Lightning

Orbiting in our planet’s exosphere, Blockstream's satellites broadcast the Bitcoin blockchain in North and South America, Europe, Africa — and now Asia Pacific.

The Lightning Network continues to post steady growth.

An alpha version of the new Lightning desktop app has been released. The application includes a redesigned and optimized backend for light clients, as well as a simplified interface for users with little to no cryptocurrency experience.

Spark is a web-based GUI wallet with built-in Electrum software designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend.

CoinGate, a bitcoin payment processor, has launched bitcoin Lightning Network payments on its platform, bringing the option to accept Lightning payments to its 4,000 clients.

The team behind Lightning Ramp has joined forces with Casa to create the Casa Lightning Node, a platform designed to solve many problems associated with Lightning Ramp.

The Lightning Hackday drew in some of the biggest Lightning and Bitcoin experts from around the world.

The technology could be a game changer for both Bitcoin lightning and mainnet users, as it would remove the transaction barriers between them.

Bitcoin’s overlay payment network is projected to improve over the next few years in areas ranging from network architecture to security and usability, and more.

At the recent State of Digital Money event in Los Angeles, Bitcoin scaling was the topic of conversation for a panel consisting of Airbitz...