Bitcoin Scaling: How Liquid Sidechain Could be Better Than Lightning
It is painfully clear that bitcoin needs to scale in terms of transactions if it is ever to be mass adopted as a peer-to-peer currency. Two solutions currently address the issue, the...
How This Solution Could Unlock Massive Adoption For Ethereum
Ethereum has had a couple of miserable years in terms of price but development on the world’s largest smart contract and dApp platform has continued. Speed and scalability are the...
Bitcoin Sudden Breakthrough ‘Unlikely’ In Scalability Quest, Says BitMEX
Researchers at one of the biggest Bitcoin derivatives giants believe there is no point waiting for a specific innovation to take Bitcoin mainstream. BitMEX: Bitcoin Will ‘Slowly...
Bitcoin Scaling Breakthrough Statechain Offers ‘DEX’ For Any User
The author of a new off-chain Bitcoin scaling solution called Statechain has appealed to the community to implement it as an essential network feature. Statechain Development...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Passes 8K Nodes as Mainstream Products Emerge
The Bitcoin Lightning Network scaling protocol has passed a fresh landmark of 8000 nodes as a new solution launches to increase its mainstream usage. Lightning Rides Growth Highs...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Reaches Milestone $5M Capacity
Bitcoin off-chain scaling solution the Lightning Network (LN) has reached a record $5 million in capacity as Bitcoin price rises fuel enthusiasm across the board. Lightning Network...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Hits 6,000 Nodes After Week Of Twitter Spotlight
Bitcoin’s mainnet Lightning Network implementation has hit new records across the board as its rapid growth continues in 2019. 6,000 Nodes, $2.4 Million Capacity Data from monitoring...
Lightning Network Reaches Marathon 600 BTC Capacity
The Lightning Network on Bitcoin passed a fresh milestone this week, taking its overall capacity to over 600 BTC ($2 million) for the first time. 1 Year, $2 Million Data from...
Lightning Network Without Invoices Brings Us Closer to Streaming Money
A new feature for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN) implementation allows users to send funds instantly without needing to first create an invoice. Sphinx Enables ‘New Use...
BTC Wallets Take One Small Step For Lightning, One Giant Leap for Bitcoin
New user-friendly Bitcoin Lightning wallets such as Bluewallet are ushering in the future of payments. Users can now send and receive Bitcoin Lightning payments right to/from your...
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is Quietly Scaling for the Next Bull-Run
Bitcoin passed more significant milestones this week as data reveals its Lightning Network (LN) implementation passed 500 BTC ($2,066,000) capacity for the first time. Lightning...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Explodes To New Heights With $2M Capacity
A sudden influx of nodes on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN) has seen capacity increase to new all-time highs as the scaling solution is now handling over $2 million in BTC...