2019-3-1 20:00 |
New improvements to an existing code repository are set to make it easier for developers to build their own features into bitcoin's lightning network.
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Lightning ecosystem companies are joining forces to tackle new adoption challenges.
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New tools released by Lightning Labs allow for easy integration of AI in bitcoin solutions and software development.
2023-7-7 18:48 | |
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Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency asset by market capitalization, has recently set a new high in mining hashrate – and a new record number of Lightning nodes. The eight-year-old cryptocurrency continues to defy predictions of its demise, with new adaptations like Mimblewimble and the Lightning Network demonstrating its viability against other altcoins.
2019-4-16 22:12 | |
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Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, took another step towards financial sovereignty yesterday when he tweeted about his new toy, a Casa Bitcoin full node. Mi Casa Es Su Casa The Casa Node is a plug-and-play solution for running your own full Bitcoin and Lightning Network node at home.
2019-3-2 15:00 | |
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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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New tech by a principal developer could soon make it possible for bitcoin's lightning network to expand to new use cases.
2019-2-28 08:02 | |
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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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On Feb. 22, bitcoiners rejoiced when the financial banking giant Fidelity was handed the ‘Lightning torch’ as the Lightning Network’s social experiment was passed on to its latest bearer. Then, two days later, the new Lightning torch holder made the decision to exclude passing it on to a cryptocurrency executive from Iran because of U.
2019-2-26 21:20 | |
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The Lightning Network is allowing Bitcoin to finally fulfill the promise of P2P digital cash that can be transacted instantly for extremely low fees. While developers continue to add new features and make this protocol more robust,... Source
2019-2-26 03:05 | |
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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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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.
2019-2-22 22:00 | |
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Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, has endorsed the new extension based on the Lightning Network (LN) that allows users to send and receive tips on Twitter using the second-layer scaling solution for Bitcoin (BTC).
2019-2-21 02:28 | |
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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.
2019-2-21 00:00 | |
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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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Micropayments on the Bitcoin network were unheard of till the Lightning Network came along and opened endless new capabilities for BTC. One such capability is tipping on the popular social media platform of Twitter.
2019-2-20 21:49 | |
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New Tippin Extension Allows Users Send Bitcoin Payments Via Twitter A new way of making Bitcoin (BTC) payments has now been developed and introduced. Tippin, the beta app responsible for this new feature, has created and put out a newly developed extension for Google Chrome users which can be used specifically for this. How Tippin […]
2019-2-19 21:05 | |
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A new Chrome and Firefox browser extension is has enabled Bitcoin (BTC) tipping on Twitter via the Lightning Network. Tippin. me uses Bitcoin’s second-layer scaling solution, the Lightning Network, to make tipping almost instantaneous and with incredibly low fees of fractions of a cent.
2019-2-19 16:00 | |
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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.
2019-2-19 15:55 | |
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network implementation is going from strength to strength, but statistics about its growth make for interesting reading. 2019’s Big Bitcoin Trend Bitcoinist regularly reports on Lightning’s progress, with the ecosystem now breaking new records on a weekly basis.
2019-2-18 17:00 | |
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A person living in the United States can now purchase a Domino’s Pizza with Bitcoin thanks to an app utilizing the Lightning network to enable the transaction. The Lightning Pizza (LP) app allows a person to buy Domino’s Pizza by converting Bitcoin to fiat currency.
2019-2-17 15:24 | |
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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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CoinSpeaker Hungry Users of the New Lightning App Can Now Buy Pizza Using Bitcoin To pay for pizza in Bitcoin? With Lightning Pizza app it’s not a joke anymore. More than 150 people have already tested the app.
2019-2-15 10:56 | |
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Using the Lightning Network, more than 150 people bought Domino's pizza with bitcoin this week.
2019-2-15 05:00 | |
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A new consumer app enabling anyone in the US to order pizza using Bitcoin via the Lightning Network launched last week. LN Pizza ‘Spurs Awareness And Adoption’ Lightning Pizza, the latest offering from San Francisco-based Bitcoin payment app Fold, claims to be the “first Nation-wide retail service powered by lightning payments meant to spread utility and spur awareness and adoption.
2019-2-14 19:00 | |
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Luke Dash Jr. is a Bitcoin Core (BTC) developer and he seems to constantly be in the middle of some kind of controversy. One of his most recent comments to get some attention is regarding the block size on the BTC chain, which he suggested reducing down to 300kb. Dash Jr. has brought up the […]
2019-2-13 04:08 | |
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In a new podcast hosted by Stephan Livera, Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey praised Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, outlining that ideas present elsewhere in the cryptocurrency space can be integrated to Bitcoin.
