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USDC
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TRX
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ADA
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5.58%
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1.34%
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0.13%
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5.89%
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BTC
$110,795.92
2.01%
ETH logo
ETH
$3,991.75
4.57%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0004
0.03%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,185.56
1.36%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.3914
5.06%
SOL logo
SOL
$192.44
6.58%
USDC logo
USDC
$1.0000
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3215
0.38%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1963
4.70%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6685
5.26%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$37.65
7.47%
LINK logo
LINK
$17.97
5.30%
USDE logo
USDE
$1.0001
0.01%
BCH logo
BCH
$520.47
4.01%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3222
5.13%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.6522
5.89%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$21.77
5.58%
WBT logo
WBT
$41.94
1.34%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6318
0.13%
HBAR logo
HBAR
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5.89%
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What is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

In 2016, developers Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon proposed a protocol called “the lightning network” that would enable faster and cheaper transactions while not having to change the block size.

By Noelle Acheson, Hoa Nguyen, John Biggs, Eli Tan
Updated May 29, 2023, 12:06 p.m. Published Jan 19, 2022, 1:48 p.m.
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