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Lightning Network
A Plan to Send Millions in Bitcoin to Venezuela Is Moving Ahead
Developer Jonathan Wheeler plans to airdrop bitcoin across Venezuela, in an ambitious attempt at quelling the country's ongoing economic crisis.
A Real-Time Battle Over Trashy Art Is Becoming a Big Deal for Bitcoin
A new digital art project, covered in crypto politics and penises, displays a serious use for bitcoin's layer-two tech, the lightning network.
'Layer 2' Blockchain Tech Is an Even Bigger Deal Than You Think
The rise of solutions like the lightning network suggests crypto can have its cake and eat it too. Transactional scaling may just be the icing.
A New Twist On Lightning Tech Could Be Coming Soon to Bitcoin
The lightning network is still new, but a group of its devs are already thinking about an alternative technology to better protect users' funds.
MIT Tests Smart Contract-Powered Bitcoin Lightning Network
A recently completed MIT test showcases how bitcoin might not just scale, but do so in a way where it's transactions are more expressive than today.
CoinDesk Releases Q1 2018 State of Blockchain Report
From bitcoin futures' impact on spot prices to the rise in hash rate and drop in fees, our latest research report sheds light on a tumultuous Q1.
First Bitcoin Smart Contracts Sidechain Now Secured By 1 in 10 Miners
From miner adoption to a lightning-like network to new partners, RSK, which developed the bitcoin smart contracts sidechain, is building momentum.
Bitcoin Lightning Payments Are Slowly Becoming Less 'Reckless'
With luck, the lightning network will become a part of everyday life no one has to think about. We're not there yet.
Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail
A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward.
Why Bitcoin Lightning Visualizers Aren't Quite What They Seem
People love lightning network visualizers as a way to track the technology's growth, but the images produced might not be as trustworthy as they seem.
