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Tippin.me Takes Off at Lightning Speed With More Than 14,000 New Users

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.

Decentralized Payment Processor BTCPay Adds New Invoicing Options

Decentralized payment processing service BTCPay Server announced a new service available through their platform: a way to request payments by simply sharing a URL, thereby streamlining many of the model’s existing hangups.

New Samsung Galaxy S10 Includes Baked-In Storage for Private Keys

Samsung announced on February 21, 2019, that their newest phone, the Galaxy S10, will include secure storage for its users’ cryptocurrency private keys.

Is It Time to Take an Initiative to Decrease Bitcoin’s Block Size Seriously?

For years, Bitcoin developer Luke-jr stood out for arguing that the block size limit should not be increased, but decreased. Is it time to start taking him seriously?

Freelancers on Traditional Platforms Can Now Invoice in Bitcoin Via Bitwage

Bitwage has introduced a freelance marketplace, allowing people to create multiple bank accounts to more smoothly process payments for freelancing and to accept crypto assets.

Can I Trust Bitfury’s Peach Lightning With My Data? Maybe

Bitfury responds to critics of its Lightning Peach suite of tools who have raised questions about the privacy of user data.

Lightning Torch’s Bitcoin Payment Is Running a Worldwide Marathon

The experiment has been making an impression on the bitcoin community; so far, Andreas Antonopoulos has been in on it, as has Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey who took up the flame from Matt Odell.

Palestinian Fundamentalist Group Hamas Receives Funding via Bitcoin

The Islamic Extremist group Hamas has requested (and received) bitcoin funding for its operations through a Coinbase wallet address.

New Zap Point-of-Sale App Enables Merchants to Accept Lightning

A new point-of-sale (PoS) app released by Zap allows merchants to independently accept transactions on the Lightning Network.Jack Mallers, the founder of Zap, described...

Graftroot: How Delegating Signatures Allows for Near-Infinite Spending Variations

The main benefit of Graftroot is that it no longer matters how complex a Bitcoin smart contract is or, more accurately, how many possible outcomes there are.

Taproot Is Coming: What It Is, and How It Will Benefit Bitcoin

Taproot would expand on Bitcoin’s smart contract flexibility, while offering more privacy in doing so.

Haven, a New App From OB1, Lets Users Chat, Shop and Send Crypto Privately

To ensure a secure shopping experience, Haven leverages the OpenBazaar software and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a decentralized and distributed file storage system.

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