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The Lightning Network Is Going to Change How You Think About Bitcoin

The recent bull run was largely about bitcoin as an asset. The Lightning Network is a grander vision, and developers say it's slowly becoming a reality.

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Fee Problem (and Solutions)

Bitcoin fees would make the cryptocurrency mostly unusable for Salvadorans. Here's how the first country to adopt BTC plans to tackle the fee problem.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: The Market Says Bitcoin Is for Speculation, Not Dollarization

Data from services on Bitcoin and Ethereum shows what's real in crypto adoption stories.

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Jack Dorsey Suggests Twitter Likely to Integrate Lightning Network

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday it is "only a matter of time" before the Bitcoin Lightning Network integrates with Twitter to accommodate BTC transactions. "The Hash" panel responds to the news.

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Jack Dorsey Suggests Twitter Likely to Integrate Lightning Network

In a tweet, the Twitter founder hinted the micromessaging system will integrate Bitcoin layer 2 payments Lightning Network.

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El Salvador Commerce Secretary: Bitcoin Won't Replace Dollar

Miguel Kattán, a member of President Nayib Bukele’s cabinet, sought to reassure Salvadorans fearful of a full pivot to a bitcoin standard.

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Human Rights Foundation Gives Out $210K in Bitcoin Development Grants

The Human Rights Foundation, which is no stranger to the bitcoin space, will allot $210K in Bitcoin Development Grants to fund Lightning Network development, Utreexo work, and even Arabic translations of Bitcoin content. “The Hash” panel discusses the HRF stepping up its grant work and the more enormous implications for crypto across the globe, particularly in the Middle East.

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Human Rights Foundation Gives Out $210K in Bitcoin Development Grants

The fresh round will fund Lightning Network development, Utreexo work, and even Bitcoin document translations into Arabic.

This round of Bitcoin grants funds a variety of projects from around the world.

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Key Takeaways From This Past Week's Crypto Plunge

“All About Bitcoin's” Week in Review panel on what to make of this past week’s surging trading volumes and exchange disruptions in the midst of significant markets sell-offs. Plus, reactions to Elon Musk’s comments about the "need" for the Lightning network to scale Bitcoin and China’s crypto crackdown.

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Elon Musk Says Lightning Network 'Needed' to Scale Bitcoin for Now

A single-layer network like Bitcoin's could carry all humans transactions in the future, the Tesla CEO tweeted Friday.

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