Lightning Network capacity, which shows the amount of bitcoin locked in the network’s payment channels, reached a new all-time high of 5,490 bitcoin ($128 million). The increase, which comes after a ...
It’s an exciting time in technology with breakthroughs seemingly coming every day in areas like AI and blockchain. One such revolution making waves is the Lightning Network which is increasingly ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Huang writes about Bitcoin and its wider impact on society. A bitcoin symbol is pictured at a cryptocurrency exchange branch ...
Lightning has seen major growth as Bitcoin’s medium of exchange scaling solution, but is still in its infancy stage as companies build on top of the protocol. The below is a free, full excerpt from a ...
This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez, a Lightning Network mobile app. A version of this article was originally published on Medium. It’s almost tautologically ...
One of the biggest challenges Bitcoin faces is scalability. Transactions can be slow and costly, making mainchain settlement less efficient for everyday transactional use. Enter the Lightning Network, ...
In collaboration with bitcoin-Lightning payment processing company Opennode, Arcane crypto published “The State of Lightning: Bitcoin As A Payment Network” for its second volume in Lightning Network ...
Discover how to utilize the Lightning Network for quick Bitcoin transactions. This network is suitable for all users, including individuals and businesses, aiming to accelerate Bitcoin transfers that ...
A report from the Bitcoin-only exchange River suggests increased Lightning usage will play a key role in Bitcoin becoming a better medium of exchange. Bitcoin’s layer 2 Lightning Network has seen an ...
Lightning-enabled Bitcoin ATMs promise to offer instant transaction support and a significant cut in cost from traditional crypto ATMs. The Australian city of Coolangatta has gotten its first Bitcoin ...
The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling platform, has a privacy problem. Receiving payments, requesting refunds, and opening and closing payment channels (connections between Lightning nodes) ...
Rahul Nambiampurath has been writing and reporting about cryptocurrency since 2017. As a fan of decentralized tech, he was fascinated by the Bitcoin whitepaper. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been ...