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Lightning Labs Mobile App Gets 2,000 Downloads in 24 Hours

The new mainstream-friendly mobile wallet from Lightning Labs saw 2,000 downloads on Day 1. Next up for the company: merchant services.

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Fraud-Fighting 'Watchtowers' to Arrive in Next Bitcoin Lightning Release

So-called lightning network "watchtowers" – a much-anticipated next step for securing the network – are coming soon.

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Lightning Labs Launches Desktop App on Bitcoin Mainnet

Lightning Labs has put out an alpha release for its lightning desktop app for bitcoin's mainnet.

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Lightning Labs Releases 'Loop' Feature for Bitcoin Payments Channels

California startup Lightning Labs released today a new feature to improve usability of the bitcoin payment channel network, lightning.

Elizabeth Stark onstage at Consensus 2018.

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Bitcoin Lightning Tech Expands Beyond Invoices in Step Toward Better UX

New tech by a principal developer could soon make it possible for bitcoin's lightning network to expand to new use cases.

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Bitcoin's Lightning Network Is Live, But Can It Keep from Going Corporate?

As startups developing bitcoin's Lightning Network start pushing the tech forward, some wonder whether it'll be taken over by corporate interests.

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Lightning Labs Launches Beta With Twitter CEO Backing

Big investors are lining up to back the startup behind the most advanced implementation of bitcoin's in-development Lightning Network.

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Lightning At Last? Bitcoin Scaling Layer Almost Ready

Bitcoin's most anticipated scaling solution took a big step forward Tuesday with the presentation of new test results.

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