Lightning Network

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Devs are looking to make bitcoin's layer-two lightning network compatible with a payment standard used by all major browsers – and so far, so good.

By Alyssa HertigOct 30, 2018

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Bitcoin Cash and SegWit in the past, it was a non-contentious year for the bitcoin developer community's annual Scaling Bitcoin conference.

By Bailey ReutzelOct 9, 2018

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A new funding round shows that lightning technology isn't just a big hit with bitcoin developers - investors are getting interested, too.

By Alyssa HertigOct 4, 2018

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A Bitfury-led engineering team has created a coffee vending machine capable of accepting bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network.

By Nikhilesh DeSep 20, 2018

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A new type of lightning tech for swapping different types of transactions is seeing new tests with real money on the line.

By Alyssa HertigSep 8, 2018

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Chaincode is launching a new "residency" in New York that will focus on helping developers build their own Lightning Network apps

By Alyssa HertigAug 20, 2018

Tech

A private version of the crypto protocol lightning network is headed to zcash, with the potential it could be added for other blockchains soon.

By Rachel-Rose O'LearyAug 14, 2018

Markets

Lightning nodes are making money – albeit not much – displaying the potential for a growing fee market on the layer two tech.

By Alyssa HertigAug 14, 2018

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An influx of lightning apps are mostly silly, but they demo a serious point: the tech enables bitcoin to compete with traditional payment rails.

By Alyssa HertigAug 10, 2018

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CoinGate is making Lightning payments accessible for mainstream merchants and reaping research in return.

By Leigh CuenJul 10, 2018