Proposed in a 2016 white paper, the Lightning Network (LN) is a layer-2 solution built on top of Bitcoin. In this article we will delve into the history of and current state of Bitcoin's Lightning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Huang writes about Bitcoin and its wider impact on society. A bitcoin symbol is pictured at a cryptocurrency exchange branch ...

At Bitcoin 2022, a group of developers sat down on the open-source stage to flesh out the current state of Lightning privacy as well as to discuss shortcomings that users should be aware of and to ...

In this photo illustration a Bitcoin sign is seen on a mobile phone in front of Visa, Mastercard and Paypal logos. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) One of ...

The integration uses The Lightning Address protocol, which allows developers to replace a standard Lightning invoice, or payment request, with an internet identifier such as an email address. The ...

Lightning has seen major growth as Bitcoin’s medium of exchange scaling solution, but is still in its infancy stage as companies build on top of the protocol. The below is a free, full excerpt from a ...

The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling platform, has a privacy problem. Receiving payments, requesting refunds, and opening and closing payment channels (connections between Lightning nodes) ...

More companies are developing services to make the Lightning Network more accessible for users, such as providing liquidity and operating nodes. The Lightning Network is a second layer built on top of ...

The growth in Bitcoin added to the layer-2 Lightning Network has electrified over the past year, hitting 4,000 Bitcoin less than four months ago. Bear markets are for building out capacity on the ...

Bitcoin’s layer 2 Lightning Network has seen an estimated 1,212% growth in two years, with around 6.6 million routed transactions in August, a significant jump compared with August 2021’s 503,000 ...

Rahul Nambiampurath has been writing and reporting about cryptocurrency since 2017. As a fan of decentralized tech, he was fascinated by the Bitcoin whitepaper. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been ...

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Jack Mallers, the ...