The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.
Today, Boltz announced the launch of the Boltz BTCPay Plugin, the first feature of its kind, in open beta. The plugin lets merchants who use BTCPay Server easily accept bitcoin over Lightning before ...
Further to the recent launch of the company’s Pr1bit cryptocurrency solution for SMEs, Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group PLC is announcing the launch of its Lightning Network Routing Node for Bitcoin ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. The Lightning Network is revolutionizing bitcoin transactions by ...
Ah, the Lightning Network. Hailed for years as Bitcoin’s saving grace, the off-chain solution needed to finally make Satoshi Nakamoto’s “peer-to-peer digital cash” an actual functioning payments ...
Five years ago, Ben Arc first had the vision for LNbits — free and open-source software that works with any Lightning Network funding source and offers a suite of extensions for both personal and ...
The third article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers the Lightning Network created by Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja. The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels ...
In the early days, holding Bitcoin on your balance sheet felt like the boldest move you could make as a company. Companies locked in exposure to a scarce, appreciating asset with the conviction it’s ...
The chief technology officer of Lightning Labs, the firm behind the Bitcoin scaling network, has downplayed a purported new bug that could allow exploiters to drain funds from Lightning Nodes. “Based ...