SegWit Inventor Pieter Wuille Joins Lightning Torch Bitcoin Relay
Veteran cryptographer and Segregated Witness (SegWit) inventor Pieter Wuille has become the latest high-profile figure to participate in the Bitcoin...
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Starbucks Will Support Bakkt After ‘Disproportionately High’ Equity Deal
Bakkt, the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) forthcoming cryptocurrency trading platform, will — in fact — feature Starbucks payments for...
Bitcoin Can’t Be Stopped By Politics – Lightning ‘Torch’ Goes From Iran to Israel
The Lightning Network 'torch' payment has reached Israel after it was sent by an Iranian in a symbolic gesture of...
Bitcoin’s Lightning Torch Global Transaction Hits Iran After Censorship Concerns
The Lightning Torch transaction relay using Bitcoin’ and the Lightning Network has crossed the border to Iran, days after complaints...
Major US Retailer Ditches Visa – Now Considering Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
US retail giant, Kroger, is no longer accepting Visa credit cards at its chain of Smith's food and drug stores....
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Shows Off His (Casa) Bitcoin Full Node
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, took another step towards financial sovereignty yesterday when he tweeted about his new toy, a Casa...
A Bitcoin Satellite Just Transmitted the ‘First Pepe In Space’
Cryptocurrency industry figures were celebrating a tech innovation of a different kind this week after the Bitcoin network transmitted what...
‘Free Speech Money’ – Why Bitcoin is Ideal for Gab’s New Dissenter Platform
A new Reddit competitor called Gab Dissenter from Bitcoin-friendly social media network Gab.ai almost matched the daily active users on...