2019-2-12 18:42 | |
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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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Cryptocurrency exchange and payment processor CoinGate announced on February 8; it has enabled Litecoin Lightning Network payments on its platform. Customers Can Access 4,500 Merchants with Litecoin Lightning Network The new feature will allow CoinGate users to benefit from the significantly lowered fees of the Lightning Network, as they purchase goods online from some 4,500 […] Litecoin Lightning Network Transactions Go Live on CoinGate was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Blockchain News | Bitcoin News | blokt.com.
2019-2-11 16:14 | |
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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 | |
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If you are interested in the Lightning Network, you should know that some recent tests appoint that this can be one of the best payment solutions out there. If you do not believe this, here is a test made by JP Thor named as “Lightning Showdown”, which might make you change your mind. On the […]
2019-2-9 04:42 | |
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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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Lightning Network is only a few seconds slower than the best (centralized) digital payment solutions on the market such as Apple Pay, and is actually “days faster” when it comes to onboarding merchants, according to researcher JP Thor.
2019-2-8 15:00 | |
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Bitcoin Enthusiasts Ask Elon Musk To Accept The Lightning Network Torch The Lightning Network (LN) torch that started to spread on social media continues to increase its value as it reaches new participants.
2019-2-8 00:58 | |
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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.
2019-2-6 00:43 | |
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CryptoNinjas The team behind bitcoin lightning network payment processing app OpenNode, announced recently they will be reducing fees by gifting every new/existing user $10,000 worth of free received transactions.
2019-2-5 06:35 | |
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Latest Bitcoin News The community may appear to be in disarray whenever there is a disagreement like what we saw during Segwit 2X. But all that is changing and as new solutions are proposed to once and for all solve the scalability bug, the Lightning Network—which is still in beta– is a stand-out.
2019-2-4 14:15 | |
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Bitcoin’s Advancing Lightning: Wumbo Gets Its Day Earlier this year, Bitcoin launched their new lightning network transaction program to (you guessed it), make transactions happen faster. Despite warnings from developers that the release was “reckless” because there could be bugs that cause the irreversible loss of coin within, it did not stop users’ excitement or […]
2019-1-31 22:25 | |
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The first major Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin 2013, was held in San Jose, California. Organized by the Bitcoin Foundation, it was centered on Bitcoin specifically and the more pragmatic issues that Bitcoin was trying to solve, particularly in the areas of Bitcoin technology, Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin business and regulatory issues.
2019-1-31 00:30 | |
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The Bitcoin lightning network just crossed a new milestone hitting a capacity of 608 BTC, early on the 30th January as revealed in a data given by a monitoring resource. This data revealed that a turn around took place for the Bitcoin mainnet lightning twenty-four hours before passing the milestone.
2019-1-31 22:25 | |
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A new, decidedly social feature on the Bitcoin Lightning Network is gaining popularity this week after one user set up cryptocurrency’s answer to the Olympic flame. Lightning Torch Reaches 2. 3M Satoshis Dubbed ‘Lightning Torch,’ the initiative involves passing a lightning payment between nodes, with each receiving user adding 10,000 satoshis ($0.
2019-1-30 22:00 | |
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The scaling solution proposed for Bitcoin (BTC), the Lightning Network (LN), continues to grow and expand amid a bear market in the virtual currency world. Satoshi Labs, the company behind the hardware wallet Trezor, registered 1 BTC in Lightning transactions in just a single day.
2019-1-29 08:34 | |
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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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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.
2019-1-26 01:39 | |
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Bitfury, best known for its Bitcoin mining products, has released a new suite of radically simplified software for interacting with the Lightning Network. Lightning itself is a peer-to-peer payment platform that promises to make Bitcoin and Litecoin transactions much faster and cheaper, and it has generated plenty of hype over the past year.
2019-1-25 08:05 | |
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The lightning network is still under development but that hasn’t stopped the Bitfury Group from launching a new product suite designed to make the system easier for merchants and consumers to use.
2019-1-24 11:00 | |
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CoinSpeaker Bitfury Releases New Set of Tools Aiming to Push the Adoption of Bitcoin Lightning Network Bitfury strives to tackle one of Bitcoin’s eternal issue, limited scalability, with the brand-new toolkit released to boost the user experience of Bitcoin’s lightning network.
2019-1-24 21:54 | |
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Bitfury’s new suite of Lightning products has been released to the public. Lightning Peach, the title of the product bundle, was developed by Bitfury’s Lightning Network team of the same name.
2019-1-23 20:02 | |
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Bitso, a leading crypto exchange in Latin America, has rolled out Lightning Network support for 100% of its users. On Nov. 12, the Lightspark team posted on X that the South American crypto exchange Bitso has now added support for…
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The capacity of the Bitcoin Lightning Network to facilitate transactions continues on an upward trajectory, nearing all-time highs.