Antoine Riard, who left the Lightning Network in October, argues the Lightning Network is also at risk of becoming increasingly centralized and susceptible to single points of failure and censorship risks.
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Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs.
Lightning Labs launches rebranded ‘Taro’ amid Bitcoin’s BRC-20 bottleneck
Lightning Labs have unveiled a new solution to the clunky process for minting new assets on the Bitcoin network.
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‘Breakthrough’ as Lightning Uses Web’s Forgotten Payment Code
Lightning Labs believes its Lightning Service Authentication Tokens will do away with passwords and credit cards online
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What’s the Deal With the Lightning Network?
Remember that layer two scaling solution they promised for Bitcoin back in the day? Does anyone know what happened to it? It feels like we’ve been waiting for a finished Lightning Network longer than Mt. Gox victims have been awaiting restitution. For now, Lightning is accessible to users with the skills to navigate its quirks […]
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Bitcoin Price Watch: A $500 Drop is in the Books
At press time, bitcoin is trading for just over $8,000 – a solid dip from yesterday’s high of about $8,500, though it is a step above today’s previous low of $7,700. Bitcoin is struggling to stay afloat, but many outside factors are looking to prevent this. One involves ongoing regulation in South Korea. The country accounts for over one quarter of the world’s bitcoin and cryptocurrency trades, making it a very important candle-holder in the digital asset arena. However, as activities in South Korea grow and bitcoin continues to garner popularity, regulators are seeing a stronger need to interfere. ThePowered by WPeMatico
Lightning and Mainnet: A Look at the Protocol’s Hype, Trials, and Error
Over the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of hyped up discussion about the Lightning Network (LN) from those who believe it will help scale the bitcoin core (BTC) protocol. The Lightning Network topic has now moved from BTC testnet experimentation to trialing LN over the currency’s mainnet using real BTC. LN development and […]
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