Lightning Network


Finance

CardCoins Offers Bitcoin Payments Over the Lightning Network

CardCoins’ new Lightning integration will allow customers to receive bitcoin payments quickly and cheaply.

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Videos

Should You Get Your Paycheck Through Bitcoin’s Lightning Network?

Bitwage, a payroll processor that uses Bitcoin’s “layer 2” scaling solution, the Lightning Network, processed the world’s first salary payment via Lightning last week. Bitwage co-founder and CEO Jonathan Chester shares insights into how it all works and who’s using the service.

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Sen. Lummis on Crypto: ‘We Will Continue to Educate’

CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De speaks with Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021.

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Finance

Chainalysis Blockchain Data Platform to Integrate Lightning Network

Chainalysis clients will be able to allow BTC deposits and withdrawals on the Lightning Network while complying with regulations.

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Videos

Jack Dorsey's Puppet Promotes Spiral's Lightning Development Kit

Jack Dorsey and the team at Spiral, formerly known as Square Crypto, have released a mini-documentary featuring a puppet Dorsey to explain their Lightning Development Kit (LDK). "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest project turning heads in the crypto community as part of Dorsey's ongoing bitcoin advocacy.

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Finance

Jack Dorsey Takes Square Deep Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole

The payments giant’s name change to Block caps off a transformational year.

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Tech

The Importance of Bitcoin Upgrades and Layer Two Applications

As a financial advisor with clients interested in bitcoin, it’s crucial to understand upgrades to its network and their potential impact on bitcoin’s investment thesis.

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Videos

Twitter to Add Bitcoin Lightning Tips, NFT Authentication

“The Hash” team discusses CEO Jack Dorsey’s continued infatuation with crypto as part of a larger push to monetize content creators and bring blockchain awareness to the mainstream. Twitter users on Apple’s iOS can now connect third-party tipping services to their profile, including the ability to link both Bitcoin and Lightning Network addresses.

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Tech

Strike App, Now Live in Twitter Tip Feature, Also Launches Bitcoin Payments API

The move from the Jack Mallers-led startup could be a boon for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

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Tech

BitMEX Awards Grants to Two More Bitcoin Developers

The crypto exchange is now supporting six open-source developers in total.

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