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The mainnet launch of Citrea makes it the initial Bitcoin application layer for direct settlements, trading, and lending services on the Bitcoin ecosystem. origin »
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Starknet plans to use Bitcoin as a settlement layer alongside Ethereum, aiming to connect the two largest blockchains on a single layer 2 network. The Starknet Foundation’s Bitcoin roadmap, published on Mar.
2025-3-12 09:09 | |
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Solana traders are flocking to Bitcoin Pepe, the first meme Layer 2 on Bitcoin, drawn by its unique proposition. #partnercontent
2025-3-3 21:56 | |
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Tap Protocol has achieved a major milestone by executing the first Bitcoin-native swap directly on Bitcoin Layer 1, according to an Aug. 13 statement shared with CryptoSlate. This breakthrough is a landmark achievement for Bitcoin as it enables DeFi operations on the leading blockchain without relying on Layer 2 solutions or roll-ups.
2024-8-13 15:32 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine's editorial policy concerning coverage of layer two protocols built on the Bitcoin network.
2024-2-23 19:08 | |
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LumiBit has highlighted one of the potential future directions for Bitcoin Layer 2 (L2) development, outlining possible scenarios for the Bitcoin ecosystem with comprehensive chain ecology and interoperability.
2024-1-30 15:13 | |
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Bitcoin already has one of the most diverse layer 2 ecosystems of any network, according to Bitcoin developer Lisa Neigut.
2023-5-3 14:00 | |
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In this video interview, Bitrefill CCO John Carvalho talks about Lightning Network adoption, building Bitcoin’s Layer 3 and supporting small blocks. The post John Carvalho on Lightning and Bitcoin’s Layer 3: ‘We’re Thinking Way Ahead’ appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-10-24 00:03 | |
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A Greek-British author, Bitcoin activist and Let’s Talk Bitcoin Host, Andreas M Antonopoulos has spoken on BTC’s scaling problems during a session on YouTube. There has been an ongoing debate on Bitcoin scalability for the past 6 years.
2019-2-2 00:58 | |
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A Bank of International Settlements report concludes that bitcoin's liquidity is "set to fall dramatically" due to decreasing mining rewards and low retail use if it doesn't migrate to another consensus model such as proof-of-stake.
2019-1-30 15:00 | |
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Not only does Lightning Network negate the existence of many altcoins but also takes a hatchet to smart contract platforms by enabling various apps (LApps). Harnessing the BTC network while enabling instant transactions and near-zero fees, these Lapps are already demonstrating some promising use-cases for Bitcoin’s second layer.
2019-1-27 14:00 | |
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After obtaining your first bitcoins on an exchange, you’ll want to keep them safe, even if the funds are only sitting there temporarily. One way to keep your crypto secure online is by using two-factor authentication (2FA).
2019-1-27 20:40 | |
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One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them.
2019-1-26 23:50 | |
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) layer 1 transaction volume in 2018 was $3. 2 trillion. Furthermore, over $2. 2 trillionof Bitcoin was traded throughout last year – almost four times more than the amount traded in 2017, despite the falling prices.
2019-1-22 23:00 | |
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The transactional volume of Bitcoin, the world’s leading decentralized digital currency, exceeded $3 trillion in 2018, researchers found. According to Satoshi Capital Research (SCR), the Bitcoin network experienced $2.
2019-1-21 18:00 | |
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Bitcoin price might not be moving anywhere except for downwards, however, Bitcoin network is surely gaining momentum. The new insight into the Bitcoin network is shared by Satoshi Research on Twitter stating, Comparing #bitcoin's network performance in 2018 to prior years: – Total trading volume: $2.
2019-1-21 00:54 | |
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Bitcoin has been seen by many as the deliverance from the unjust traditional financial system. However, its transaction speed and rate are a major hindrance towards that goal. To address this Lightning Network [LN] was introduced.
2019-1-3 09:50 | |
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On December 4, 2018, our CEO, David Bailey, made an exciting announcement: Bitcoin Magazine would be returning to its roots and shifting its focus to Bitcoin-related stories only.
2019-1-3 07:24 | |
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The ongoing debate about whether or not Bitcoin can scale sufficiently on its path to mass adoption has led many people to question if it will ever reach that point at all.
2019-1-5 06:05 | |
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Bitcoin may have been dubbed the “world’s most secure transaction settlement layer” by Anthony Pompliano, but the industry surrounding the protocol may not be all too secure. Case in point, crypto startups have forked out over $878,000 in bounty to white hat hackers in 2018, specifically for solving bugs that slipped under the radar.
