In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the basics of the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 protocol for cheaper, faster and potentially ...

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1130: “The Lightning Network is creating efficiency for traders.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Here’s a great blog post from the team behind ...

Often seen as the path forward for Bitcoin’s scalability, this is a simple description of the Lightning Network. *This article assumes the reader already has a basic understanding of the Bitcoin ...

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 ...

Lightning developers discussed privacy concerns and the corresponding probable solutions for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. At Bitcoin 2022, a group of developers sat down ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how bitcoin, crypto and blockchain can change the world. This article is more than 5 years old. Bitcoin, originally ...

There’s cause for celebration from the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The Lightning Network hit the 4,000 Bitcoin (BTC) public capacity milestone, meaning $120 million in value is ready for ...

CoinShares' bitcoin lightning network report in July covered prospects for the fast, cheap, high-capacity channel. The company's investment strategist James Butterfill said it could do "more ...

Graham Krizek, founder and CEO of Voltage, predicts the Lightning Network will capture billions in global stablecoin volume within the next few years. Bitcoin’s layer-2 scaling platform, Lightning ...

According to Arcane's research in August 2021, about 100,000 users had access to Lightning payments. In March of this year, over 80 million gained access to this system, showing an unprecedented rate ...

The Lightning Network – a layer atop the Bitcoin blockchain that uses its own special rules to facilitate cheaper, faster transactions – had about 5,335 public nodes in April 2020. Now that number ...

CardCoins, a website that lets users trade prepaid gift cards for bitcoin, now offers users the choice to receive their BTC over the Lightning Network. The Wyoming-based startup says this new option ...