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Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy
30.12.2020
Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments. New exploration has uncovered that statechains could boost Bitcoin privacy as well
Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin
29.12.2020
Okung’s $13 million salary is being split fifty-fifty between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product
Binance enables SegWit support for Bitcoin deposits as adoption grows
25.12.2020
Traders on Binance can now deposit and withdraw to SegWit (bech32) addresses
Kraken announces Lightning Network integrations for 2021
16.12.2020
Kraken will integrate the Lightning Network to support instant Bitcoin transfers and reduced withdrawal fees
Lightning Network’s New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises
19.11.2020
Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected
Lightning Operators Are Bracing for a Bitcoin Bull Run
5.11.2020
Lightning routing node operators are preparing for the horde of new users that will come in bitcoin's next bull run
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity
2.11.2020
Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity
Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...
Putting Pressure on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Vulnerabilities Will Strengthen It
28.10.2020
These vulnerabilities are reminders that improvements come with trade-offs – and that security and usability are two sides of the same coin
4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)
27.10.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has a few of vulnerabilities that have been discovered in its two-year lifespan, but none have been exploited
Vulnerability Strikes Lightning Network
9.10.2020
A vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below has been found and disclosed to the Lightning Labs, the developer of the Lightning Network.
The Lightning Network team, which is working on scaling and speeding up Bitcoin (BTC) transactions, has been warned of a vulnerability in their Lightning...
Lightning network vulnerability discovered, upgrade immediately
9.10.2020
The lightning vulnerability was made public on Oct 9
Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP
9.10.2020
An undisclosed vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below was revealed Thursday with developers urging node operators to update to the newest version
Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
2.10.2020
Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and data forensics company Integra Fec have won a combined $1.25 million contract to provide tools that break the privacy-focused coin, monero, for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Floated early September, the one-year contract specifically covers...
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
18.9.2020
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms
IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto Proponents Scoff at Contract
11.9.2020
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited investigative resources” for tracing these types of cryptocurrency...
BTC locked in DeFi increased by 20X the entire Lightning Network this week
11.9.2020
Despite the recent mini price crash, DeFi users have injected more than 20,000 Bitcoin into DeFi projects in the last week, suggesting the DeFi bull run isn’t over
Lightning Network-Based Derivatives Exchange Gets Investment from Bitfinex
8.9.2020
LN Markets, the first bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchange built on top of the Lightning Network (LN), today announced that it has closed its pre-seed funding round, with crypto exchange Bitfinex, bitcoin-focused investment firm Fulgur Ventures, and crypto research and asset management firm Arcane...
Bitfinex Invests in Derivatives Exchange Built With Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
8.9.2020
The raise came after the new trading platform reached nearly $10 million in aggregate trading volume
Total Value on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Sets Another Record High Amid Market Rally
2.9.2020
The Layer 2 protocol holds $12.4 million worth of bitcoins