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Experimental Lightning Protocol Ready For Emerging Exchanges While Others Focus On Altcoins
Experimental Lightning Protocol Ready For Emerging Exchanges Smaller, emerging exchanges are banking on The Lightning Network protocol even though it is not considered stable enough for retail use by many larger exchanges. дальше »
2019-3-28 21:10 | |
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You can now play scratchcards with Bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network
The Lightning Network is where all the weird and wonderful use cases of Bitcoin micro-payments come to life. You can order a Coke, feed chickens, dispense candy, and even play roulette or Pokf Bitcoin. дальше »
2019-3-23 19:30 | |
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Lightning Loop Lets Users Empty Lightning Channels Without Closing Them
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. дальше »
2019-3-22 20:32 | |
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HadePay integrates Bitfury’s Bitcoin Lighting Network API for merchants
CryptoNinjas Full-service blockchain technology company, the Bitfury Group has announced the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network into the merchant payment processing platform offered by HadePay. дальше »
2019-3-16 01:46 | |
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Blockstream’s Satellite Messaging API Is Now Available on Mainnet
Blockstream has launched its satellite messaging application programming interface (API) on mainnet. Essentially, this means users can now broadcast data via the company’s satellite network and pay with Lightning payments. дальше »
2019-3-14 22:15 | |
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Blocktream’s Satellite Messaging API Is Now Available on Mainnet
Blockstream has launched its satellite messaging application programming interface (API) on mainnet. Essentially, this means users can now broadcast data via the company’s satellite network and pay with Lightning payments. дальше »
2019-3-14 22:15 | |
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One Teen Bitcoin Millionaire Believes Use of Lightning Network Is the Demise of BTC
One of the most notable scaling solutions to come to Bitcoin has been the Lightning Network. The solution originally came as a second-layer protocol payment system that was meant to cover Bitcoin complications in fees and transaction speed. дальше »
2019-3-11 19:47 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Fans Start ‘Torch Passing’ Ceremony With a Non-Divisible Token
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters have been passing around a different kind of ‘LN Trust Chain’ across forums and social media. The social experiment for passing digital value has taken a different path to the Lightning Torch because people can share the non-divisible SLP Torch onchain for fractions of a penny. дальше »
2019-3-11 23:50 | |
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LTC Lightning Network Crosses 1,000 Litecoin Payment Channels as Price Continues Upward
Have you heard of the Litecoin Lightning Network? Many people do know the Bitcoin Lightning Network, the famous brother of Litecoin’s one, but this one is actually a fairly newer and smaller adaption of the LN. дальше »
2019-3-6 23:29 | |
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Major US Grocery Chain Kroger Ditches Visa, Discusses Accepting Bitcoin
Major US grocery chain Kroger recently banned Visa from a regional supermarket in protest of the payment processor’s “excessive transaction fees,” announcing that hundreds of stores and fueling stations would halt Visa payments in April. дальше »
2019-3-4 18:45 | |
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Major US Retailer Kroger Drops Visa, Morgan Creek Digital Suggests Lightning Network
After U.S. retailer Kroger rejected the use of Visa cards in some of its store chains due to excessive fees, Morgan Creek Digital has offered to set them up to use the Lightning Network
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What are Watchtowers and How Do They Work? Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Latest Development
Bitcoin has always had a scalability problem. While this cryptocurrency wants to become the worldwide money of tomorrow, it currently doesn’t have the technical prowess to do so. For the entire world to be able to use Bitcoin for their everyday payments and other financial activities, Bitcoin’s blockchain will need to be able to handle […] The post What are Watchtowers and How Do They Work? Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Latest Development appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »
2019-3-4 17:53 | |
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Business Owner’s Seething Critique of the Lightning Network Goes Viral
A business owner who runs a media company in Australia and pays employees remotely in the Philippines has given his honest opinion on what it’s like to use the Lightning Network (LN). Jason Smith’s experience of attempting to use LN for payments was filled with frustration. дальше »
2019-3-2 02:25 | |
