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    Debunking the myths about RGB Protocol on Bitcoin

    RGB Protocol on Bitcoin has been the subject of a lot of confusion since the 2025 split between the production v0.11.1 line and the unfinished v0.12 proposal. If not clarified, it can cost a developer real time if it leads them to the wrong version, the wrong site, or the wrong assumptions about what’s actually…

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    RGB’s Private Consensus: Client-Side Validation, Explained Simply

    RGB Hub recorded this conversation on an X Space on September 2, 2026, launching a new explainer series for people with no technical background. The guest was Ron (Shuning Hong), Chief Scientist at BiHelix and one of the earliest people to write about RGB Protocol on Bitcoin in Chinese. The topic was client-side validation itself…

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    Inside the wdk-rgb-lightning Architecture: A Developer Walkthrough

    RGB Lightning support in Tether’s WDK is now live. This piece follows up by describing the technical part behind it: how Utexo packaged RGB Lightning as a WDK module, what the module exposes, and what its early-beta status actually means in practice. In Brief Why Does RGB Lightning Need Its Own Native Layer Inside WDK?…

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    RGB Ownership Explained: No Liveness Required

    This clip is from an interview with Stefano Pellegrini, a developer on the RGB Protocol Team, recorded at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2025 in Viareggio, Italy. He walks through what client-side validation on RGB Protocol on Bitcoin actually requires from a wallet, and why RGB ownership works differently from Lightning. In Brief No liveness required:…

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    Inside Utexo’s RGB Stack: SDKs, the Bridge, and a Live Wallet Demo

    This article is based on the RGB community call held on July 30, 2026, a developer-focused session with Renat Skitsan, CTO of Utexo, hosted by Birk from RGB Protocol Association. Renat walked through the Utexo SDK suite and gave a live demo of the bridge and a browser-based RGB Lightning wallet. In Brief What Is…

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    RGB Protocol on Bitcoin, Explained From the Start: Federico Tenga at Plan ₿ Forum 2022

    This article is based on the talk “RGB Protocol: Asset Issuance on Bitcoin and Lightning Network,” given by Federico Tenga (Bitfinex team) at Plan ₿ Forum 2022 in Lugano. Before RGB Protocol on Bitcoin reached mainnet, before v0.11.1, before Tether chose it for USDT, there was this talk. In 2022, Federico Tenga stood in front…

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    USDT on the Lightning Network: Why It’s Good for Lightning Itself

    USDT on the Lightning Network is the next step for RGB Protocol on Bitcoin’s stablecoin infrastructure. Utexo is building the pieces that will make it work end to end: RGB Lightning Nodes, a wallet development kit, and a cross-chain bridge. In Brief How Does RGB Work on the Lightning Network? A normal Lightning channel moves…

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    Trustless Trading on Bitcoin: RGB Assets and Atomic Swaps

    This article is based on Walter Maffione’s talk and live demo at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2026, held in Viareggio in May 2026. Walter is the lead developer of KaleidoSwap. RGB atomic swaps on Bitcoin are the technical foundation behind trustless digital asset trading: no custodian, no bridge, settlement directly on Bitcoin. KaleidoSwap is the…

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    RGB as The Universal Asset Standard for Every Bitcoin Layer

    Based on the talk “RGB as a Multi-L2 Standard” by Federico Tenga at the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2026, Viareggio, Italy, May 12–13, 2026. In Brief Bitcoin Is Building a Multi-Layer Ecosystem. RGB Protocol on Bitcoin is the universal asset standard for Bitcoin’s multi-layer ecosystem: a protocol that allows digital assets issued on Bitcoin to move…

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    RGB vs RGB++: Two Protocols, Two Organizations

    RGB vs RGB++ — in brief What is RGB Protocol on Bitcoin? RGB Protocol on Bitcoin is a protocol for issuing and transferring digital assets and private contracts natively on Bitcoin and Lightning Network, without sidechains, bridges, or companion blockchains. How it works — client-side validation RGB uses a technique called client-side validation: the data…