The Lightning Network Lunch: A Bitcoin contactless payment story
A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled "Bolt Card."
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Making money, escaping poverty: Bitcoin and Lightning in Mozambique
A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings.
“DeFi is not decentralized at all,” says former Blockstream executive
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer at Blockstream, is convinced that DeFi protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin as monetary networks due to their lack of decentralization.
Bitcoin transaction fees hit decade lows, here’s why
The cost of moving Bitcoin across the network has hit decade lows as Lightning Network, batching, miner behavior and protocol improvements have driven costs down.
US grassroots adoption: the Bitcoin Lightning party in Portland
A grassroots Bitcoin Lightning festival in Portland, U.S. demonstrated that the Lightning Network is the perfect companion for payments.
Bitcoin veteran tricks crypto scammer into learning Lightning
A Bitcoiner called Felix Crisan outfoxed a crypto scammer, getting them to set up a Bitcoin Lightning Wallet before putting them in their place.
Bitcoin transaction fees briefly doubled yet remain exceptionally low
The cost of sending Bitcoin from one address to another has stayed exceptionally low since July 2021 despite spiking in price last week.
Bitcoin Lightning Network growth capacity plateaus at 3,400 BTC
The capacity of the Bitcoin Lightning Network has short-circuited over the last three months to circa 3,400 BTC capacity, after surging throughout 2021, according to Arcane Research.
Bitcoin Lightning Network goes live on Cash App
Cash App mentions that the Lightning Network feature is not available to users located in New York.