Lightning Network

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A spate of major cryptocurrencies are looking to lightning network-like systems as part of an effort to scale their platforms for more transactions.

Di Alyssa Hertig15 feb 2018

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Using bitcoin's lightning network can be dangerous – but it could also help propel the cryptocurrency toward its next growth stage.

Di Rachel-Rose O'Leary14 feb 2018

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A small Japanese startup is paving the way in ideating how bitcoin's experimental Lightning network could take shape on two fronts.

Di Alyssa Hertig29 gen 2018

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Early use of the Lightning Network is catching bugs, but developers are concerned that it could also slow down the building of bitcoin's second layer.

Di Rachel-Rose O'Leary26 gen 2018

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New academic papers dive into just how decentralized the most popular blockchains are, and how resistant they'd be to takeover by controlling force.

Di Alyssa Hertig24 gen 2018

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It isn’t possible to have decentralization, a fixed money supply and sufficient liquidity for an efficient payments system, says Frances Coppola.

Di Frances Coppola20 gen 2018

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Organizers hope a new competition will spur security advances for Lightning, but also steer bitcoin debates in more constructive directions.

Di Alyssa Hertig20 gen 2018

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Bitcoin startup Blockstream has introduced a micropayment processing system that it claims makes it simpler to build bitcoin payment apps.

Di Sujha Sundararajan17 gen 2018

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This may have been the first real consumer transaction using the Lightning network.

Di Brady Dale29 dic 2017

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Bitcoin's markets may be booming but it's the network's rare development talent that may be most valuable.

Di Ariel Deschapell27 dic 2017