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Bitcoin ETF flows & on-chainETF inflows, custody wallets, exchange reserves Ordinals in 2026Inscriptions, floors, whoโ€™s buying Lightning capacity7,800 BTC public capacity โ€” real usage vs narrative Lightning routing study90-day node experiment, success rates Bitcoin RunesEtching, minting, UTXO efficiency vs BRC-20 Cold storage comparedLedger Flex, Trezor Safe 5, Coldcard Mk4 Bitcoin L2 landscapeLightning, Stacks, Rootstock, Ark HODL waves & LTH supplyWhat unmoved supply implies Post-halving minersBreak-even math at ~$87K BTC Node vs minerBeginner explainer 0.1 BTC productivelyRisk/reward without selling Hashrate & pools850 EH/s and concentration Regulation & self-custody2026 jurisdictional map (educational) Address poisoningTaproot lookalike variant LST depeg riskstETH 2022 vs wrapped/restaked BTC products FDV & unlock pressureFully diluted valuation explained BR governance realityWhat token votes can and canโ€™t do Lido & staked ETH shareSystemic risk or overstated? Free on-chain stackMempool, explorers, metrics workflow Verify an OrdinalInscription ID & provenance checks Wallet safetyBrowser wallets vs hardware for BTC Avoid phishingFake sites & approvals
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