CoinGate is making Lightning payments accessible for mainstream merchants and reaping research in return.
A Plan to Send Millions in Bitcoin to Venezuela Is Moving Ahead
Developer Jonathan Wheeler plans to airdrop bitcoin across Venezuela, in an ambitious attempt at quelling the country’s ongoing economic crisis.
A Real-Time Fight Over Shitty Art Is Becoming a Big Deal for Bitcoin
A new digital art project, covered in crypto politics and penises, displays a serious use for bitcoin’s layer-two tech, the lightning network.
‘Layer 2’ Blockchain Tech Is an Even Bigger Deal Than You Think
The rise of solutions like the lightning network suggests crypto can have its cake and eat it too. Transactional scaling may just be the icing.
A New Twist On Lightning Tech Could Be Coming Soon to Bitcoin
The lightning network is still new, but a group of its devs are already thinking about an alternative technology to better protect users’ funds.
MIT Is Testing A Smart Contract-Powered Bitcoin Lightning Network
A recently completed MIT test showcases how bitcoin might not just scale, but do so in a way where it’s transactions are more expressive than today.
CoinDesk Releases Q1 2018 State of Blockchain Report
From bitcoin futures’ impact on spot prices to the rise in hash rate and drop in fees, our latest research report sheds light on a tumultuous Q1.
First Bitcoin Smart Contracts Sidechain Now Secured By 1 in 10 Miners
From miner adoption to a lightning-like network to new partners, RSK, which developed the bitcoin smart contracts sidechain, is building momentum.
Bitcoin Lightning Payments Are Slowly Becoming Less Reckless
With luck, the lightning network will become a part of everyday life no one has to think about. We’re not there yet.
Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail
A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward.
Imperfect Pictures: Bitcoin Lightning Images Aren’t What They Seem
People love lightning network visualizers as a way to track the technology’s growth, but the images produced might not be as trustworthy as they seem.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Being Attacked for Its Own Good
The lightning network is under attack. But it’s not money attackers are after, they say, but a robust, secure lightning network for the future.
Can the Lightning Network Avoid Going Corporate?
As startups developing bitcoin’s Lightning Network start pushing the tech forward, some wonder whether it’ll be taken over by corporate interests.
Goodbye Fungibility: OFAC’s Bitcoin Blacklist Could Remake Crypto
With just one paragraph, an agency of the U.S. government may have just radically altered the dynamics of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Stellar Goes In On Lightning with 2018 Launch Target
Stellar isn’t so far behind bitcoin in absorbing a faster and cheaper layer touted as the future of cryptocurrency payments.
Bitcoin Lightning Startup Goes Beta With Twitter CEO Backing
Big investors are lining up to back the startup behind the most advanced implementation of bitcoin’s in-development Lightning Network.
Japan’s Third-Largest Electric Provider Is Testing Bitcoin On Lightning
One of Japan’s largest electric companies is intrigued by bitcoin’s early-stage Lightning Network, so much so they’re testing it out.
Bitcoin on Lightning Too Risky? Maybe Ice Cream Will Tempt You
An experimental San Francisco service is seeking to entice bitcoin users to explore the its in-development Lightning payments network.
Bitcoin Pizza Day 2: How and Why A Lightning Payment Just Made History
One of bitcoin’s historic moments just got revisited, with a Lightning
Bitcoin Lightning Fraud? Laolu Is Building a ‘Watchtower’ to Fight It
With all eyes on the Lightning Network, bitcoin developer Laolu is working on a technology which takes fraud watching off the hands of users.