Blockstream's 'Watchtowers' Will Bring a New Justice System to the Lightning Network
Watchtowers, a semi-trusted payment channel sheriff, is designed to keep the peace among lightning nodes.
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Dec 20, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Authoritarian Airdrop: Maduro 'Gifts' Petros to Venezuelans for Christmas
Discussing new trials of an LN point-of-sale app; updates in consumer & institutional crypto derivatives, and Venezuelan petros as holiday bonuses.
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Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin-Savvy Retailers to Experiment With Point-of-Sale Lightning App in 2020
Iterative Capital is working with Breez on a point-of-sale app for bitcoin lightning payments. Some retailers are already testing the beta version.
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Dec 16, 2019 at 5:35 p.m. UTC
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Square Crypto Bankrolls Star Lightning Developer Known as 'ZmnSCPxj'
Keeping in the cypherpunk spirit, Square Crypto has issued a grant to pseudonymous developer ZmnSCPxj for Lightning and bitcoin research.
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Dec 11, 2019 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
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Nayuta Claims Its Android Lightning Wallet Is the First to Build in a Bitcoin Full Node
Japan-based startup Nayuta has released what it says is the first lightning network wallet with a built-in bitcoin "full node."
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Dec 10, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
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Stellar's Version of Bitcoin's Lightning Torch Has Been Burning Quietly Since June
The Stellar blockchain has been running its own version of bitcoin's Lightning Torch since the summer.
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Dec 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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How Bitcoin's Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging
Bitcoin's lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments, thanks to an experimental version called Whatsat.
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Nov 9, 2019 at 9:50 a.m. UTC
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Ether on Lightning Is the Latest Bridge Crossing Crypto's Great Divide
DEX startup Radar Relay is offering token users a way to pay lightning invoices with bitcoin, thanks to back-end market makers.
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Nov 5, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
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Venezuelans Made Lightning-Savvy Hardware to Use Bitcoin During Blackouts
Locha Mesh is building software and hardware for connecting to bitcoin's Lightning Network – even when the power's out.
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Nov 1, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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As Lightning's Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike
At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.
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Oct 21, 2019 at 1:45 p.m. UTC
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