2019-3-27 18:00 |
Booted from India in a crypto banking crackdown, Zebpay is the latest exchange to use the lightning network to attract users. origin »
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It’s hard finding a reliable way to spend your cryptocurrency. When BTC’s fees went sky high in 2017, many merchants were sent scurrying from the crypto arena and have yet to return. With the Lightning Network permanently six months away, and few established crypto payment gateways, crypto debit cards have become a popular means of […] The post Crypto Debit Card Providers Are an Endangered Species appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-3-27 13:25 | |
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Bitcoin and pizza have a long storied history. But now BTC and PPS (pepperoni's per second) may be the next link in the chain as one of bitcoin's early supporters has some fun in the crypto community.
2019-3-24 20:50 | |
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Расширения браузеров (или плагины) предоставляют пользователям возможность адаптировать вэб-браузеры под свои нужды буквально в несколько кликов мышью. От фильтрации нецензурных слов до блокировки нежелательной рекламы – все это могут сделать за вас расширения.
2019-3-23 20:10 | |
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As made easily apparent by a mass of recent developments, like Vitalik Buterin’s latest topical update on Ethereum, Samsung’s consumer-facing crypto solution, and the swelling Bitcoin Lightning Network, now is the perfect time for industry stakeholders to bear down, test, and post stellar results.
2019-3-21 15:03 | |
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Shortly after the anniversary of its beta launch, the Lightning Network reached 4,000 nodes, suggesting more adoption for Bitcoin's second layer. The post Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Double In Three Months appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-3-21 23:18 | |
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The Lightning Network Can Now Be Used To Buy Bitcoin Futures The lightning Network has become more embedded into the public consciousness of the crypto community, mostly due to the Lightning torch that has been passed around the world and is raising awareness about the network.
2019-3-19 22:32 | |
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The Bitcoin Cash development team has launched the mobile crypto storage app Neutrino, which is reported to have more features ensuring privacy than other wallets
2019-3-27 20:08 | |
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The Lightning Network, an ever-growing crypto payment protocol, celebrated its first anniversary this week by trumpeting its accomplishments on Twitter. On Friday, Lightning Labs wrote, “If we can do all this in one year, just give us a few more.
2019-3-17 19:54 | |
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Tron (TRX) CEO Holds Optimistic Tone On Crypto Justin Sun, the chief executive of Tron, recently sat down with CNBC’s “First On” segment to discuss his expectations for the cryptocurrency industry moving forward.
2019-3-15 06:00 | |
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An experiment pushing the boundaries of crypto payments, bitcoin's Lightning Torch is suffering liquidity issues due to its success.
2019-3-13 11:00 | |
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In a bit of an obvious troll move, Motherboard used the testnet version of a Lightning Network message embedding service to embed the closing lines of the Communist Manifesto on the testnet Bitcoin blockchain.
2019-3-12 00:22 | |
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A social experiment has been taking place among Bitcoin Cash [BCH] fans in recent times. As per the claims made, said experiment mocks the Lightning Torch pass, which requires crypto fanatics to share a fraction of their bitcoin [BTC].
2019-3-11 14:10 | |
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Online tips have begun to gain popularity with the crypto project Tippin. Tippin is built on the Bitcoin Lightning… The post Over 15k Tips Sent in 3 Months Via the Bitcoin Lightning Network appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-3-10 10:03 | |
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StarkWare, a blockchain platform focused on improving scalability and privacy in blockchains through STARK technology, has announced the launch of StarkPay, a crypto payments scalability engine that is designed to address the shortcomings of the Lightning Network, according to a blog post published March 4, 2019.
2019-3-6 05:02 | |
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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 […]
2019-3-2 01:16 | |
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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.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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Decentralized payment processing service BTCPay Server announced a new service available through their platform on February 22, 2019: a way to request payments by simply sharing a URL, thereby streamlining many of the model’s existing hangups.
2019-2-27 23:26 | |
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The Lightning Torch found a new home on February 22, 2019, when it was passed to Fidelity Investments, who then gave it to the Harvard School Blockchain & Crypto Club. Pass the Torch Fidelity Investments has become the latest in the line of Lightning Network members to be passed the Lighting Torch.
