MicroStrategy will release software applications and solutions powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network in 2023. MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor spoke about his company’s plans in a Twitter Spaces room on Wednesday, shedding…
This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. Channel jamming is one of the most threatening outstanding problems with the Lightning Network….
Last year, I wrote about Commerceblock’s Mercury Wallet, an implementation of both statechains and CoinSwaps. This simultaneously introduced a new mixing tool as well as the first wallet to implement a new second-layer…
This is an opinion editorial by Will Schoellkopf, author of “The Bitcoin Dog” and host of the Bitcoin podcast “It’s So Early!” When it comes to paywalls versus #value4value, is it really all…
This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez, a Lightning Network mobile app. Ready for a hot take? Check this: Money has no inherent value. And, besides…
The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1286: “The first mainnet DLC on Lightning has been executed.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Transaction graph showing how the DLC was…
This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez, a Lightning Network mobile app. A version of this article was originally published on Medium. It’s almost tautologically true…
A new Bitcoin-based encrypted chat platform has been announced at the Adopting Bitcoin conference, BLIP. The new app, yet to be publicly released, leverages Hexum, a proprietary multilayer encryption method, also created by…
This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. For the second time in roughly a month, btcd/LND have had a bug exploited…
This is an opinion editorial by Kroum Kroumov, a copywriter, editor and UX writer. Crowdfunding has always been a great way to get funding for your work and to send your ambitions flying….
The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1278: “Another LND/btcd bug emerges.” Sign up for the newsletter here. via GitHub For the second time in less than a month, btcd…