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EY Embraces Polygon, Paxful's Bitcoin Lightning, GameFi Investments + More News
14.9.2021
use the Polygon (MATIC) protocol to deploy EY blockchain solutions on Ethereum (ETH). EY has connected t
Bitcoin Testing, Twitter Bitcoining, Kids Winning and 20 Crypto Jokes
4.9.2021
tter-beta-testing-bitcoin-lightning-network-tipping-more-11631.htm">a Bitcoin Lightning Network tipping service. Coinbase vowed to win back the “trust” of the customers it spooked with a blunder that saw it send “roughly 125,000” people
Twitter Beta Testing Bitcoin Lightning Network Tipping + More News
1.9.2021
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Social media giant Twitter is now beta testing a Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network tipping service, according to multiple...
Crypto Long & Short: The Market Says Bitcoin Is for Speculation, Not Dollarization
20.6.2021
Data from services on Bitcoin and Ethereum shows what's real in crypto adoption stories
The Bitcoin Lightning Network Grows Even If You’ve Forgotten About It
21.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Евгений Вершинин
You may be forgiven for forgetting about the Lightning Network (LN). The layer-two scaling solution that aims to help Bitcoin (BTC) manage a much higher workload, has been seemingly consigned to the sidelines by the ascent of bitcoin as a store of value...
These Gaming Studios Are Bringing Bitcoin to Esports
11.2.2021
Imagine if every shot, goal or win paid real money to everyday players. Welcome to the world of bitcoin esports
Vietnam’s Oldest Bitcoin Exchange Adds Support for Lightning Network
25.1.2021
With VBT's integration, the Lightning Network now has support from half a dozen Bitcoin exchanges
OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1
22.1.2021
The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time
UK Exchange CoinCorner Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network Support
6.1.2021
Exchange support for Bitcoin's Lightning Network is growing as U.K.-based CoinCorner's integration of the scaling solution goes live
Bitcoin Lightning Startup Zap Goes Global, Adding Multiple Fiat Pairs, Stablecoins
6.1.2021
Visa partner Strike is adding support for multiple fiat currency pairs plus stablecoins as part of its journey to become a “Bitcoin neo-bank.”
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
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
3 CBDC Projects, Bitcoin Lightning Hits Pool, Verizon Taps Blockchain + More News
2.11.2020
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The digital yuan has already surpassed the 4 million transaction mark, said its operators – despite the fact that the token remains...
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
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
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
Another Bitcoin Lightning Startup Is Working With Visa to ‘Fast Track’ Card Payments
25.8.2020
With help from the Visa Fast Track program, LastBit will let users make any purchase with bitcoin, without needing the merchant to actively accept it