lightning network

As startups developing bitcoin's Lightning Network start pushing the tech forward, some wonder whether it'll be taken over by corporate interests. Posted by Leigh Cuen on March 29, 2018 @…

Every week provides a unique opportunity where major events will shape the price and utility of specific cryptocurrencies. This week provides major news events and platform updates to SNOV (Snovio), MTH (Monetha),  NAS (Nebulas), TRX (Tron)…

On March 22, BitMEX Research published a follow-up article to its September 2017 analysis on Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions compared to Bitcoin Cash, and the results aren’t good for big block supporters. Transacting Users Prefer…

Fundstrat Global Advisors’ Tom Lee has declared the altcoin bear market “is over” and urged investors to buy Bitcoin. Tom Lee: Investors ‘More Comfortable’ With Bitcoin In a note to investors which he followed up live on CNBC’s Fast Money…

The development team behind blockchain project Stellar has revealed that they intend to launch a mainnet implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) by the end of the year. On Monday, the Stellar team released the technical…

Weiss Ratings recently released its latest cryptocurrency rankings. The good news is that Bitcoin’s report card has improved. The bad news is that there is certainly no shortage of weak altcoins to stay away from. Here are the twelve…

Reports say that Twitter will follow in the footsteps of Facebook and Google by banning a wide range of cryptocurrency ads. It appears that the digital world of cyberspace is continuing to shrink for those seeking to publish cryptocurrency…

Daily Bitcoin News Update The anxiously-awaited "Lightning Network" (LN) upgrade is finally out. It marks a major inflection point for Bitcoin. Three days ago, we anticipated its release, calling it a game changer for Bitcoin. We stand by…

Daily Litecoin News Update If you’re an LTC HODLer, today’s news update will send you to cloud nine with supreme ecstasy. We have not one, not two, but three jumbo-sized, action-packed news stories to celebrate today. Litecoin’s…

The Lightning Network has officially been declared ready for mainnet usage as Lightning Labs has released the first beta version of the open-source development team’s much-anticipated software. Lightning Network Software Receives Beta…

The first official beta implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) went live March 15 as developer Lightning Labs announced it had won $2.5 million in funding from some big-name investors. Lightning’s Mainnet Milestone The Lightning…

Daily Bitcoin News Update Yesterday, we proposed why the "Lightning Network" (LN) may turn out to be a game changer for Bitcoin. A day later, we hear of Bitcoin's first real use-case using LN that has bolstered our belief in Bitcoin.…