2019-2-26 21:00 | |
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Just over 24 hours back, Fidelity Digital Assets released a tweet stating that it had successfully handed the ‘Lightning Torch’ to Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Blockchain and Crypto Club. To be a bit more specific, a spokesperson for Fidelity claims that the ‘Torch’ — which is essentially a steadily increasing amount of BTC that is […]
2019-2-24 19:10 | |
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It isn’t a secret that the Lightning Network, a second-layer solution aimed at easing the qualms Bitcoin faces with scalability, has seen monumental levels of adoption as of late. The ecosystem has seen its maximum capacity swell over the 700 BTC milestone, cementing its viability as a system that provides cost-efficient, rapid, secure, and more.
2019-2-24 00:00 | |
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The latest Lightning app is supposed to be about bolstering crypto adoption, by highlighting the simplicity of Bitcoin’s second-layer payments network. Instead, it brought attention to the fact that the infrastructure for decentralized micropayments still has a long way to go.
2019-2-22 21:42 | |
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Tippin, a Lightning Network (LN) platform, launched a Chrome extension that enables Google browser users to send Bitcoin payments on Twitter, EJ Insight reported on February 19, 2019. Lightning Twitter Tips Despite the incredibly cold crypto winter that has only recently started to slow down, the push for mainstream crypto adoption is also experiencing someRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-21 00:00 | |
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Today’s Video Briefing covers the Lightning Network, the second-layer payments solution to Bitcoin’s scaling problems. Although the main blockchain is only capable of a handful of transactions, the Lightning Network allows theoretically limitless scaling for sub-penny fees.
2019-2-19 18:31 | |
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Have you ever heard of Jamie Dimon? The man is a notorious anti-Bitcoin person, but he’s the CEO of JPMorgan, one of the most important financial companies in the world. Now, Jamie Dimon’s company is set to launch a JPMorgan-branded digital currency.
2019-2-18 22:20 | |
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Years ago, when Bitcoin was just a wee lad, a crypto user going by Laszlo made the world’s first real-world transaction with BTC. In what became a historic event in this nascent community, the BitcoinTalk user purchase pizza for 10,000 BTC, then valued at less than $40.
2019-2-18 03:00 | |
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After last week’s price action, the crypto market quieted down. Bitcoin entered a lull, while altcoins followed close behind. Yet, the wheels of the crypto train have continued to spin. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed that his fintech upstart would eventually integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, JP Morgan launched its own digital asset on a private.
2019-2-16 21:00 | |
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Crypto community has yet taken another step to make Tesla CEO Elon Musk respond and take over the Lightning Torch. BitPanda founder and CEO, Eric Demuth took to Twitter to share his offer which is to order a Tesla Model 3 the minute Musk accepts his offer to carry the Lightning Torch. Previously Binance CEO […]
2019-2-15 20:17 | |
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One of the main reasons why most of the crypto community is having OMG on their radars is because of their work on researching and implementing Plasma. Plasma is a blockchain scaling solution thought up by Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon and co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin.
2019-2-15 18:00 | |
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The crypto industry is arguably the most interesting and exciting technological innovation of our time. It has given birth to… The post Who Will Pick Up Bitcoin’s Lightning Torch Next? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-14 01:30 | |
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Beam (BEAM), a recently introduced privacy coin with features such as confidential addresses and opt-auditability announced on Tuesday that it will launch its Mimblewimble Lightning network, which intends to work as a second-layer scaling solution for faster and less expensive transactions for users.
2019-2-13 19:28 | |
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Самсон Моу, директор по стратегии в компании Blockstream, также известный как Excellion из Magical Crypto Friends (анимационная коллаборация Моу, создателя лайткоина Чарли Ли, ведущего мейтейнера Monero Риккардо Спаньи и трейдера WhalePanda).
2019-2-13 16:56 | |
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Although many industry insiders talk a big game about the real world viability of Bitcoin, as it stands the cryptocurrency has seen little adoption. In fact, it has been anecdotally said that the number of brick and mortar merchants accepting BTC has plummeted, not risen over the past years.
2019-2-12 18:00 | |
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Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the CEO of Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, has tweeted yesterday, February 10, that he advocated for Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, to be the next participant of a Lightning Network initiative named the Bitcoin Lightning Torch.
2019-2-12 03:11 | |
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From Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to crypto billionaires, the Lightning Network torch is still a thing on social media. It most recently found its way into the hands of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.
