The latest code version for the lightning network, often trumpeted as the future of bitcoin payments, includes a “block size increase.”
Bitcoin’s ‘Lightning Torch’ Has Blazed Through 37 Countries So Far
The bitcoin community is currently immersed in an experiment called the “lightning torch,” and it’s reached 37 countries so far.
Casa Is Open Sourcing Its Lightning-Enabled Hardware Bitcoin Node
Casa is open sourcing aspects of its lighting network-enabled bitcoin node and launching a browser extension for direct control of the device.
This Spongebob-Themed Tech Proves That Bitcoin’s Lightning Is Advancing
Spongebob Squarepants term “wumbo” has been appropriated to describe one of the next milestones for bitcoin’s lightning network.
State of Lightning: What’s the Path for Network Adoption in 2019?
The “instant payments” network running atop bitcoin saw fast user adoption levels in 2018. Will the trend continue this year?
Bitfury Releases Merchant, Developer Tools for Bitcoin’s Lighting Network
Blockchain technology firm Bitfury has released a suite tools aimed to drive adoption of bitcoin’s lightning network.
Genesis, BitGo Team Up to Enable High-Frequency Crypto Trading
BitGo and Genesis Global Trading are targeting Wall Street institutions with a new high-speed crypto trading service.
New Bitrefill Service Aims to Make Lightning Payments Easy
Now bitcoin users can send someone a lightning payment without the hassle of setting up channels.
Crypto Is Far From Dead, as These Scaling Projects Show
Far from seeing the death of crypto, we may be entering its most exciting phase, argues Michael J. Casey.
Blockstream Boosts Bitcoin Satellite Service With Lightning Payments
Blockstream has expanded its bitcoin satellite service to the Asia-Pacific region and added support for Lightning Network transactions.
Lightning-Powered Blog Sees 20,000 Bitcoin Micropayments in 7 Months
The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments.
Bitcoin Veteran Jameson Lopp Named CTO of Crypto Startup Casa
Casa has boosted Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer.
Builders on Wall Street: Bitcoin Devs Host Lightning Hack Day
At the Lightning Hackday, it was hard to keep up with all the futuristic ideas for bitcoin’s layer-two, but some devs are focusing on the basics.
The New Effort to Get Bitcoin’s Lightning Network In Every Browser
Devs are looking to make bitcoin’s layer-two lightning network compatible with a payment standard used by all major browsers – and so far, so good.
To Scale Bitcoin, Little Improvements Will Need to Go a Long Way
Bitcoin Cash and SegWit in the past, it was a non-contentious year for the bitcoin developer community’s annual Scaling Bitcoin conference.
Bitcoin Startup Acinq Raises $1.7 Million to Double Down on Lightning
A new funding round shows that lightning technology isn’t just a big hit with bitcoin developers – investors are getting interested, too.
Quick Brew? BitFury’s Coffee Machine Accepts Bitcoin Via Lightning Network
A Bitfury-led engineering team has created a coffee vending machine capable of accepting bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network.
This Tech Lets You Send Any Cryptocurrency to the Lightning Network
A new type of lightning tech for swapping different types of transactions is seeing new tests with real money on the line.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting Its Own Hacker Camp
Chaincode is launching a new “residency” in New York that will focus on helping developers build their own Lightning Network apps
The Code for an Anonymous Lightning Network is Now Live
A private version of the crypto protocol lightning network is headed to zcash, with the potential it could be added for other blockchains soon.