Lightning

A report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute indicates that wash trading by cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped significantly this year.
Markets

Bitcoin Magazine’s Guide To Exchange Scaling Support

Investing - Kraken Advances U.K. Expansion With the Acquisition of Futures Platform
Technical

Kraken Announces Lightning Integration

#LNTrustchain2
Technical

What We Can Learn About Lightning From #LNTrustChain2: Part 1

Lightning Labs announced a $10 million Series A funding round and released its Lightning Loop service in beta.
Technical

Lightning Labs Announces $10 Million Raise As Lightning Loop Enters Beta

We review the specs, extra features and costs of purchasing the most popular Bitcoin full node products on the market versus building them yourself.
Reviews

Buy or DIY? An Overview of 7 Bitcoin Full Node Products

A new research paper provides what is perhaps the most informative series of snapshots simulating Lightning Network traffic over the past year.
Technical

Lightning Network Traffic Analysis Raises Questions Over Fees and Privacy

A proof-of-concept developed at a hackathon in Portugal could replace fiat change with Lightning-delivered sats.
Business

LightningCashback Wants to Replace Fiat Change With Sats

Bottle Pay facilitates Lightning Network micropayments through social media and chat services and is growing along with the technology it’s built on.
Technical

Bottle Pay Raises $2M to Expand Lightning Network Tips Across the Web

An increasing number of bitcoin wallets are including exchange features. This article analyzes some of the most popular solutions and presents their pros and cons.
Culture

With New Exchange Features, Wallets Aren’t Just for Storing Bitcoin Anymore

Bitcoin News Week in Review
Business

Bitcoin Magazine Week in Review - September 21st, 2019

Radar Ion
Culture

RADAR, Continuing Push Into Bitcoin, Unveils Lightning App Store

Coinmine is the maker of the Coinmine One, a cryptocurrency miner designed for new users that includes a bitcoin payout option.
Business

Cryptocurrency Miner Maker Coinmine Raises $2.5 Million

foldapp
Business

Fold’s New Sats-Back Program Lets You Earn Bitcoin by Spending Bitcoin

A super PAC established for 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, an outspoken proponent of bitcoin, accepts Lightning Network donations.
Culture

Yang Super PAC to Accept Bitcoin Lightning Donations

Bitcoin News Week in Review
Business

Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review - July 13th, 2019

Satoshi’s Games is here to integrate the Lightning Network into a multi-billion dollar industry.
Business

Playing on Layer 2: Satoshi’s Games Brings Lightning to the Next Level

At Breaking Bitcoin 2, key developers discussed the challenges they’ve encountered thus far with Lightning security.
Culture

Breaking Lightning Panel Asks, “How ‘Reckless’ Is It to Build on Lightning?”

bitcoin white paper
Industry Events

At Bitcoin 2019, Scientists Cited in White Paper Weigh In on the Future

Bitcoin News Week in Review
Business

Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review - June 22nd, 2019

Micropayments are paid out between nodes that host the mesh network.
Culture

Mobile Mesh Network Users Get New Incentives via Lightning

Expanding The Network of Bitcoin ATM
Markets

Coinsource and Expanding the Bitcoin ATM Network

Payments - Watchtowers Are Coming to Lightning
Technical

Watchtowers Are Coming to Lightning

Payments - Hyperloop: A New Concept by Lightning Aiming to Solve Liquidity Problems
Technical

Hyperloop: A New Concept by Lightning Aiming to Solve Liquidity Problems

Payments - Op Ed: Lightning Network Consensus Is a Marketplace and That’s Okay!
Technical

Op Ed: Lightning Network Consensus Is a Marketplace and That’s Okay!