Micropayments

Struck by the potential success of the new Lightning network protocol, Abril created Tippin.me three months ago as a way to enable bitcoin Lightning micropayments without a user having to set up node.

Yesterday, an auction was held by cryptocurrency and blockchain artist @cryptograffiti for a piece titled “black swan." And it sold to the lowest bidder.

A new program to set up Lightning Network micropayments, tippin.me, has recently entered beta testing.

There is no disputing the fact that the Bitcoin network has scalability problems. Micropayment channels are a solution to increase the transaction rate and...

In a thoughtful blog post, Coinbase offers ideas for new Bitcoin applications and business models. Based on the applications under development by the more than...

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...

Kim Dotcom, the notorious internet entrepreneur and Megaupload founder, has been building hype for the relaunch of his file-sharing website on Twitter and various...

In March, Bitcoin Magazinecovered the launch of the Brave browser, which offers faster browsing by replacing ads with clean and light ads. The announcement...

In June Bitcoin Magazinecovered the first Decentralized Web Summit, a gathering of developers striving to make the web open, secure and free of censorship...

Micropayments have been touted as one of Bitcoin’s main use cases since the early days of the technology, and a recent trial of the...