Engineering & Technical Insights

Scaling Lightning Network at River

The Lightning Network is a protocol that enables instant, low-cost Bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin engineer Philip Glazman examines how the Lightning Network can benefit River Financial clients and the Bitcoin network at large.

Engineering

Supporting Taproot at River

Bitcoin Engineer Philip Glazman discusses River Financial’s plan to support the Taproot soft-fork proposal following successful activation.

Engineering

Announcing Bitcoinex

River Financial is launching an open-source Bitcoin library, Bitcoinex, in an effort to improve Bitcoin support in the Elixir language ecosystem.

Engineering

Hardware Wallet Account Architecture

An overview of the technical background, architecture, and engineering decisions behind River Financial’s new Hardware Wallet Account.

Engineering

Enterprise Bitcoin Engineering

River Financial specializes in Bitcoin brokerage and custody services. Core to our operations is our infrastructure enabling us to custody and transact Bitcoin securely and at scale on behalf of our clients. This post describes how it works.

Engineering

Using Script Descriptors and PSBT at River

River Financial leverages two technologies in its wallet software: Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) and Output Script Descriptors. The decision to incorporate these standards has introduced greater flexibility and interoperability in River’s wallet operations.