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Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin Lightning Visualizers Aren't Quite What They Seem
People love lightning network visualizers as a way to track the technology's growth, but the images produced might not be as trustworthy as they seem.
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By Rachel-Rose O'Leary
Apr 6, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 6, 2018
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Litecoin
Lightning Labs Launches Beta With Twitter CEO Backing
Big investors are lining up to back the startup behind the most advanced implementation of bitcoin's in-development Lightning Network.
copper, cable
By Leigh Cuen
Mar 15, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2018
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Privacy
Will Lightning Help or Hurt Bitcoin Privacy?
As the reality of faster, cheaper bitcoin payments approaches via the Lighting Network, concerns are spreading about the privacy it will offer.
tesla
By Rachel-Rose O'Leary
Feb 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 24, 2018
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Markets
Volatility
What the Data Tells Us About Bitcoin in 2017
Statistics show bitcoin is at the forefront of an increasingly complex ecosystem that continues to grow in a variety of ways. And it refuses to die.
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By Jameson Lopp
Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 13, 2018
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Litecoin
SegWit Activation Complete, Litecoin Charts a Course for the Future
A new roadmap unveiled this week showcases that the team developing the litecoin blockchain has big plans ahead.
tunnel, cars
By Amy Castor
May 19, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
May 19, 2017
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Markets
Technology
Ethereum Payment Channels Could Enter Production in 2017
A project aiming to bring payment channels to ethereum is expected to become production-ready by the end of this year.
code
By Stan Higgins
Feb 3, 2017 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2017
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Bitfury
Bitfury Releases Proposal for Bitcoin Lightning Micropayments Routing
Bitfury Group, in collaboration with the open-source Lightning Network community, has released a white paper on lightning routing.
math, blackboard
By Pete Rizzo
Jul 7, 2016 at 2:08 p.m. UTC
Jul 7, 2016
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