Bitcoin Lightning Torch #2 Has Been Stolen 4 Times Already
The second iteration of the famous Bitcoin Lightning Torch has not been as successful as its first go-around last year. In just 8 days, the torch has already been stolen 4 times by...
Bitcoin Goes Mainstream As Miss Universe Receives Lightning Torch
Bitcoin adoption took a step in a new direction this weekend after a former Miss Universe contestant joined the Lightning Torch transaction relay. Rosa-Maria Ryyti HODLs Lightning...
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 Lightning Network’s Lightning...
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 about censorship among participants. Satoshis...
‘Very Sad’: Lightning Torch Creator Laments Exclusion of Iranian Bitcoin User
The Lightning Network (LN) faced unusual censorship allegations this weekend after it emerged a participant in the Lightning Torch event refused to include a member from Iran. Sending...
Fidelity Becomes First Financial Institution to Take Bitcoin Lightning ‘Torch’
Fidelity Digital, the digital assets arm of Fidelity Investments, has become the first financial institution to receive the so-called bitcoin payments ‘torch’ that is being...
Binance CEO Waiting for Elon Musk to Take Bitcoin Lightning Torch
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s CEO has renewed calls for Tesla founder Elon Musk to participate in a Lightning Network project begun by Bitcoin users. A Week Of Musk-Lobbying In a...
Bitcoiners Call For Elon Musk to Accept the Lightning Network Torch
Participants in the ongoing Lightning Torch Bitcoin transaction relay have turned their attention to involving Tesla CEO Elon Musk after Twitter’s Jack Dorsey joined this week. First...
Users Are Passing a Bitcoin ‘Lightning Torch’ Payment Around the World
A new, decidedly social feature on the Bitcoin Lightning Network is gaining popularity this week after one user set up cryptocurrency’s answer to the Olympic flame. Lightning Torch...