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As Lightning's Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike

At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.

By William FoxleyOct 21, 2019, 9:45 a.m. EDT

Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun, 2019

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