The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.

Further to the recent launch of the company’s Pr1bit cryptocurrency solution for SMEs, Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group PLC is announcing the launch of its Lightning Network Routing Node for Bitcoin ...

Today, Boltz announced the launch of the Boltz BTCPay Plugin, the first feature of its kind, in open beta. The plugin lets merchants who use BTCPay Server easily accept bitcoin over Lightning before ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. The Lightning Network is revolutionizing bitcoin transactions by ...

Ah, the Lightning Network. Hailed for years as Bitcoin’s saving grace, the off-chain solution needed to finally make Satoshi Nakamoto’s “peer-to-peer digital cash” an actual functioning payments ...

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has hit a record 5,637 BTC in capacity, driven by increased capital from institutions, even as user adoption and node growth lag behind. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, the ...

In the early days, holding Bitcoin on your balance sheet felt like the boldest move you could make as a company. Companies locked in exposure to a scarce, appreciating asset with the conviction it’s ...

The Bitcoin developer says Brollups can support more than 90% of decentralized finance use cases, from NFT sales to token orders on DEXs. The Bitcoin developer famous for exploiting a bug in the ...

“It’s like your dial-up internet became broadband because the Bitcoin price went up,” according to the CEO of Amboss Technologies. The Lightning Network’s value is directly correlated with the Bitcoin ...