Lightning Network
Bitcoin Wallet Electrum Now Supports Lightning, Watchtowers and Submarine Swaps
In its latest major release, Electrum now supports a number of innovations that could make using Lightning more secure and less bumpy for users.
WikiLeaks Shop Now Accepts Bitcoin Lightning Payments
In 2011, WikiLeaks was among the first organizations to accept donations in bitcoin. Now its shop is taking bitcoin payments over Lightning.
Bitcoin's Lightning Network Is Vulnerable to 'Looting': New Research Explains
Computer scientists Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar have examined the Lightning Network's "flood and loot" attack that preys on Bitcoin network congestion.
Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain
Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos.
One Man's Mission to Deploy Solar-Powered Bitcoin Nodes Across Africa
A Nigerian entrepreneur has released a $500 kit for building solar-powered Lightning nodes in hopes of expanding bitcoin adoption across Africa.
Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks With Bitcoin Lightning
Richard Myers says the future of ad-hoc mesh networks for SMS messages and bitcoin transactions on your smartphone is here, but it needs the Lightning Network to succeed.
Why This Dev Built a 'Centralized Ethereum' on Top of Bitcoin's Lightning Network
Ethereum showed the limits of decentralization, says the creator of an explicitly centralized version that pays contracts via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
Ethereum Has Become Bitcoin's Top Off-Chain Destination
The most popular way to use bitcoin off-chain is on Ethereum, recent data indicates.
Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many 'Ifs' Remain
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network.
Bitcoiners Sprint to Improve Lightning Network in 2-Day Virtual Hackathon
Unable to meet in person, developers around the world collaborated by videoconference for a 48-hour stretch to refine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
