<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>/</id><title>Matt Black</title><subtitle>Matt Black. CoFounder @AtomicFinance. Boomer Millenial. Bitcoin not crypto. Nostr not blockchain.</subtitle> <updated>2026-03-31T01:44:42+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> <uri>/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 Matt Black </rights> <icon>/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>DLCs are perfect for Lending</title><link href="/posts/dlc-are-perfect-for-lending/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="DLCs are perfect for Lending" /><published>2025-02-10T00:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2025-02-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated> <id>/posts/dlc-are-perfect-for-lending/</id> <content type="text/html" src="/posts/dlc-are-perfect-for-lending/" /> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> </author> <category term="Bitcoin" /> <category term="DLCs" /> <category term="Lending" /> <summary>Why We Use 4 Enumerated Outcomes Instead of Numeric Payout Curves at Lygos</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Fixing Lightning Force Closures</title><link href="/posts/fixing-lightning-force-closures/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Fixing Lightning Force Closures" /><published>2024-08-24T00:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2024-11-10T21:31:23+00:00</updated> <id>/posts/fixing-lightning-force-closures/</id> <content type="text/html" src="/posts/fixing-lightning-force-closures/" /> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> </author> <category term="Lightning" /> <summary>How a Bitcoin fee spike caused Lightning force closures, and upcoming fixes to prevent them.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Discreet Log Contracts Part 2: How They Work [Adaptor Version]</title><link href="/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-2-how-they-work/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Discreet Log Contracts Part 2: How They Work [Adaptor Version]" /><published>2020-11-09T00:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2026-02-01T03:56:19+00:00</updated> <id>/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-2-how-they-work/</id> <content type="text/html" src="/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-2-how-they-work/" /> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> </author> <category term="Bitcoin" /> <category term="DLCs" /> <category term="Smart Contracts" /> <summary>This post is a recreation of the original article “Discreet Log Contracts Part 2: How They Work [Adaptor Version]” by Nadav Kohen, originally published on Suredbits.com on November 9, 2020. The original company has since shut down, and this content is preserved via the Internet Archive. Original author: Nadav Kohen Original publication: Suredbits.com Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Schnorr Applications: Scriptless Scripts</title><link href="/posts/schnorr-applications-scriptless-scripts/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Schnorr Applications: Scriptless Scripts" /><published>2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated> <id>/posts/schnorr-applications-scriptless-scripts/</id> <content type="text/html" src="/posts/schnorr-applications-scriptless-scripts/" /> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> </author> <category term="Cryptography" /> <category term="Bitcoin" /> <category term="Lightning Network" /> <summary>This post is a recreation of the original article “Schnorr Applications: Scriptless Scripts” by Nadav Kohen, originally published on Suredbits.com on August 25, 2020. The original company has since shut down, and this content is preserved via the Internet Archive. Original author: Nadav Kohen Original publication: Suredbits.com Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20231003175620/https://su...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Discreet Log Contracts Part 4: Security and Trust Model</title><link href="/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-4-security-and-trust-model/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Discreet Log Contracts Part 4: Security and Trust Model" /><published>2019-09-26T00:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2019-09-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated> <id>/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-4-security-and-trust-model/</id> <content type="text/html" src="/posts/discreet-log-contracts-part-4-security-and-trust-model/" /> <author> <name>Matt Black</name> </author> <category term="Bitcoin" /> <category term="DLCs" /> <category term="Smart Contracts" /> <summary>This post is a recreation of the original article “Discreet Log Contracts Part 4: Security and Trust Model” by Nadav Kohen, originally published on Suredbits.com on September 26, 2019. The original company has since shut down, and this content is preserved via the Internet Archive. Original author: Nadav Kohen Original publication: Suredbits.com Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/2024022...</summary> </entry> </feed>
