Lightning

Lightning is a “second layer” technology that uses adds additional functionality on top of Bitcoin to create faster payments at a very low cost.  Although we associate it with Bitcoin, it is its own protocol and can be ported to other cryptocurrencies.

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Lightning Labs has launched Lightning Pool, a marketplace for Lightning Network channel liquidity and, perhaps, the advent of LiFi.
Lightning Labs Releases Channel Liquidity Marketplace
This guide explains how the Lightning Network can scale Bitcoin.
How Does Lightning Scale Bitcoin?
This walkthrough will show you how to set up a profitable Lightning Network node.
How To Operate A Profitable Lightning Node
This explainer walks you through the steps of setting up a Lightning Network node
How To Set Up A Lightning Network Node
This guide provides the background of "sats," the smallest denomination of Bitcoin
What Are Sats?
This guide will explain the ins and outs of how the Lightning Network works.
How Does The Lightning Network Work?
This guide will walk you through all of the Lightning Network basics.
What Is The Lightning Network?
Carrot, a platform designed for people to earn bitcoin rewards for supporting the projects and brands they love, has opened its waitlist.
Sats-Earning Platform Carrot Wants To Reward The World In Bitcoin
With TVL At All-Time Highs, The Lightning Network’s Time Has Come
With TVL At New Record, The Lightning Network’s Time Has Come
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Strike Announces Cash Back, Letting Merchants Pass On Lighting Network’s No-Fee Benefits
The Human Rights Foundation is donating 1 BTC each to three developers focused on increasing Bitcoin’s usability.
The Human Rights Foundation Awards Grants to Three More Bitcoin Projects
Bitcoin’s third epoch was largely defined by the growth of the Lightning Network. We asked the second layer protocol’s leaders what that growth will look like following the third Halving.
How the Lightning Network Will Grow Following Bitcoin’s Third Halving
Plugging into C-Lightning: The Future of Lightning Plugins Is Bright
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What We Can Learn About Lightning From #LNTrustChain2: Part 2
Lightning-native messaging protocols could offer more private and foolproof encrypted communications. But will users make the switch?
How the Lighting Network Could Improve Encrypted Messaging
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What We Can Learn About Lightning From #LNTrustChain2: Part 1
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At Bitrefill, Innovators Build a Circular Economy for Bitcoins
Pseudonymous Lightning developer ZmnSCPxj has proposed self-payments as a way of adding more privacy to Lightning Network transactions.
Paying Yourself? Self-Payments Could Be a Key to Lightning Privacy
Lightning Labs announced a $10 million Series A funding round and released its Lightning Loop service in beta.
Lightning Labs Announces $10 Million Raise As Lightning Loop Enters Beta
Zap’s Olympus would have let users buy bitcoin with fiat on the Lightning Network. A new feature called Strike changes how this will be done.
With Strike, Zap Rethinks Its Olympus Fiat-to-Bitcoin Feature
A new research paper provides what is perhaps the most informative series of snapshots simulating Lightning Network traffic over the past year.
Lightning Network Traffic Analysis Raises Questions Over Fees and Privacy
It was a monumental year for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the most impactful developments and moments of 2019.
Bitcoin’s 2019 in Lightning: What This Year Brought Us (Part 2)
Leveraging Lightning, Bitfinex Users Can Now Shop at Bitrefill
Leveraging Lightning, Bitfinex Users Can Now Shop at Bitrefill