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18 Months Away? Latest Lightning Network Study Calls System a ‘Small Central Clique’

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The Lightning Network has been touted as the solution to the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network’s scalability problem for years now. Over the last few months, the Lightning Network has shown growth but there are still significant concerns about centralization, routing issues, and creating a usable mainstream-friendly interface. The ongoing joke that the network is “18 … Read more

Sideshift App Demonstrates a Trade Between Lightning Network BTC and Tether

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Back in October news.Bitcoin.com reported on the influx of development tied to Drivechain, a project initiated by software developer Paul Sztorc. At the time we also covered the project’s extension applications coded by the programmer Andreas Brekken. One of those applications Brekken conceived allowed any Drivenet coins to be swapped between any blockchain protocol. On … Read more

Wendy McElroy: Interview With Jeffrey Tucker on All Things Crypto, Part Two

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Interview with Jeffrey Tucker on All Things Crypto, Part Two Conducted by Wendy McElroy The multi-faceted Jeffrey Tucker is an American writer who focuses on market freedom, anarcho-capitalism, and cryptotech. He is the author of eight books on economics, politics, and culture, a much-sought after conference speaker, and an Internet entrepreneur. Jeffrey is editorial director … Read more

Crypto Price Watch: Litecoin (LTC), Revain (R) and Factom (FCT) Surge in the Top-50 as Other Altcoins Continue to Struggle

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Over the course of the past 6 hours, Litecoin has gained considerable financial traction, with the price of a single LTC token currently hovering around the $27 mark. As can be seen from the chart below, Litecoin has been in a tear of sorts for the past 48 hours, with the currency rising from a … Read more