5 Ways Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Advanced in 2021
This past year, key developments on the Lightning protocol have been making Bitcoin a better payment system.
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Payment Services Giants See Crypto as Opportunity, Not Threat: MoffettNathanson
Visa, Mastercard and PayPal are expanding their crypto capabilities and continuing to invest across the fledgling industry.
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Dec 16, 2021 at 6:01 a.m. UTC
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FTX Partners With Nuvei to Offer Instant Payments to Users
The deal will help support the higher value transactions that are often required in crypto trading, the companies said.
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Dec 14, 2021 at 7:55 p.m. UTC
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Payments Firm Nuvei Launches Crypto-Friendly Debit Cards With Visa
The cards can be used by customers to spend funds from their crypto sales anywhere that Visa is accepted.
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Dec 13, 2021 at 4:24 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity
Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity.
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Nov 2, 2020 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
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MIT Develops 'Spider' Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.
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Feb 3, 2020 at 2:01 p.m. UTC
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'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network
With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."
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Dec 21, 2019 at 11:35 a.m. UTC
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Lightning Labs Releases 'Loop' Feature for Bitcoin Payments Channels
California startup Lightning Labs released today a new feature to improve usability of the bitcoin payment channel network, lightning.
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Mar 21, 2019 at 4:35 a.m. UTC
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'Microraiden' Payment Channels Go Live on Ethereum Network
A streamlined version of the Raiden payments channel network has been launched on the main ethereum blockchain.
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Dec 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
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New Ethereum Proposal Aims to Supercharge Smart Contracts
The creator of a new ethereum project says his ambitious off-chain networks, done right, could enable more complex applications of the technology.
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Feb 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
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