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French State-Owned Bank Joins $8M Lightning Network Startup Funding
9.10.2019
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network dev ACINQ raises $8M in a new funding round
Casa Releases New version of Its Bitcoin Full Node Casa Node 2
8.10.2019
New York-based crypto custody startup Casa has released Casa Node 2, a new version of its flagship Bitcoin full node product
State-Owned French Bank Joins Bitcoin Startup’s $8 Million Series A
8.10.2019
Lightning-focused bitcoin startup ACINQ added an interesting investor to its cap table: Bpifrance, a state-owned bank that just made its first crypto investment
Bitcoin Startup Casa Updates Lightning Nodes After Shipping 2,000 in Year 1
8.10.2019
Casa, a bitcoin custody provider, is launching a new version of its flagship device
Bitcoin’s Dropping Lightning Capacity Might Not Be a Bad Thing
8.10.2019
A look at some recent data around usage on bitcoin's lightning network
Blockstream’s Samson Mow: Bitcoin’s Block Size May Already Be ‘Too Big’
7.10.2019
Even 1MB blocks are more than Bitcoin needs, says Samson Mow
Udi Wertheimer Offers to Promote Binance in Exchange for SegWit Support
3.10.2019
Udi Wertheimer offers to promote Binance in exchange for SegWit support
Hidden Lightning Network Bug Allowed Spending of ‘Fake’ Bitcoins
28.9.2019
A bug discovered in the Lightning Network in June, which allowed lightning bitcoins not backed by actual bitcoins to be spent, has officially been addressed in a new dev full disclosure report released on Friday. The problem has reportedly been remedied, but the security oversight casts doubts...
Bitcoin’s LN Developer Discloses the Network’s Vulnerability
28.9.2019
BTC’s Lightning Network developer Rusty Russel discloses the network’s vulnerability
A Dangerous Bug in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Has Been Fixed
27.9.2019
Bitcoin developer Rusty Russell disclosed Friday the lightning network vulnerability that forced software upgrades in July
Lightning Sucks, But It Could Help Build a Bitcoin Economy
27.9.2019
At least a dozen startups are now betting on the profitability of bitcoin birthing a "Lightning Economy." Is it too soon?
Fold Unveils New Application with Sats-Back Program on Fiat Purchases
27.9.2019
Fold application, a mobile application for shopping which lets users shop at their favorite retailers via the Lightning Network has announced the launch of its new application on September 25, 2019, via a Medium blog post. The blog post, penned by the company’s CEO Will Reeves, reveals that the...
10,000 Nodes Are Running BTC Lightning Network in New All-Time High
26.9.2019
The number of Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes passes 10,000
Fold App Raises $2.5M to Bring Bitcoin Lightning Payments to Starbucks
25.9.2019
Fold app raises $2.5 million from investors, adds support for fiat currency payments
Bitcoin Shopping App Fold Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Lightning to Retailers
25.9.2019
Competition among bitcoin retail apps is heating up, with the newly funded Fold App doubling down on lightning network experiments
The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test
22.9.2019
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of the lightning network, saying it's "as secure as bitcoin."
Zap Dev: Use Lightning Network to Buy Bitcoin — Avoid Coinbase, BitPay
20.9.2019
Bitcoin wallet unveils instant buying feature linking bank accounts in a direct snub to BitPay
Square Crypto Hires Lightning, Libra Developers for ‘Bitcoin Dream Team’
19.9.2019
The Square Crypto team announced Thursday three more developer hires
Lightning Wallet Zap Launches in-App OTC Desk for Bitcoin Buyers
19.9.2019
With new features from Zap, people can now buy bitcoin using the Lightning Network and reduce their reliance on centralized crypto exchanges
Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size
19.9.2019
The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32 transactions doubled as well. However, the celebration quickly came to an end when a few Bitcoin Core developers found out where the transactions derived from...