Lightning Network

Lightning Network

Quick Brew? Bitfury’s Coffee Machine Accepts Bitcoin Via Lightning Network

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

Business  ·  20 September 2018
Bitcoin

This Tech Lets You Send Any Cryptocurrency to the Lightning Network

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

Tech  ·  8 September 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting Its Own Hacker Camp

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

Tech  ·  20 August 2018
Bitcoin

The Code for an Anonymous Lightning Network is Now Live

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

Tech  ·  14 August 2018
Bitcoin

You Can Now Get Paid (a Little) for Using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

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

Tech  ·  14 August 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible

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

Tech  ·  10 August 2018
Bitcoin

100 Merchants Can Now Trial Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Risk Free

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

Business  ·  10 July 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  28 June 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  15 June 2018
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.

Tech  ·  30 May 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  29 May 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  23 May 2018
Lightning Network

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.

Business  ·  14 May 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  14 May 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  9 May 2018