Lightning Network
Crypto Is Far From Dead, as These Scaling Projects Show
Far from seeing the death of crypto, we may be entering its most exciting phase, argues Michael J. Casey.
Blockstream Boosts Bitcoin Satellite Service With Lightning Payments
Blockstream has expanded its bitcoin satellite service to the Asia-Pacific region and added support for Lightning Network transactions.
Lightning-Powered Blog Sees 20,000 Bitcoin Micropayments in 7 Months
The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments.
Bitcoin Veteran Jameson Lopp Named CTO of Crypto Startup Casa
Casa has boosted Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer.
Builders on Wall Street: Bitcoin Devs Host Lightning Hack Day
At the Lightning Hackday, it was hard to keep up with all the futuristic ideas for bitcoin's layer-two, but some devs are focusing on the basics.
The New Effort to Get Bitcoin's Lightning Network In Every Browser
Devs are looking to make bitcoin's layer-two lightning network compatible with a payment standard used by all major browsers – and so far, so good.
To Scale Bitcoin, Little Improvements Will Need to Go a Long Way
Bitcoin Cash and SegWit in the past, it was a non-contentious year for the bitcoin developer community's annual Scaling Bitcoin conference.
Bitcoin Startup Acinq Raises $1.7 Million to Double Down on Lightning
A new funding round shows that lightning technology isn't just a big hit with bitcoin developers - investors are getting interested, too.
Quick Brew? Bitfury's Coffee Machine Accepts Bitcoin Via Lightning Network
A Bitfury-led engineering team has created a coffee vending machine capable of accepting bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network.
This Tech Lets You Send Any Cryptocurrency to the Lightning Network
A new type of lightning tech for swapping different types of transactions is seeing new tests with real money on the line.
