Lightning Labs

The update adds grouped asset identifiers, improves Lightning Network payment flows, and expands support for stablecoin transactions on Bitcoin.

Lightning Labs unveils the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a significant milestone to bring dollar stablecoins and other assets natively to Bitcoin.

New tools released by Lightning Labs allow for easy integration of AI in bitcoin solutions and software development.

David Marcus, whose payments-focused career has included stints at PayPal and Meta, is now leading Lightspark to propel Bitcoin adoption.

In a panel discussion at Bitcoin 2023, leaders from some of the largest Bitcoin-focused companies discussed building on the Lightning Network.

Lightning Labs is building the ability to use stablecoins on the Lightning Network using the new Taro protocol due to demand in emerging markets.

Taro daemon's alpha release on testnet enables developers to test issuing, sending and receiving assets like U.S. dollar stablecoins on Bitcoin.

While Taro could bring interesting developments to Bitcoin, the impacts on the bitcoin fee market and the scaling issues this will cause are unclear.

Now called Core Lightning, Blockstream’s Lightning Network implementation seeks to be Bitcoin’s interoperable, specification-focused standard.

More companies are developing services to make the Lightning Network more accessible for users, such as providing liquidity and operating nodes.