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Tech
Lightning network
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity
Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity.
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By Colin Harper
Nov 2, 2020 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2020
Lightning NetworkLightning LabsPayment Channels
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Tech
Payments
MIT Develops 'Spider' Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.
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By Daniel Palmer
Feb 3, 2020 at 2:01 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2020
PaymentsMITPayment Channels
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Tech
Bitcoin
'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network
With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."
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By Alyssa Hertig
Dec 21, 2019 at 11:35 a.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2019
BitcoinBlockstreamLightning NetworkPayment ChannelsTech
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Markets
Bitcoin
Lightning Labs Releases 'Loop' Feature for Bitcoin Payments Channels
California startup Lightning Labs released today a new feature to improve usability of the bitcoin payment channel network, lightning.
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By Christine Kim
Mar 21, 2019 at 4:35 a.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2019
BitcoinNewsLightning NetworkLightning LabsPayment ChannelsTechnology News
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Markets
Ethereum
'Microraiden' Payment Channels Go Live on Ethereum Network
A streamlined version of the Raiden payments channel network has been launched on the main ethereum blockchain.
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By Stan Higgins
Dec 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 1, 2017
EthereumNewsRaidenPayment ChannelsTechnology News
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Markets
Ethereum
New Ethereum Proposal Aims to Supercharge Smart Contracts
The creator of a new ethereum project says his ambitious off-chain networks, done right, could enable more complex applications of the technology.
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By Alyssa Hertig
Feb 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 24, 2017
EthereumSmart ContractsEventsRaidenPayment ChannelsFeatures
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Markets
Bitcoin protocol
Faster Than Lightning? 'Sprite' Paper Envisions New Bitcoin Payments
Researchers have laid out a framework for a payment system they claim would be even faster than bitcoin's Lightning Network.
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By Corin Faife
Feb 23, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2017
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Markets
Technology
Ethereum Payment Channels Could Enter Production in 2017
A project aiming to bring payment channels to ethereum is expected to become production-ready by the end of this year.
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By Stan Higgins
Feb 3, 2017 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2017
TechnologyEthereumNewsLightningRaidenPayment ChannelsTechnology News