2021-9-28 07:26 |
The number of Lightning Network nodes has increased 160% over the past 12 months while the number of channels is up 170% since January.
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2021-9-28 07:26 |
The number of Lightning Network nodes has increased 160% over the past 12 months while the number of channels is up 170% since January.
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The banking giant points to strain on the largest network due to growing usage by El Salvadorians but fails to mention Lightning Network, which is actually being used and seeing its network capacity and the number of nodes and channels hitting new peaks continuously.
2021-7-12 17:32 | |
In contrast, Layer 2 scaling solution Lightning Network sees an increase in bitcoin capacity, the number of nodes, and the number of channels — all three making new all-time highs. The post Bitcoin Transactions Continue to Decline Since Jan.
2021-6-22 16:13 | |
The global pandemic exposed many existing government distribution channels for financial aid as inadequate. With roughly one quarter of the world’s population unbanked, a number of stimulus programs faltered and rolled out too slowly and unevenly – including in developed countries – because of a reliance on traditional bank accounts for payments.
2021-4-22 01:21 | |
During the last few months following the departure of the infamous Empire darknet market (DNM), a great number of DNM users have been flocking to alternative vendors. More recently, a new bot service on Telegram called Televend has been attracting tens of thousands of users and the service has grown colossal since it was first […] The post Televend’s Complex System of Telegram Drug Bots Swell as German Police Seize 9 Telegram Drug Channels appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-11-12 02:30 | |
If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter at all over the past 48 hours, you’ve likely heard the plight of many Youtubers covering the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency spaces. For those who missed the memo, earlier this week, countless influencers and content creators in the industry have reported that a number of their videos regarding developments in.
2019-12-26 02:45 | |
On Monday morning, a discussion began to erupt on Crypto Twitter regarding a potential Youtube blackout of industry channels. First, only a few channels were purportedly affected; Canadian Bitcoin educator “BTCSessions” and pro-crypto finance Youtube channel Chris Dunn reported that a number of their videos were taken down due to “harmful and dangerous” content.
2019-12-25 05:00 | |
In a shred of hope amid the chaos in the cryptocurrency market, the number of public nodes in the Bitcoin Lightning network has seen a sharp rise. At the time of writing, according to data site 1ml, the number of nodes accounted for 10,002.
2019-9-27 00:30 | |
Similar to Medium’s web-monetization, wherein in the ‘Partner Program writers’ are paid every month based on the number of members they engage with their stories, Ripple-backed Coil’s content platform enables donations to creators websites, YouTube channels, and Twitch streams.
2019-9-11 00:30 | |
Poor returns could put a damper on Bitcoin’s scaling solution, the Lightning Network. A report by crypto investment firm ID Theory found that the number of active Lightning Network channels fell by nearly a quarter since the beginning of this year.
2019-8-27 18:02 | |
Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a peer to peer off-chain payment solution that allows for near cost-free and instant transactions. The purpose of Lightning is to reduce the number of transactions on the bitcoin blockchain while ensuring that security is not compromised.
2019-6-2 17:46 | |
Lightning Network capacity has reportedly reduced by 4% in the last month. This is a major decline considering the network had a capacity for Bitcoins worth millions of dollars. At press time, the capacity is only up to 1020 BTC while the number of channels is at 36,578 at a loss of over 5%. More […]
2019-5-22 03:11 | |
WeChat, the #1 messaging app in China, is also widely used for cryptocurrency transactions. Recently, WeChat Payment has revised the “WeChat Agreement for Payment Service,” which involves the control and regulation of illegal transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions.
2019-5-9 22:54 | |
Lightning Labs, the development team working to grow the Lightning Network, just released the alpha version of a new protocol called Lightning Loop. Lightning Loop is designed to give users the ability to deposit and withdraw bitcoin from their payment channels (the two-way payment gateways that allow users to send and receive funds to and from each other) without closing these channels entirely.
2019-3-22 20:32 | |
Bitcoin’s mainnet Lightning Network implementation has hit new records across the board as its rapid growth continues in 2019. 6,000 Nodes, $2. 4 Million Capacity Data from monitoring resource 1ML.
2019-2-9 22:00 | |
Crypto payment platform Bitrefill has launched Thor, a service that allows customers to open Lightning channels on demand. Thor will connect to Bitrefill's node on the Lightning Network, allowing users to receive Lightning payments whether they have bitcoin loaded into their Lightning wallets or not.
2019-1-11 18:02 | |
Bitcoin passed more significant milestones this week as data reveals its Lightning Network (LN) implementation passed 500 BTC ($2,066,000) capacity for the first time. Lightning Network Sees Parabolic Rise Statistics from monitoring resource 1ML.
2018-12-24 18:00 | |
The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity.
2018-12-12 23:22 | |
Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.
2018-12-5 23:23 | |
In 2009, Bitcoin was ushered in as an alternative to fiat currency, promising to revolutionize the future of peer-to-peer spending. Since then, it has spawned scores of other cryptocurrencies with various value propositions and potential.
2018-10-22 17:11 | |
The members of crypto-related Telegram channels have increased in number since the messenger was banned by a Moscow court in April, according to a study covering the top 50 Russian language groups.
2018-9-26 05:15 | |
A new way to trade bitcoin and digital currencies is now in the books. SparkSwap is the first crypto exchange to be built on the Lightning Network. It allows users to trade both bitcoin and altcoins in seconds without depositing assets with a third party.
2018-8-10 18:32 | |
ApolloX is a blockchain solution for online e-commerce with a large number of existing participants and mainstream adoption. It also aims to disrupt the existing online marketplace landscape and become the first choice of online channels to sellers globally, especially new sellers with cross border selling needs.
2018-8-9 06:41 | |
According to the head of Iran’s Blockchain Association, over 500 BTC belonging to Iranians were confiscated by the U. S. government last year, and the number is still rising. He explains that Iranians are unable to take action through proper channels from within their country due to Iran’s legal status of cryptocurrency.
2018-7-23 22:42 | |
The Bitcoin movement has brought with it a tidal wave of activity in cryptocurrency investments and trading. As a result, crypto market capitalization soared to an all-time high of around $820 billion in early January of 2018.
2018-7-13 17:51 | |