2018-12-31 01:00 | |
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Intrigues and stories on online security, privacy and the development of the world's most secure and ubiquitous hardware wallet for Bitcoin - the TREZOR. - Medium
2018-12-18 18:23 | |
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While most crypto investors are shooting for the moon, Blockstream is focused on things a bit closer to Earth: in the outermost layer of its atmosphere, to be exact.
2018-12-18 00:31 | |
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Andreas Antonopoulos, one of the most respected Bitcoin advocates and author of Mastering Bitcoin has recently come out strongly to defend the position of the Lightning network when asked whether it was a second layer or a sidechain.
2018-12-17 11:16 | |
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eToro Crypto Trading App Sends Ripple's Notorious XRP Community an Official Apology eToro Crypto Trading App Sends Ripple's Notorious XRP Community an Official Apology Bitcoin's Second Layer Blockchain Tech, the Lightning Network, Not Ready for Mainstream Use Yet Bitcoin's Second Layer Blockchain Tech, the Lightning Network, Not Ready for Mainstream Use Yet Ripple CTO David […]
2018-12-14 08:32 | |
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The idea behind the Bitcoin Lightning Network might’ve sounded something like this: we really don’t need to keep a record of every single transaction on the blockchain. Instead, the Lightning Network adds another layer to Bitcoin’s blockchain and enables users to create payment channels between any two parties on that extra layer. These channels can […]
2018-12-13 21:30 | |
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INTRODUCTION We want to build an exchange website known as Bittrader where many coins will be listed and the main pair will be the TRD Coin. Similar to Binance, some of the notable features of Bittrader include strong security, privacy, and untraceable features.
2018-12-11 09:03 | |
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The Lightning Network [LN] is a secondary layer payment protocol that operates atop a blockchain. Due to its fast transaction processing between nodes, it is hoped that this will be a viable solution to the scalability problem of Bitcoin.
2018-12-7 20:19 | |
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Binance just offered its users an in-depth sneak peek of its forthcoming decentralized exchange (DEX). Announced in March of 2018, the decentralized exchange will be built on Binance’s own Binance chain, the soon-to-be base layer for BNB, Binance’s trading currency that is currently an ERC-20 token.
2018-12-6 23:38 | |
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Binance just offered its users an in-depth sneak peek of its forthcoming decentralized exchange (DEX). Announced in March of 2018, the decentralized exchange will be built on Binance’s own Binance chain, the soon-to-be base layer for BNB, Binance’s trading currency that is currently an ERC-20 token.
2018-12-6 23:38 | |
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Infura, MyCrypto, and MyEtherWallet partner to allow an extra layer of security by introducing verified transactions for Etherscan users. What Is EthValidate? The development of the Ethereum platform is moving ahead at full steam despite the drop in ETH price.
2018-12-4 16:00 | |
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Bitcoin and Lightning Network enthusiasts recently launched a website dedicated to featuring projects supporting the speedy second layer solution. According to the LightningHood’s Medium blog post, published on December 2, 2018, LightningHood is keen to help the growing community by providing everyone in the ecosystem access to resources such as developers, Lapps, and nodes, and recognize the people working to.
2018-12-4 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin will bottom out after totaling a plunge of 85% since its all-time high, says Anthony Pompliano. The Morgan Creek Digital Partner told CNBC during a grilling interview that it is normal for Bitcoin to undergo bear cycles every once a while.
2018-11-27 16:00 | |
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Today, November 26, 2018, marks the launch of the Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) and the FIO Protocol, an interwallet protocol that seeks to make the transfer of cryptos between wallets as simple and straightforward as making transfers on PayPal.
2018-11-27 02:52 | |
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Global private capital platform CapBridge Pte. Ltd. has garnered a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate a security exchange known as 1exchange (also called 1X), which became operational on November 21, 2018.
2018-11-24 21:31 | |
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On Nov. 20, the Bitcoin Cash developer Awemany announced the first code proposal for a concept called Zero-Confirmation Forfeits (ZCF), a protocol that adds a layer of security to zero-confirmation transactions.
2018-11-22 22:50 | |
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EOS, the $4 billion blockchain project developed by Dan Larimer, has been savaged in an exhaustive new review. The 17,000-word report, based on extensive laboratory testing, concludes that EOS’s real-world throughput isn’t much better than Ethereum’s and that its consensus algorithm doesn’t function properly.
