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Visa-backed Bitcoin startup to launch Lightning-based global payments app

DIGIT — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:16:04 +0000

Zap is announcing Strike Global, a Bitcoin payments app for global remittances.

Zigzag Platform Provides Cryptocurrency Swaps Over the Lightning Network

DIGIT — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:20:34 +0000

There’s a new exchange system under development called Zigzag.io, an app that allows users to swap bitcoin core for other digital assets like bitcoin cash, dash, and ethereum over the Lightning Network. The beta application is currently available to test cryptocurrency trades as the project launched on the main-network during the first week of September. […]

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Lightning and Mainnet: A Look at the Protocol’s Hype, Trials, and Error

DIGIT — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:00:51 +0000

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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