Lightning

Small businesses will soon be able to receive payment in bitcoin via their Square terminals.

Bitcoin is an extremely powerful tool, that can genuinely change a person's life. Brindon Mwiine tells a story of how it did so for orphaned children in Uganda.

Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.

Harnessing Lightning reshapes you, just like lifting weights sculpts muscles: The value-for-value revolution will fundamentally change how we work, produce, consume and live on a bitcoin standard.

ZBD, a Bitcoin payments firm, has embedded real-money rewards via Lightning Network into TapNation's Idle Bank, achieving a 355% surge in 30-day player retention and 124% increase in revenue per player.

The Lightning Network is one of the most exciting and innovative technologies built on Bitcoin, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood... Not everyone will run a Lightning node, and that’s okay. Custodians feels like a compromise, and in a way, it is: Running Lightning infrastructure isn’t meant for everyone.

Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) shows how open protocols propel the ecosystem of Bitcoin wallets and apps.

In this Letter From the Editor, Shinobi explores the hard truth that Bitcoin doesn’t scale on-chain - and why the Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s most promising solution for scaling trustlessly and globally.

Lnfi Network adopts RGB for Bitcoin’s Lightning, enabling secure asset trading. Nostr’s encryption stops manipulation.

Bitcoin tech shines in 2025 with 1.5 million Lightning users, $1.5 billion trading volume, and Block’s 9.7% yield, outpacing treasury hype.