd amount of value over the course of the past 30 years. Many people there look to anything that allows them to opt out of the naira. Stablecoins like tether are allowing them to at least maintain certain amounts of currency instead of having the government cannibalize its value, and bitcoin, as well as altcoins, provide hope to building wealth outside of their existing system. Now, obviously, we want the people of Nigeria on a Bitcoin standard, but their look to outside assets is the beginning, the spark.

Nueman spoke to Casa’s hopes of ensuring greater security for Casa users and accomplishing smoother on-ramps in the future. This becomes an inherent part of the conversation as we ruminate over the thought of other countries adopting a Bitcoin standard. We can see the countries that need it the most are those most likely to struggle finding an on-ramp with ease of use or accessibility. When the topic of adoption in these areas of the world arose, Neuman said that it starts with the fact that mostly everyone has a smartphone of some kind, meaning that’s where the application layers need to be, but he deferred to a more granular exploration from Nwosu.

Nwosu teras ngabahas kabutuhan langkung desentralisasi sareng nguatkeun jaringan. Jeung B Amanah, salah sahiji tujuanana nyaéta pikeun onboard sareng ngadidik pamekar dunya anu aya di daérah ieu. Sababaraha urang langkung resep ngararancang solusi pikeun jalma tibatan jalma anu ngalaman masalah éta sorangan. Sakumaha ceuk Nwosu, "Einstein henteu ngan ukur aya di Amérika Kalér sareng Éropa."

Nwosu went on to explain that most people in these parts of the world are still relying on exchanges for storage purposes. This need to decentralize and strengthen the network leads to the obvious, yet elegant solution of collaborative second-party custody, which is currently being utilized in El Zonte, El Salvador. Essentially, this is where multiple people get together and, through a shared wallet using multisig, each user pools their bitcoin, effectively creating a local bank or credit union.

Nwosu also voiced his opinion that nation states have proven to be the best educators on Bitcoin (insert coy smile). This happens when we have places like Cina or kalkun come smashing down with a ban hammer and trying to prevent adoption. In both cases, people opted out of their current systems and found something that actually worked for them. The banning of an asset like bitcoin leads to further curiosity and increased conviction. It’s getting to the point that we almost want countries to ban Bitcoin, sanés?

Masa depan Bitcoin is set on furthering decentralization by increasing nodes for both Bitcoin Core and Lightning, while drilling down on education as organizations and individuals like Nwosu focus on bringing in new development talent from the places that need help. Meanwhile, we look to the world of increased Taproot adoption and the furthering of applications, which took us to the final conversation of the day.

Aplikasi Node

This part of the conversation focused largely on applications that the panel were excited for and why these different applications matter. John Tinkelenberg, content marketing manager for Casa; Matt Hill, CEO of Start9 Labs; and Lamar Wilson, cofounder of Black Bitcoin Billionaire led this session.

The beginning of the conversation started with the understanding that nodes have long been the backbone of the Bitcoin network. They serve as necessary validators in the process of making sure blocks continue to accurately represent the data within them. As Bitcoin has progressed, these nodes also allow a purpose of furthering decentralization by running your own server. Having your own server means being in control of your data. This is a personal responsibility.

The theme of this conversation was: the more free you want to be, the more responsible you need to be. There was a strong focus on creating your individual sovereignty by taking responsibility for your existence in the network by running your own node. Becoming immersed and learning each aspect of what it takes to be on the network and have responsibility to it is what allows many Bitcoiners their continued conviction and their ability to innovate within the space.

When asked to explain the differences between Umbrel and Start9, Hill continued to express these values as he explained that one, he’s clearly biased, and that two, that people should do their homework on a platform before becoming involved with it. While there are similarities in these different platforms that make running a node more accessible, there are also stark differences between them. It is the responsibility of each sovereign individual to do this research and find the platform that is best suited to them. Here are some fun applications that were discussed:

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The sessions on the first day of Keyfest served as a great introduction into what Bitcoiners and Casa want the future of Bitcoin and application development to look like. There is a clear focus on providing greater security and knowledge to the community at large and furthering the decentralization of the network with continued progress that will allow higher levels of adoption in the places that need it the most.

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