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Leading Bitcoin Developer Company Blockstream Releases Lightning Update With a New Plugin
The Bitcoin Lightning Network is always trying to offer the best scaling solution for the crypto investors who use Bitcoin and several companies create their own programs to support it. Now, Blockstream is making a large update to its c-lightning program, which is set to be released in around eight months from now. This new […] дальше »
2019-3-2 01:16 | |
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Grim Stories of Ethical, Privacy Abuses Emerge About Coinbase’s New Partners
When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition. дальше »
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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‘Very Sad’: Lightning Torch Creator Laments Exclusion of Iranian Bitcoin User
The Lightning Network (LN) faced unusual censorship allegations this weekend after it emerged a participant in the Lightning Torch event refused to include a member from Iran. Sending Transaction To Iran ‘Very Difficult’ In a debacle which continues to unfold on social media, Coinex executive Ziya Sadr confirmed Peach Inc. дальше »
2019-2-25 21:00 | |
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Fidelity Becomes First Financial Institution and 229th Lightning Network Torch Bearer
Fidelity Investments, one of America’s leading investment companies has received the Lightning Network Torch as the 299th to do so and the first financial institution to do so. Through its Digital Assets department, the company received the Lightning Torch from Wiz on February 22nd. дальше »
2019-2-23 19:32 | |
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Cluck the Banks: Bitcoin Lightning Network Powers Remote Chicken Feeder
A new and decidedly niche consumer product for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has launched, allowing anyone to use the payment protocol… to feed chickens. A Different Breed Of Blockchain Supply Chain Currently circulating on social media, Pollofeed. дальше »
2019-2-22 22:00 | |
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Jack Dorsey Tweets Support for Lightning Network Use on Twitter
Jack Dorsey has endorsed the recent launch of a Twitter in-browser tipping extension built using the Lightning Network. The second layer scaling solution launched last year allows for near-instant, feeless payments in Bitcoin and by using the new Tippin extension, users can show their support for posters’ content financially. дальше »
2019-2-21 00:00 | |
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Bitcoin is now “Granny-Proof” Courtesy of the Lightning Network
One often heard complaint about Bitcoin and other similar projects is how this technology is very difficult to use. Younger generations seem to struggle less with this new concept of money. Although Bitcoin is far from granny-proof at this stage, a recent Lightning Network trial confirmed things are heading in the right direction. дальше »
2019-2-19 15:55 | |
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Radar Relay Announces Radar ION to Enable Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Months after raising a whopping $10 million in investment funding, Radar Relay is back on the headlines again, this time with some rather earthshaking news. The cryptocurrency startup is introducing Radar ION, an interesting technology meant for those who use their Lightning Network. дальше »
2019-2-13 19:26 | |
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21 Lectures Offers Bitcoin Developer Courses by Schnelli, Decker and Chiang
Switzerland is an international bitcoin and blockchain mecca, known for its crypto culture and concentration of crypto businesses. Now, it is the new home to 21 Lectures, a school for bitcoin developers founded by Lucas Betschart. дальше »
2019-2-12 00:24 | |
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Can I Trust BitFury’s Peach Lightning With My Data? Maybe
Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation. дальше »
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Can I Trust Bitfury’s Peach Lightning With My Data? Maybe
Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation. дальше »
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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Bitcoin “Lightning Torch” aka ‘LN Trust Chain’ Experiment Runs Through 37 Countries to Date
The Lightning Torch is a new concept with the Bitcoin community that is meant to show off the value of the Lightning Network. The technology is still experimental, which had made it difficult to understand how to use. дальше »
2019-2-6 00:43 | |
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Living on Bitcoin Day 7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’d Definitely Do Again
This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6. дальше »
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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Top Bitcoin Lightning Apps You Can Use Today (Part 1)
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. дальше »
2019-1-27 14:00 | |
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New Zap Point-of-Sale App Enables Merchants to Accept Lightning