2019-2-12 00:41 | |
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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.
2019-2-12 00:24 | |
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Binance Coin (BNB) is now comfortably perched in the No. 10 spot among the biggest cryptocurrencies, with its value ballooning more than one-third in the last week alone. Although there are signs of a pullback, it might not be too long before BNB nudges Stellar out of the No.
2019-2-12 21:42 | |
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Please comment at the end about your favorite stories of the week. While our coverage has expanded well beyond cryptocurrency news, we’d love to know which crypto subjects our readership prefers get the most attention.
2019-2-10 19:24 | |
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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.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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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.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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New Lightning Network Code Release Trolls Community With “Block Size Increase” Update If you do follow crypto news, you have probably heard about two things: block size fights and the Lightning Network.
2019-2-9 23:31 | |
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All money handlers, something crypto exchangers too often forget they are, store highly sensitive data involving the exchange of assets and monies and were always going to be subject to government and zone regulations eventually.
2019-2-7 20:29 | |
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A recent initiative was launched by a pseudonymous Twitter user, promoting the reach and functionality of the Lightning Network with an experiment called the “lightning torch.” Each person in the lineup is meant to send the accumulated amount to someone else that they think will pass on the BTC. One of the most recent recipients […]
2019-2-6 08:11 | |
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The crypto downturn may have continued to ravage this industry’s startups, with an exchange even deciding to shutter all operations, but one facet of this nascent sector has continued to swell.
2019-2-3 03:00 | |
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The crypto custody company Casa has decided to launch a browser extension that will be used for its Lightning Network-enabled Bitcoin node and will let the users from the company interact with Casa Nodes.
2019-2-2 15:03 | |
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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.
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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Two of the top narratives in crypto circles is bitcoin’s low transaction speed and lack of privacy and by extension fungibility. With Lightning Network‘s excellent progress, the transaction speed or lack thereof can be checked on the list of things bitcoin needs to work on.
2019-1-29 23:32 | |
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Сеть Lightning существенно выросла за 2018 год, однако тенденция к централизации, являющаяся следствием небольшого количества узлов, которые контролируют значительную долю пропускной способности платежей, сохраняется, считают авторы Block Crypto.
2019-1-21 16:29 | |
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The popular crypto payments platform Coingate has now integrated Litecoin’s Lightning Network (LN) into its system. This would allow users to have cheaper and faster payments using this new implementation.
2019-1-20 01:32 | |
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Since Bitcoin began to pick up steam in 2016, the network, coupled with its core developers, has been criticized by cynics en-masse for its inability to scale. And while evident strides are being made, with solutions like the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness seeing rapid adoption, innovators have still sought to one-up the world’s first.
2019-1-18 16:06 | |
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Согласно сообщению ресурса Apptopia, торговля криптовалютой на мобильных устройствах становится всё более популярной — каждый следующий месяц превосходит предыдущий по количеству активных пользователей и новых регистраций за день.
Discussions over whether to ban cryptos in India might be on the agenda again. The country’s Finance Ministry is calling for a broad-based consultation on the matter. While India’s Supreme Court struck out on a previous crypto trading ban, the subject of a blanket cryptocurrency ban is once again making headlines in the country.
India’s cryptocurrency sector is booming during the extended nationwide lockdown. Several Indian cryptocurrency exchange executives have shared with news. Bitcoin. com their record-breaking stats, bullish trends, and positive sentiment despite the coronavirus-driven lockdown.
The government of India has informed Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, about the Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ inspection of cryptocurrency businesses. Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur provided details of two companies in particular.
A historic day for the Indian crypto community, the supreme court has finally ruled on the case against the banking ban by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The court held that the RBI circular which places a banking ban on the crypto industry is unconstitutional.
Zebpay is returning to India more than a year after closing down local crypto exchange operations due to the banking ban imposed by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Under a new leadership team, the exchange has also revealed a number of upcoming new services, including a crypto-to-crypto exchange and a way […] The post Crypto Exchange Zebpay Announces Relaunch in India Ahead of Supreme Court Decision on RBI Ban appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Coinspeaker Government of India Is Reportedly Working on a National Blockchain StrategyIndia's government agencies are drafting a suitable framework dubbed as the "National Level Blockchain Framework".