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BUSINESS

Garzik Forks UnitedBitcoin Away from “Maximalists” to Support Altcoin Communities

Shawn Gordon -
A new project called UnitedBitcoin (warning: the site autoplays audio) promises to add smart contract features using the UTXO model, support for the lightning...
TECHNICAL

Developers Release Lightning Protocol 1.0; Perform Successful Interoperability Tests

Giulio Prisco -
Blockchain developers ACINQ, Blockstream and Lightning Labs, are announcing the 1.0 release of the Lightning protocol and the world’s first Lightning test payments on...
TECHNICAL

The Lightning Network Now Supports Transactions Across Blockchains

Aaron van Wirdum -
Although still in testing phase, the lightning network can now be used to send transactions across different blockchains.
INDUSTRY EVENTS

Scaling Bitcoin 2017: Science Is Central in Stanford (and the Politics Ignored)

Aaron van Wirdum -
Stanford University hosted the fourth edition of the Scaling Bitcoin conference from November 4–5: “Scaling Bitcoin 2017: Scaling the Edge.”
TECHNICAL

What Lightning Will Look Like: Lightning Labs Has Announced Its User Interface Wallet

Aaron van Wirdum -
“I think the big takeaway is being able to visualize this technology and see what an early UI might look like,” said Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark.
CULTURE

Blockstack Summit Tackles the Future of Decentralization

Nick Abouzeid -
Following a week of bombshell developments in the industry, from the SEC classifying the DAO Tokens as securities to the arrest of Alexander Vinnik...
TECHNICAL

SegWit or Not, Bitfury is Getting Ready for Lightning With Successful Bitcoin Main Net Test

Aaron van Wirdum -
Bitfury is getting ready to deploy a version of the Lightning network with or without the SegWit protocol upgrade.
TECHNICAL

Samson Mow Introduces Liquid Networks at Blockchain Forum in Canada

Jessie Willms -
Blockstream’s Samson Mow and Paycase’s Joseph Weinberg unveiled the Liquid network yesterday at the Blockchain Association of Canada’s Government Forum in Ottawa, as a...
TECHNICAL

Christian Decker on Bitcoin Network Improvements, Tradeoffs and Finding the Block Size “Sweet Spot”

Kyle Torpey -
At the core of Bitcoin’s scaling debate has been the block size limit. For better or worse, the majority of the discussions about scaling...
TECHNICAL

Colu Announces Colored Coins and Lightning Network Integration

Diana Ngo -
Colu, an Israeli provider of blockchain-based technologies, has built a version of Lightning Labs' code that is compatible with Colored Coins. This would allow...
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