Category: Lightning

  • Alby: A Hub For The Bitcoin And Lightning Economy

    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…

  • Alby: A Hub For The Bitcoin And Lightning Economy

    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…

  • Alby Opens Waitlist For Alby Hub: A One-Click Lightning Node

    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,…

  • Breez Lightning SDK Integrating Support For Liquid Network

    Breez SDK launches Liquid Network integration in addition to its support for the Lightning Network. The Breez SDK has been very successful in making it easy for developers to integrate Lightning support. It is used by Relai, Cake Wallet, CrowdHealth, and many other companies that have built support for the…

  • Bitso to Bring Bitcoin Lightning to its 8 Million Users via Lightspark

    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.…

  • Bitso to Bring Bitcoin Lightning to its 8 Million Users via Lightspark

    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.…

  • How the Celsius CEO turned a cult-favorite energy drink into a stock-market lightning rod with 6,000% growth

    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…

  • Navigating Bitcoin Script Improvement With Lightning Labs’ Ryan Gentry

    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…

  • Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network

    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…

  • Lightspark Enables Institutions To Use The Bitcoin Lightning Network

    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…

  • Bitcoin Lightning App Strike Expands to UK with Global Transfers

    Bitcoin Lightning Payments App Contains Strike Expanded into the UKallowing UK residents to buy, sell and transfer Bitcoin globally. just in: #Bitcoin Lightning Payments Strike App Launches to Millions Across the UK ?? pic.twitter.com/lIcW6xF7YG — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) June 25, 2024 Strike, founded by Jack Mallers, aims to make Bitcoin…

  • Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning

    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…

  • Exploring Bitcoin L2s: Possibilities Beyond Lightning

    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…

  • Latin America’s Largest Fintech Bank Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Payments

    Nu Holdings, commonly known as Nubank, the largest fintech bank in Latin America, has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network and UMA (Universal Money Addresses) into its platform. The collaboration aims to enhance Nubank’s services by enabling near-real-time, low-cost bitcoin and fiat currency transactions, according to a…

  • Latin America’s Largest Fintech Bank Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Payments

    Nu Holdings, commonly known as Nubank, the largest fintech bank in Latin America, has partnered with Lightspark to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network and UMA (Universal Money Addresses) into its platform. The collaboration aims to enhance Nubank’s services by enabling near-real-time, low-cost bitcoin and fiat currency transactions, according to a…

  • Bitcoin Lightning Alliance To Accelerate Adoption Using New Asset Protocol

    A new collaborative effort led by Lightning Infrastructure LNFi It intends to accelerate the adoption of the Lightning Network. Leverage advances in new protocols like Taproot Assets and Nostr, LN Alliance It hopes to rally industry partners and contribute to standards around the growing Bitcoin ecosystem. newly Community discussion Organized…

  • Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy

    One of the best parts about running Breez is the diverse group of people I get to meet and work with. We have partners from Jamaicathe United States of America, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, EstoniaAnd who knows where else. We have users in Finland, Wales, Namibia, IndiaAnd almost everywhere else. The…

  • Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy

    One of the best parts about running Breez is the diverse group of people I get to meet and work with. We have partners from Jamaicathe United States of America, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, EstoniaAnd who knows where else. We have users in Finland, Wales, Namibia, IndiaAnd almost everywhere else. The…

  • Breez Brings Bitcoin’s Lightning Network To Every Crypto Wallet

    Bitcoin has traditionally been considered an odd pair Interesting forays in the cryptocurrency ecosystem over the past year. Cake Wallet’s decision to integrate Lightning is an unexpected but exciting development to continue this trend of Bitcoin integration. By doing so, Cake aims to make Bitcoin more practical for its users’…

  • Trump Becomes First President To Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments For Campaign Donations

    In a historic move, Donald Trump has become the first US president to accept Bitcoin Lightning Network payments Campaign donations. This announcement represents an important step in integrating Bitcoin into mainstream politics, highlighting Trump’s commitment to advancing the future of Bitcoin in the United States. The Trump campaign has partnered…