A new point-of-sale (PoS) app released by Zap allows merchants to independently accept transactions on the Lightning Network. Jack Mallers, the founder of Zap, described some of the properties of this new app on a recent Twitter thread. дальше »
2019-1-26 01:39 | |
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (BTC LN) is Giving Altcoins a Run for their ‘Money’
The reason why most altcoins exist today is that they want to offer better speeds at lower fees than BTC. However, the Lightning Network could soon negate that argument. According to recent data, these altcoins might not have any use in the future as the Lightning Network continues to improve. What The Data Shows The […] дальше »
2019-1-25 19:57 | |
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Bitfury launches suite of Bitcoin Lightning Network business products
CryptoNinjas The Bitfury Group, a full-service blockchain technology company today released a product bundle designed to make the Lightning Network easier for vendors and consumers to use. The product list includes an. дальше »
2019-1-24 05:00 | |
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Lightning Network Without Invoices Brings Us Closer to Streaming Money
A new feature for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN) implementation allows users to send funds instantly without needing to first create an invoice. Sphinx Enables ‘New Use Cases’ The latest upgrade, ‘Sphinx,’ which developers describe as being a “work in progress,” is nonetheless already available to anyone. дальше »
2019-1-13 21:00 | |
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Neutrino: A Privacy-Preserving Light Wallet Protocol
Lightning is all the rage these days and, while it's an exciting development, users currently have to have a full node running in order to transact in it. In this article, I'm going to introduce Neutrino, a new protocol for light clients to get the data that they need while preserving privacy and without trusting a central server. дальше »
2019-1-4 21:11 | |
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Sold! Lightning Network Art Auction Goes to the Lowest Bidder
Yesterday, an auction was held by cryptocurrency and blockchain artist @cryptograffiti for a piece titled “black swan,” which the artist made using “fiat and counterfeit detector pen ink. дальше »
2018-12-21 20:15 | |
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Pierre Rochard: “Lightning Adoption Will Basically Mirror Bitcoin Adoption”
Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Similar to Bitcoin, Lightning is an open-source protocol in which anyone can contribute to. дальше »
2018-12-19 02:34 | |
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BTCPayServer Expands Lightning Operability, Integrates Spark Wallet
Decentralized payment processor BTCPayServer now offers wallet support for c-lightning users. Following its most recent update, the BitPay alternative announced support for Spark Wallet, a client for the Lightning Network's c-lightning implementation created by Bitrated founder and Blockstream employee Nadav Ivgi. дальше »
2018-12-18 02:16 | |
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[VIDEO] Crypto News Recap Dec 13th: eToro XRP, Opera, Bomb Threat Bitcoin Ransom, SWIFT CEO and More
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 […] дальше »
2018-12-14 08:32 | |
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Bitcoin’s Second Layer Blockchain Tech, the Lightning Network, Not Ready for Mainstream Use Yet
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 […] дальше »
2018-12-13 21:30 | |
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Report: Lightning Network Still Way off Being Ready for Commercial Use
The Lightning Network (LN) is a second-layer protocol that was long promised as a solution to BTC’s scalability problem. However, the off-chain system is still very far from being able to support actual commence according to a new review by business management technology company Scipio ERP. дальше »
2018-12-13 02:45 | |
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This New Lightning Wallet Allows You to Receive Tips Without Running a Node
A new program to set up Lightning Network micropayments, tippin. me, has recently entered beta testing. The developer for this project described some of its details on a Reddit thread to the r/Bitcoin subreddit. дальше »
2018-12-13 22:09 | |
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The World’s First ERC-20 and Bitcoin Atomic Swap Has Taken Place
At the December 7, 2018, TenX Summit, a group of developers showcased an industry first: an atomic swap between a non-native asset, TenX’s PAY token, and a native asset, bitcoin. дальше »
2018-12-13 21:50 | |
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The Lightning Network's First ERC-20 to Bitcoin Atomic Swap Has Taken Place
At the December 7, 2018, TenX Summit, a group of developers showcased an industry first: an atomic swap on the Lightning Network between a non-native asset, TenX’s PAY token, and a native asset, bitcoin. дальше »
2018-12-13 21:50 | |
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