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Bitso, a leading crypto exchange in Latin America, has rolled out Lightning Network support for 100% of its users. On Nov. 12, the Lightspark team posted on X that the South American crypto exchange Bitso has now added support for…
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As the market continues to mature, Bitcoin’s integration into the DeFi ecosystem will accelerate at a pace that will leave its competitors scrambling to catch up.
The CKB token of Nervos Network has rapidly soared by over 55% shortly after developers released RGB++, an extension protocol base designed to work with Bitcoin. According to data from CoinMarketCap, Nervos Network‘s CKB has experienced a noticeable surge of…
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The capacity of the Bitcoin Lightning Network to facilitate transactions continues on an upward trajectory, nearing all-time highs.
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Libra co-creator David Marcus says Bitcoin’s alternatives are too centralized and not secure enough. Lightspark CEO David Marcus is apparently a big fan of Bitcoin (BTC), as he believes that the cryptocurrency made by Satoshi Nakamoto is the only “viable…
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The newly discovered flaw allows hackers to steal funds from the Lightning channel, potentially impacting the future p2p package relay. Blockchain security developer Antoine Riard stepped back from the development of the Lightning Network shortly after a new severe vulnerability…
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Lightning Labs launches Taproot Assets alpha, a new feature that enables users to create and transfer digital assets on the Lightning Network. Taproot aims to improve the Bitcoin (BTC) network, enhancing privacy, scalability, and security. It allows users to create…
Coinbase has revealed that it will integrate the Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment protocol, into its platform. The decision aims to provide users with a faster and cheaper network for Bitcoin (BTC) transactions. The Lightning Network enables users to interact…
Lightning Labs has introduced a new suite of developer tools designed to integrate Bitcoin with artificial intelligence (AI) applications and Large Language Models (LLMs) like Google Bard or ChatGPT
On July 6, Bitcoin Lightning Network development firm Lightning Labs introduced a new toolkit that enables artificial intelligence (AI) applications to interact with the Bitcoin network through its layer-2 solution
There is a memory leak bug in the recent Lightning Network Daemon (LND) version 0.16.3, and operators are urged not to upgrade
David Marcus, an executive whose past stints include working at Meta and PayPal is now building a payment solution that leverages the Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN)
The Liquid Federation, a consortium of major exchanges, Bitcoin infrastructure companies, and wallet providers, has welcomed six new members
Binance CEO CZ talked about the potential of integrating the Bitcoin Lightning Network in a recent Twitter Spaces session
Crypto enthusiasts on social media have expressed concerns about soaring bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees and a growing backlog of unconfirmed transactions, prompting speculation about a potential denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the network. Over 424,000 transactions await confirmation in bitcoin’s mempool,…
Lightning Labs, the team behind Lightning Network (LN), has upgraded Litd to permit ordinary users to operate their own Lightning Network (LN) nodes