Lightning

Exchanges

Bitcoin’s Warrior Queen: Lightning’s Elizabeth Stark Is Building an Army

CoinDesk profiles Elizabeth Stark, an entrepreneur leading a new phase for bitcoin, the world's largest and most valuable cryptocurrency.

Markets  ·  31 December 2018
Bitcoin

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.

Tech  ·  6 April 2018
Bitcoin

Lightning Labs Launches Beta With Twitter CEO Backing

Big investors are lining up to back the startup behind the most advanced implementation of bitcoin's in-development Lightning Network.

Tech  ·  15 March 2018
Bitcoin

Will Lightning Help or Hurt Bitcoin Privacy?

As the reality of faster, cheaper bitcoin payments approaches via the Lighting Network, concerns are spreading about the privacy it will offer.

Tech  ·  24 February 2018
Bitcoin

What the Data Tells Us About Bitcoin in 2017

Statistics show bitcoin is at the forefront of an increasingly complex ecosystem that continues to grow in a variety of ways. And it refuses to die.

Tech  ·  13 January 2018
Litecoin

SegWit Activation Complete, Litecoin Charts a Course for the Future

A new roadmap unveiled this week showcases that the team developing the litecoin blockchain has big plans ahead.

Tech  ·  19 May 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum Payment Channels Could Enter Production in 2017

A project aiming to bring payment channels to ethereum is expected to become production-ready by the end of this year.

Tech  ·  3 February 2017
Bitcoin

Bitfury Releases Proposal for Bitcoin Lightning Micropayments Routing

Bitfury Group, in collaboration with the open-source Lightning Network community, has released a white paper on lightning routing.

Tech  ·  7 July 2016