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Pay From Bitcoin Mainnet to Lightning and Back: Submarine Swaps Are Now Live

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

The Future of Bitcoin: What Lightning Could Look Like

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.

Four Visions for Scaling Bitcoin: A State of Digital Money Panel

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

Bitcoin is Now Useless for Micropayments, But Solutions are Coming

The Bitcoin blockchain is basically becoming useless for low-value, instant purchases. Frankly, if you’re ordering a beer at a bar, you’re better off using...

AlphaBay Comments on Bitcoin Congestion, Monero Adoption and Zcash Possibilities

While Silk Road popularized the industry back in 2011, AlphaBay is the now the most widely used darknet market in existence. Usage statistics are...

Colu Announces Colored Coins and Lightning Network Integration

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...

Here’s How Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Could Fail

The Lightning Network is viewed by many in the Bitcoin community as the network’s best hope for long-term scalability. The concept uses payment channels...

Updated: Segregated Witness Merged Into Bitcoin Core Release

Updated at 1:40pm EST:Segregated Witness has been merged into Bitcoin Core.Original article:During a Bitcoin Core development meeting on Thursday, it was decided that the...

Exploring the Centralization Risks of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

For the vast majority of Bitcoin Core contributors, the Lightning Network is viewed as the best option for scaling Bitcoin to many millions of...

Does the Lightning Network Threaten Bitcoin’s Censorship Resistance?

The Lightning Network may well be Bitcoin’s primary solution to the issue of scalability, but many skeptics believe there are unresolved issues with this...
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