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Faster Than Lightning? 'Sprite' Paper Envisions New Bitcoin Payments
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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.
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Feb 3, 2017 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
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