Category: Lightning
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Bitcoin and Crypto Exchange HTX To Integrate Lightning Network
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HTX, one of the largest Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, It was announced Bitcoin Lightning Network will be integrated in partnership with Bitcoin IBEX. Breaking: Cryptocurrency exchange HTX integrates with Bitcoin #Bitcoin Lightning in his platform. HTX has over 45 million users ? pic.twitter.com/mc1HEORJic — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine)…
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Lightspark Introduces Instant Bitcoin Lightning Payments for U.S. Businesses with New Feature
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Lightspark, the leader in Bitcoin Lightning Network payments, It was announced Launching Lightspark Extend, a new solution that allows businesses to facilitate instant payments via Lightning for eligible account holders in the US. ? Now Available: Lightspark Extend connects Lightning to eligible US account holders in real-time. With Lightspark Extend,…
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Bitcoin Lightning Startup TMRW Raises $1.3 Million Funding
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Miami-based Bitcoin startup TMRW Bitcoin has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to develop its social payments app powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Maple in C The funding round was led by VC, and Bitcoin angel investors like Brad Mills joined the round. TMRW aims to leverage the speed…
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Assessing the Lightning Network’s Last-Mile Solutions
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Custodial Lightning has clearly achieved product market fit. Users benefit from instant Bitcoin payments and minimal fees, while custodians manage the complexities of channel and liquidity management. Major platforms like Coinbase, Cash App, Kraken, and Binance provide over 200 million users with direct access to Lightning payments. While the Lightning…
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People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads ‘like lightning’ By Reuters
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Written by Angelos Tsatsis and Carolina Tagaris VARNAVAS, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) – Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-spreading wildfire outside Athens was ignited by hot, windy weather, burning trees, homes and cars and sending plumes of smoke over the Greek capital. More than 400 firefighters, backed by 16…
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Lightning Network In A Class Of Its Own At Bitcoin 2024 Conference
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I was asked repeatedly throughout this year’s Bitcoin 2024 conference to name the most notable thing about that moment—the signal amidst the noise. As I returned from Nashville, it occurred to me that each time, I was never able to answer the question satisfactorily. Partly because I simply couldn’t keep…
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Stablecoins Are Coming To Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
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The world of financial assets and altcoins has officially arrived in Bitcoin. And if it wasn’t already clear after the new series of protocols spawned by the Ordinals movement, launch Lightning Labs’ native Taproot Assets protocol feels like a dedication to this phenomenon. More than two years after the protocol…
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Alby: A Hub For The Bitcoin And Lightning Economy
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Company Name: Alby Founders: Michael Bowman, Moritz Kaminsky, and Rene Aron Date of Establishment: Open source project founded in December 2020 / Company founded in March 2022 Headquarter Location: Fully remote control Amount of Bitcoin in the vault: Unavailable Number of Employees: 10 website: https://getalby.com/ Public or private? private Michael…
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Alby: A Hub For The Bitcoin And Lightning Economy
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Company Name: Alby Founders: Michael Bowman, Moritz Kaminsky, and Rene Aron Date of Establishment: Open source project founded in December 2020 / Company founded in March 2022 Headquarter Location: Fully remote control Amount of Bitcoin in the vault: Unavailable Number of Employees: 10 website: https://getalby.com/ Public or private? private Michael…
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Alby Opens Waitlist For Alby Hub: A One-Click Lightning Node
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Alby has officially launched a waitlist for its new product, Alby Hub. The Hub is a one-click Lightning Node installer that aims to make self-driving Lightning as easy as possible. Users can sign up to join the waitlist here. Alby Hub integrates a one-click Lightning node, a self-custodial Lightning wallet,…
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Bitso to Bring Bitcoin Lightning to its 8 Million Users via Lightspark
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Leading Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bitso has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network onto its platform. This will deliver faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions to Bitso’s user base of over 8 million retail customers and 1,700 institutional clients. Bitso will leverage Lightspark’s infrastructure to enable Lightning transfers.…
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Bitso to Bring Bitcoin Lightning to its 8 Million Users via Lightspark
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Leading Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bitso has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network onto its platform. This will deliver faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions to Bitso’s user base of over 8 million retail customers and 1,700 institutional clients. Bitso will leverage Lightspark’s infrastructure to enable Lightning transfers.…
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How the Celsius CEO turned a cult-favorite energy drink into a stock-market lightning rod with 6,000% growth
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John Fieldly, 44, is revved up. The CPA-turned-energy-drink evangelist is the president, CEO, and chairman of Celsius Holdings, the ubiquitous energy drink known for its proclaimed calorie-burning abilities—up to 140 calories per bottle consumed, the company claims. If that weren’t enough to endear itself to gym rats, it also comes…
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Navigating Bitcoin Script Improvement With Lightning Labs’ Ryan Gentry
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In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Ryan Gentry from Lightning Labs He shared his views on various proposals aimed at enhancing Bitcoin’s scripting capabilities, with a particular focus on the approach taken by Rusty Russell’s new proposal, the Great Script Recovery Project. This initiative has galvanized the Bitcoin development…
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Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network
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Company Name: spark of light Founders: David Marcus, Kevin Hurley, Christina Smedley, James Everingham, Christian Catalini, Jay Massari and Tomer Barrell Date of Establishment: April 2022; Series A May 2022 Headquarter Location: Los Angeles, California Amount of Bitcoin in the vault: Unavailable Number of Employees: 45 website: https://www.lightspark.com/ Public or…
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Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network
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Company Name: spark of light Founders: David Marcus, Kevin Hurley, Christina Smedley, James Everingham, Christian Catalini, Jay Massari and Tomer Barrell Date of Establishment: April 2022; Series A May 2022 Headquarter Location: Los Angeles, California Amount of Bitcoin in the vault: Unavailable Number of Employees: 45 website: https://www.lightspark.com/ Public or…
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Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning
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Bitcoin’s secondary layers are often overlooked despite their undoubted ability to enhance Bitcoin’s potential for more advanced functionality. Much of the focus is directed at the Lightning Network and its ability to handle microtransactions at high speeds. However, Secondary layers (or Layer 2) can effectively interface with smart contracts, leverage…
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Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning
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Bitcoin’s secondary layers are often overlooked despite their undoubted ability to enhance Bitcoin’s potential for more advanced functionality. Much of the focus is directed at the Lightning Network and its ability to handle microtransactions at high speeds. However, Secondary layers (or Layer 2) can effectively interface with smart contracts, leverage…