Babylon: Improving PoS Security with Bitcoin Staking
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Babylon’s novel protocol leverages Bitcoin staking to enhance PoS security, offering faster finality and decentralisation.
Introducing Babylon and its Testnet
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This article offers an introduction to the Babylon protocol as well as an overview of its testnet so far and the upcoming phase that enables BTC staking.
Babylon’s Move To Testnet-4
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Babylon, a Bitcoin staking protocol that we have covered in detail before, has announced the sunsets of the current bbn-test-3 testnet at 12 pm UTC, 16/05/2024.
What is the Bitcoin Halvening?
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Bitcoin, the first decentralised digital currency, introduced by the pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, has fundamentally transformed our understanding of money.