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Andrew Yang Super PAC Will Accept Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Donations

Supporters of presidential candidate Andrew Yang can now send bitcoin donations to a new super PAC via the Lightning Network.

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Bitcoin Could Help Stop News Censorship – From Space

An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship.

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Fold App Enables Bitcoin Lightning Payments at Whole Foods, Starbucks

The payments feature will facilitate in-store or online purchases at blue chip retailers including Starbucks, Whole Foods, AMC, Home Depot, and Southwest Airlines.

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Electrum Wallet Is Adding Support for Bitcoin's Lightning Network

The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add official support for bitcoin's lightning network, its founder has told CoinDesk.

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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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Breez Reveals Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Payments App for iPhone

Now in beta for the iPhone, Breez's app harnesses lighting, Neutrino and atomic swaps to make bitcoin P2P payments feasible for daily transactions.

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A Protocol for Issuing Tokens Launches on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The first protocol for issuing tokens via bitcoin’s lightning network is aimed to rival ethereum's ERC-20. But that's a tall order.

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Bitcoin Startup Bitrefill Raises $2 Million Funding for Global Expansion

The lightning-centric bitcoin startup plans to use this funding to expand services to almost every country in the world by 2020.

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Could Bitcoin's Lightning Power Mobile Communications? This Startup Thinks So

New research from mobile mesh networking company goTenna explores how bitcoin's lightning network can help decentralize mobile communications.

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