Tag: lightning
Lightning Labs Releases 'Better' Version of Token Minting on Bitcoin After BRC-20s Clog System
The project formerly known as "Taro" has been rebranded "Taproot Assets" after Lightning Labs was hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. The new o [...]
Bitcoin Lightning company River raises $35M amid ‘new wave of institutional adoption’
The tide might have gone out on Bitcoin Ordinals, but there’s a strong undercurrent of investments in Bitcoin-only companies. River, a U.S.-based Bitc [...]
Africa Moves to Lightning, Stablecoins as Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar
Users of the Muun wallet, which utilizes both the bitcoin and lightning layers to process transactions, have been charged high fees, particularly thos [...]
How to send and receive payments on the Lightning Network
To send and receive payments on the Lightning Network, users must first set up a Lightning wallet and fund it with Bitcoin. From there, they can creat [...]
Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ Explosion Sends Users Scrambling for Options, Including Lightning
The effects of the BRC-20 mints range from halting of bitcoin withdrawals on Binance to frustration with the sudden high costs of making bitcoin payme [...]
Bitcoin Lightning Network is 1,000x cheaper than Visa and MasterCard: Data
Fresh data from Glassnode demonstrates that Bitcoin's (BTC) Lightning Network is significantly cheaper to use than legacy payment networks. The median [...]
Ford F-150 Lightning fire video highlights growing EV risk
DEARBORN, Mich. — New video footage of a fire involving a Ford F-150 Lightning this year highlights a growing concern around electric vehicles: volati [...]
MicroStrategy’s Saylor fuses work email address with Bitcoin Lightning
The Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network has integrated into the corporate email address of Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin bull and co-founder of business intel [...]
MicroStrategy’s Saylor Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Address Into Corporate Email
The Lightning Address protocol allows users to send bitcoin over the Lightning Network to a wallet identifier resembling a conventional email address. [...]
The state of the Bitcoin Lightning Network in 2023
The Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment solution built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, is six years old. Products, users and the amount of Bitcoin [...]
Coinbase CEO says Bitcoin Lightning is ‘something we’ll integrate’
Bitcoin (BTC) layer 2 scaling solution Lightning may feature on the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in some capacity, according to its chief Brian Ar [...]
Ford hikes F-150 Lightning prices, resumes production
Ford F-150 Lightning trucks manufactured at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn Michigan.Courtesy: Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor said that it has [...]
Zebedee Debuts Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
The service is currently available in the U.S., UK, EU, Brazil and the Philippines, but Zebedee plans on expanding the service to accommodate “all cou [...]
Lightning Labs and Tari agree to convert restraining order in trademark suit
Bitcoin (BTC) software firm Lightning Labs and blockchain startup Tari Labs have agreed to convert a court-ordered temporary restraining order that ha [...]
Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Halt as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement
“I was having dinner with a developer friend and he mentioned ‘taro,’” said Lightning Labs CEO and co-founder Elizabeth Stark in a declaration in the [...]