2018-11-19 17:15 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-19 04:39 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-20 04:39 | |
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The Lightning Network continues to post steady growth. According to data from 1ML, the network is now supported by roughly 4,070 nodes, which house just over 12,500 payment channels, an average of 10.
2018-11-17 01:17 | |
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According to 1ML. com, a search engine dedicated solely to Lightning Network metrics, the second layer, off-chain scaling solution for bitcoin has reached a new milestone, as it passed 4000 nodes for the first time at press time, November 14, 2018.
2018-11-16 16:00 | |
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What Is 8333. io? 8333. io is an online platform that provides tooling, applications and services that can be used together with any bip32 compatible Bitcoin wallet. The platform acts as a service layer above the bitcoin network and in doing so offering the users and developers powerful utilities.
2018-11-16 12:37 | |
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Efforts to improve the scalability of Bitcoin appear to be bearing fruit as the Lightning Network, a second layer off-chain scalability solution on the network designed to handle vast transaction throughputs without resulting in high prices has recorded an important milestone.
2018-11-15 21:32 | |
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The Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s second layer. It was designed to facilitate faster and cheaper transactions. The network has been growing since its launch, and it recently reached a key milestone when it reached and surpassed 4,000 nodes, bringing its capacity to an all-time high.
2018-11-15 03:45 | |
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Bitcoin’s nascent mainnet implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) has reached a new milestone, passing 4,000 nodes for the first time. Lightning Handles $750K Data from monitoring resource 1ML confirms the latest growth of Bitcoin’s second layer designed for fast er and cheaper payments, Lightning Network, which at press time November 13 had a total of 4,026 nodes, of which 2,910 were public.
2018-11-14 05:00 | |
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The internet layer that’s accessible via the Tor browser was instrumental in the growth of Bitcoin in its early years. Since then, darknet marketplaces have proliferated, but have come to play a lesser role in the development of cryptocurrencies.
2018-11-10 16:15 | |
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The Lightning Network is an open protocol layer that leverages the power of blockchain and smart contracts to enable instant payments across a network of participants. The Lightning Network enables instant payments at exceptionally, low fees with millions to billions of transactions per second, and cross-chain atomic swaps.
2018-10-31 13:00 | |
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Smart contracts have the potential to elevate any cryptocurrency project to an entire new level. Though Bitcoin itself does not have a direct smart contract language, its “competitor,” Bitcoin Cash, does at this time.
2018-10-29 03:21 | |
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Today we begin with three questions: Is Blockstream building solutions such as Liquid which rely on the government for protection of the fulfillment of contracts? And: Is Blockstream intentionally crippling the throughput on the base layer so that most traffic has to go through their second for profitability? And: "Just Use Fiat" pic.
2018-10-27 16:07 | |
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Qtum is a hybrid blockchain application platform. Qtum’s core technology combines a fork of bitcoin core, an Account Abstraction Layer allowing for multiple Virtual Machines including the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and Proof-of-Stake consensus aimed at tackling industry use cases.
2018-10-22 10:36 | |
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Ever since the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stern warning about initial coin offerings (ICOs) in February 2018, cryptocurrency projects have had to consider different options for distributing their tokens — and funding their development.
2018-10-20 19:31 | |
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bility as dollar alternative Media personality Tucker Carlson and economist Peter Schiff engaged in a debate this week over Bitcoin's potential to replace the U.S. dollar, touching on issues of inflation, government spending and the future of monetary policy.
Classic American steakburger chain Steak 'n Shake expanded its Bitcoin holdings by $5 million, bringing total cryptocurrency exposure to $15 million through its innovative "Burger-to-Bitcoin transformation" model.
The US investigation into Venezuela's crypto ties could reshape global perceptions of digital asset use in geopolitical finance. The post US probes Venezuela crypto ties amid $60 billion Bitcoin speculations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Bitcoin, as of midday trading in New York, slipped 0.6% to $87,700. ETH didn't fair much better. Meanwhile, gold extended its seven-session winning streak.
In the long-term Bitcoin $BTC has displayed an inverse connection with the dollar, becoming a likely beneficiary of balanced dollar weakness.
Bitcoin Hyper price prediction shows upside narrowing, and that’s why capital rotates into DeepSnitch AI. The AI protocol has already raised over $1.35M, and with its 100x potential, that figure could cross $2M fast.