2019-11-19 16:00 |
Exploring the pros and cons of communication via the Lightning Network.
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Bitcoin's lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments, thanks to an experimental version called Whatsat.
2019-11-9 12:50 | |
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HTC – a Taiwanese electronics company has announced it's new smartphone with the name Exodus 1s, empowering clients to run a full Bitcoin (BTC) node on a portable phone. Exodus 1s was launched this weekend at the Berlin's Lightning meeting.
2019-10-21 22:21 | |
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The Lightning Network is designed to make Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies more secure. Unfortunately, it seems that is not always the case. A recent vulnerability has been discovered which affects most clients used to access Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
2019-9-11 01:59 | |
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The Lightning Network is designed to make Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies more secure. Unfortunately, it seems that is not always the case. A recent vulnerability has been discovered which affects most clients sued to access Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
2019-9-11 01:59 | |
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network has just reached a new important milestone. Now the network has the capacity to support $11 million USD in trades. There are even more updates on the way, so 2019 is shaping up to be a great year for the users of the LN. In case you are not familiar with […]
2019-6-29 01:51 | |
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About two months ago, Lightning Labs released Lightning Loop, a service that allows users to fill or empty Lightning channels without closing them, thus reducing on-chain fees.
2019-5-29 16:58 | |
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Bitcoin fund Adamant Capital is convinced that the bottom of the bear market is in, and true to its name, the firm has laid out an unwavering case for this position with some persuasive hard data and fundamental analysis.
2019-4-20 22:59 | |
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Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with.
2019-4-19 18:33 | |
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Bitcoin’s first decentralized exchange to make use of the Lightning Network’s Atomic Swaps is now in beta. Sparkswap, an exchange with backing from Pantera Capital (which announced its ambitious mission to become the most decentralized bitcoin exchange on the market in August 2018), has now opened its beta to users.
2019-4-9 23:28 | |
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It is pertinent for all cryptocurrencies to keep growing and evolving at all times. For Bitcoin and Litecoin, the Lightning Network is considered to be the “holy grail” of scaling and instant payments right now.
2019-3-6 12:00 | |
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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.
2019-3-4 18:45 | |
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By now you have probably heard of atomic swaps, a Lightning Network-related technology looking create interoperability between Bitcoin and every other altcoin on the market. Swaps technology is in itself focused on trustlessly exchanging, “swapping” various types of data, in our case cryptocurrency.
2019-2-28 01:07 | |
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Whilst debate raged throughout the Bitcoin community over whether the block size limit should be increased and how, Luke-jr for years stood out for arguing the exact opposite position.
2019-2-15 19:18 | |
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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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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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Patreon has been making the case for censorship-resistant money increasingly apparent. The platform allows members to contribute to artists or creators that they support.
2019-1-19 22:15 | |
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Bitcoin Lightning Networks Starts 2019 Off Strong Although the crypto market has barely budged since New Year’s Day, save for Sunday’s surge, Bitcoin’s fundamentals have continued to outperform, starting off 2019 with a proverbial bang.
2019-1-8 03:00 | |
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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.
2018-12-19 02:34 | |
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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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Bitcoin Insurance May See Homeowner Policy Coverage Protection in Ohio Crypto Theft Court Case Bitcoin Insurance May See Homeowner Policy Coverage Protection in Ohio Crypto Theft Court Case Chile's Buda Crypto Exchange Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network Functionality to Its Platform Chile's Buda Crypto Exchange Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network Functionality to Its Platform How Ripple's xRapid […]
2018-10-24 02:12 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Chart for LTC/USD (1W) Gemini just announced Litecoin (LTC) support. A new exchange backed by TD Ameritrade has already made clear its intention to list Litecoin (LTC). Coinbase already has it and so does Circle.
2018-10-13 18:00 | |
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This rather long meme, which has been circulating lately, makes fun of the views of Bitcoin supporters by listing commonly made statements and contrasting them with contradicting statements or developments.
2018-10-4 22:27 | |
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In order to make payments on the lightning network — Bitcoin’s second layer solution for instant and cheap transactions — users must first fund lightning channels.
2018-8-30 22:18 | |
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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 | |
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A select group of entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to implement online payment transaction via the Lightning Network thanks to a commercial agreement with payment processing startup CoinGate.
2018-7-14 07:20 | |
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Lightning-native messaging protocols could offer more private and foolproof encrypted communications. But will users make the switch? The post How the Lighting Network Could Improve Encrypted Messaging appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Sparkswap, Lightning Loop, Satoshi’s Games and More
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