Vinny Lingham Warns Of ‘At Least’ 3-6 Months Of Bitcoin Price Under $5K
Civic CEO Vinny Lingham forecast the Bitcoin price to remain below $5000 for at least three to six months this week as sentiment throughout the industry takes a beating. $3K Bitcoin...
Lightning Network ‘Really Does’ Solve Bitcoin Scaling: Andreas Antonopoulos
Andreas Antonopoulos has defended the Lightning Network as an optimal Bitcoin scaling solution, saying it is “naive” to assume that its current nascent state means it will fail to...
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Gets Charged With 7 New ‘LApps’
Few things in the cryptocurrency space are as promising as Bitcoin’s Lightning Network — a second layer payment protocol enabling instant transactions between participating...
Lightning Network Can ‘Redefine Global Trade’ By 2021 as ‘Lapp’...
Blockstream has unveiled a Lightning Network app or ‘Lapp’ as the user-friendliness of the revolutionary Bitcoin technology continues to increase. Blockstream Takes On...
Lightning Network Goes Live with $2.5M Funding from Twitter CEO, Tesla & SpaceX Investor
The first official beta implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) went live March 15 as developer Lightning Labs announced it had won $2.5 million in funding from some big-name...
Lightning Network Mainnet Passes 1000 Nodes as Release ‘Nears’
The Lightning Network (LN) has passed 1000 active nodes on its Bitcoin mainnet implementation, marking a major milestone for the scaling solution. Lightning: 1003 Nodes, Almost 2000...
SegWit Transactions in Bitcoin Hit 30% For First Time
SegWit usage on the Bitcoin network has hit 30% in a new all-time high sparked by uptake from major industry businesses and services. High-speed, Low-fee Bitcoin Emerges Citing data...
Goodbye Bitcoin Cash? Microsoft: On-Chain Scaling ‘Degrades Decentralization’
Microsoft has concluded that so-called ‘layer 2’ solutions are necessary for Bitcoin to scale and is “collaborating” on the technology. Microsoft: On-Chain Fails To Meet...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Mainnet Passes 500 Nodes
The Lightning Network mainnet has expanded beyond 500 nodes while its testnet implementation now hosts more nodes than Bitcoin Cash. Charge Of The Lightning Bulls The astonishing...
Lightning Network Crosses 100 Nodes, SegWit Nears 20% Dominance
The Lightning Network (LN) mainnet has almost doubled its node count and capacity in days as Bitcoin users rapidly switch on to its benefits. Lightning: Core Enthusiasm Yet To Become...
Schnorr Signatures Might Be Bitcoin’s Next Step Forward
The Schnorr signatures algorithm promises to help to address one of the most pressing problems affecting Bitcoin today: scalability. Additionally, Schnorr signatures could help protect...
Segwit2x Testnet Unintentionally Forks, Prevents Blocks From Being Created
Yesterday, the testnet for the most recent Bitcoin scaling proposal, Segwit2x, experienced a fork in the chain, causing the creation of new blocks to halt completely for just around...