Australian baseball club Perth Heat to pay athletes in Bitcoin
Perth Heat will use the Bitcoin Lightning Network to make payments to professional baseball players and staff.
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Tether launches Synonym to boost Bitcoin adoption through Lightning Network
The new venture is pursuing hyperbitcoinization by combining the Lightning Network’s speed with the architecture of an open peer-to-peer platform.
Bitcoin Taproot upgrade improves the network as BTC price impact may be limited
This upgrade focuses on the expansion of the Bitcoin network’s smart contract capabilities and improves privacy on the network.
Bitcoin Suisse to enable Lightning Network payments
Bitcoin Suisse, Switzerland’s biggest BTC broker, has now made Lightning Network technology available for its crypto payment system.
Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in
The Taproot upgrade was set for deployment after achieving a 90% consensus among the Bitcoin miners (mining nodes).
Arcane Research predicts 700 million Lightning Network users by 2030
Arcane Research says that Lightning Network usage has been on a steep upwards trajectory since late last year, but in September growth went parabolic off the back of El Salvador's…
Bitcoin bulls make a run on $45K after Twitter debuts crypto tipping
Bitcoin price rallied to $44,800 and takes aim at flipping the $45,000 level to support shortly after Twitter launched a new crypto tipping service.
Custodial Lightning Network Service Attack Discovered by LN ‘Newbie’ — Hacker Strikes 6 LN Custodians
On September 18, a Redditor posted to the r/bitcoin forum and explained how he discovered a way to “attack [the] lightning Network’s custodial services.” The Reddit account dubbed “Reckless Satoshi”…
Here’s why Bitcoin might be safe from a global stock market crisis
BTC’s lack of integration with traditional finance and its inability to be forcefully sold to cover financial losses mean the price might not ‘collapse’ if there is a global stock…