2020-3-10 18:50 |
The Lightning Network was touted as the payment solution to catapult Bitcoin into the realms of mainstream currency. Why hasn’t it happened yet?
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Bitcoin may finally achieve broader traction through the adult entertainment industry in 2020, but the chips aren’t stacked in its favor.
2020-1-29 12:00 | |
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Despite being seen as a cure for all Bitcoin’s problems, the Lightning Network is yet to see major adoption and has recorded less than impressive network stats this year. Public opinion seems to be divided between those who believe its time is yet to come and those who say it never should have come in […] The post Crypto community divided over why the Lightning Network hasn’t seen more adoption appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-11-22 18:17 | |
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Lightning Labs has confirmed that a major vulnerability in the Lightning Network has been exploited ‘in the wild. ’ The peer-to-peer payment network is meant to provide fast and inexpensive Bitcoin payments, but as the bug incident demonstrates, it may not yet be ready for serious payments.
2019-9-15 22:05 | |
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Many Bitcoin enthusiasts have high hopes for the Lightning Network. For a technology which has been accessible for some time now, it seems there isn’t much growth to take note of. In fact, it appears things are slowly growing worse as more time progresses.
2019-8-27 01:30 | |
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Disney today released footage from the upcoming Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, from this weekend’s D23 convention, and the internet is afire for it. Granted, the Star Wars franchise rouses several generations of fanpeople like no franchise on earth — and given the trailer begins with a sizzle reel of major events from the previous two trilogies, it’s likely Disney is deliberately trying to tickle that nostalgic nerve.
2019-8-27 21:20 | |
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TRON announced the latest release of its side chain solution—Sun Network. The upgrade promises “unlimited scaling capacity,” similar to the optimism around Lightning Network for Bitcoin. Yet, the data suggests these bold claims could be more marketing-speak than anything else.
2019-8-16 00:19 | |
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Many Americans and consumers were mystified by Nike’s embrace of the political lightning rod that is the former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Yet it appears that just as many were delighted by it.
2019-7-19 01:30 | |
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Blockstream announced the v0. 7. 1 release of C-lightning. This version is one of the several technological improvements intended to make Bitcoin lightning network transactions cheaper, faster, and safer.
2019-7-18 08:39 | |
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The wider adoption of cryptocurrencies primarily depends on the synergy of companies which enable technological adoption. This year saw the highest number of collaborations aimed at crypto-enablement.
2019-5-21 13:35 | |
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Bitcoin prices are partially set at the watercooler. Since most cryptocurrencies have yet to reach meaningful adoption, market movements depend on the whims of the investing public. Questions like “do most people expect Bitcoin to crash?” have more weight for short-term movements than the technical specifications of PoW mining or the Lightning Network.
2019-5-3 22:28 | |
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While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.
2019-5-4 22:14 | |
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By CCN. com: You can now spend your bitcoin on giant Amazon, thanks to an ingenious lightning network solution, Moon. Moon is a crypto payment-processing start-up that works by allowing lightning network-enabled wallets to be used through Moon’s browser extension.
2019-4-29 11:25 | |
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Origin Kebabs, an Ozzie favorite fast food chain, is now accepting bitcoin payments and even support lightning payments. But will people really want to use their digital gold to buy kebabs? The Dutch Proved That Bitcoin Is for HODLing Despite forming its first golden cross since its 2015 bottom, Bitcoin may not be out of the woods yet.
2019-4-26 17:00 | |
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Craig S. Wright has officially taken the first steps in a legal action against a member of the Bitcoin community, according to a letter shared with Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-4-12 21:55 | |
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Earlier today, the global crypto industry took yet another step in the right direction when former Miss Universe (Finland) 2015, Rosa-Maria Ryyti, became the latest recipient of the much-talked about ‘BTC Lightning Torch’.
2019-4-9 18:14 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Olusegun Ogundeji. Bitcoin has crossed the $5,000 price range again (after its first reach to that level in 2017) following a sudden breakout on April 2, 2019.
2019-4-4 18:42 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay now supports Lightning payments. The exchange announced the news via a blog post, where it claims to be the "first major exchange" to enable Lightning payments for its users.
2019-3-29 20:13 | |
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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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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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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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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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CoinSpeaker Binance CEO Advocates Elon Musk’s Name to Take the Bitcoin Lightning Torch Many prominent personalities and Bitcoin enthusiasts have recently proposed Elon Musk to take keep the fire going for the ongoing Lightning Torch experiment.
2019-2-12 11:51 | |
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The increasingly popular Lightning Torch has been received by the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Changpeng Zhao. He wants to send it out to Elon Musk, but will he take it? Changpeng Zhao Gets the Lightning Torch The Lightning Torch is an interesting concept which started a few weeks ago as yet […] Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Got the LN Torch, Will Elon Musk Follow? originally published on My Bitcoin News by David Moroe.
2019-2-11 15:08 | |
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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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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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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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A new report suggests Apple “might” make the switch to USB-C in 2019 on both the iPhone and iPad. The report, from supply chain blog Macotakara, claims Apple engineers are working on the USB-C transition but haven’t yet reached the reference design stage — meaning, it could miss the 2019 cut-off, pushing it to 2020.
2019-1-15 05:29 | |
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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.
2019-1-4 21:11 | |
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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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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.
2018-12-21 20:15 | |
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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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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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The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity.
2018-12-12 23:22 | |
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After a bearish year of perennial price swings that culminated in months of tightly wound sideways movement, the (former) bottom has dropped out for bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
2018-11-28 21:44 | |
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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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Earlier this week an article was published which discussed how Bitcoins valuation could be set to 100k at most. As we know, the upper limit for BTC is currently set at $20k, an all time high that has not yet been matched since the cryptocurrency boom of late 2017.
2018-10-11 23:00 | |
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The team behind Lightning Ramp, a system that provides customers with faster bitcoin payments, has joined forces with Casa, a “be-your-own-bank” product that provides users with a multi-signature, multi-hardware device and multi-location wallet designed, to offer top-notch security against attacks and theft.
2018-9-6 00:14 | |
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This past week has seen progress in two aspects of Bitcoin: privacy and payments. Attitudes toward blockchain technology are also showing progress as two surveys reveal.
2018-9-1 02:06 | |
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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 exchange, SparkSwap, has entered the crypto scene and is promising faster transactions thanks to the fact that it runs on Lightning Network. Currently, SparkSwap is in its testnet phase and supports trading Bitcoin and Litecoin.
2018-8-4 18:45 | |
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A new exchange, SparkSwap, has entered the crypto scene and is promising faster transactions thanks to the fact that it runs on Lightning Network. Currently, SparkSwap is in its testnet phase and supports trading Bitcoin and Litecoin.
2018-8-3 19:39 | |
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Online travel agency CheapAir. com has announced it is no longer working with Coinbase to process its customers’ bitcoin payments. In Coinbase's stead, the company has turned to BTCPayServer, an open-source bitcoin payment processor.
2018-7-19 02:28 | |
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A new lightning-powered app, known as Lighting Spin is giving users a chance to gamble at lightning speed. The app is yet another statement by blockchain developers who seem to be stopping at nothing until every single thing in the world is on blockchain.
2018-7-5 10:32 | |
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Digital assets industry newsletter Diar. co has poured cold water on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, claiming low transaction success rates and issues with node dominance. A Classic Beta Landscape? In its latest issue June 25, the weekly publication identified statistics about the current state of Lightning, highlighting problems for which the likelihood of improvement remains “unclear.
2018-6-29 23:00 | |
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