In a commentary by author Allen Farrington, stablecoins, while often dismissed by Bitcoin purists, have emerged as one of the few digital asset innovations with genuine product-market fit alongside Bitcoin savings and mining. Farrington critiques two key Bitcoiner objections—dollar hegemony and unnecessary blockchain use—arguing that despite these, stablecoins are functional and economically disruptive. Tether, described as a fully reserved bank with superior payment rails, is framed as a speculative attack on fractional reserve banking. The analysis anticipates the eventual collapse of stablecoin infrastructure due to scaling limits and poor economic design, and advocates for a migration to Bitcoin-native Taproot Assets and eventually eCash. “Fiat is even dumber,” the author states, contending that Lightning Network-based infrastructure will eventually dominate settlement. He concludes that this architectural evolution not only decentralizes issuance but eventually positions Bitcoin to subsume all monetary rails: “Bitcoin fixes this. The End.”
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The Ashigaru Open Source Project has launched Ashigaru Whirlpool, a new Zerolink coinjoin coordinator that restores the ability for users to achieve forward and backward privacy in Bitcoin transactions. Built on Samourai Wallet’s Whirlpool architecture, the coordinator ensures 100% entropy between inputs and outputs, and runs exclusively over Tor to eliminate clearnet vulnerabilities. “Tor identity isolation ensures session IDs cannot be used to link input to output stages,” the developers noted, highlighting improvements in user anonymity and resilience. Ashigaru’s modular design enables easy coordinator deployment with any Dojo full node, furthering its decentralization goals. Key upgrades include removing potentially deanonymizing RSA key sharing, prohibiting multisig mix outputs, and setting fixed Anti-Sybil fees to protect the integrity of coinjoin pools. With liquidity pools separated from Samourai's legacy data and all code released under GPLv3, Ashigaru aims to offer a robust, independent alternative in the digital asset privacy space.
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ProgressiveBitcoiner.org has released a comprehensive guide urging progressives to embrace Bitcoin as a tool for financial inclusion, civil liberties, and environmental innovation. The guide reframes Bitcoin not as a speculative asset, but as “infrastructure for economic freedom,” enabling anyone with internet access to store and transfer value without permission from banks or governments. Citing examples from the Navajo Nation to Nigerian youth activists, it underscores Bitcoin’s utility for marginalized communities and its role in resisting inflation, surveillance, and censorship. “Bitcoin can and should be a powerful tool to help create a more just, equitable, and free world,” writes Jason Maier. The document also addresses environmental concerns, noting that Bitcoin mining reduces methane emissions and aids renewable energy grids. By promoting decentralized, open-source governance, The Progressive Bitcoiner positions Bitcoin as aligned with democratic ideals and a bulwark against corporate and state overreach.
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Compass Mining has expanded its partnership with Soluna to boost Bitcoin mining operations at the Dorothy campus in West Texas, increasing its hosted capacity there to 13 megawatts. The deal includes 8 MW of new deployment at the recently completed Dorothy 2 facility, adjacent to the original Dorothy 1 site. Powered by surplus wind energy, the campus exemplifies efforts to align Bitcoin mining with renewable infrastructure. “This expansion allows Compass staff to directly operate the new capacity,” CEO Paul Gosker stated, signaling a shift toward more hands-on operations. The move reflects Compass’s broader strategy to scale hosted infrastructure, following steady growth and earlier deployments at other Soluna sites. With approximately 81 MW under management and its own 8 MW Iowa facility coming online this year, Compass is repositioning itself as a resilient player in sustainable mining and decentralized infrastructure.
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