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Damian Catanzaro, a 26-year-old Argentine programmer, created a sensation among Argentinian content creators and NGOs with Cafecito, a tipping platform he started in Feb. 2020 that’s reached 300,000 users.But now he wants to go global after recently integrating the Lightning Network, a Layer 2 payment product built on top of
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The research unit of Arcane Crypto predicts the Lightning Network will go parabolic as adoption of the Bitcoin layer-two payment protocol ramps up over the decade. Arcane Research published the “State of Lightning” report on Oct. 5, and analyzed the Lightning Network in terms of current capacity, wallet payment volume,
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“There’s this great opportunity for us to choose global, barrier-less options,” Crawford said during the call. “And Bitcoin represents one of the best options. We know not everyone around the world transacts with bitcoin yet, but … we think it’s one of the better solutions.” Original Source
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Ricardo Salinas, president of Elektra Group, one of the biggest retail franchises in Mexico, hinted at the possibility of integrating payments using Bitcoin’s second layer solution, the Lightning Network. Salinas made the announcement yesterday via Twitter. This would allow residents of the country to pay for appliances in-store, directly with
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The Lightning Network is one of the most bullish developments that the Bitcoin ecosystem has seen so far. And all the available metrics point up, a healthy and vibrant network is brewing. However, investor Kevin Rooke took a deeper look and found out that the Lightning Network is probably even
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Litecoin is cleared for takeoff after a brutal downtrend against Bitcoin and the dollar. Could the cryptocurrency known as digital silver be the next altcoin to pop like Ethereum, Dogecoin, and the rest of the pack? Here’s a closer look at the technical signals suggesting a change in the tides is
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The Lightning Network has grown 75% in size over the past year, hitting a record high 8,900 nodes for the first time on Feb. 8, according to LN monitors at Bitcoin Visuals. A significant proportion of the increase occurred more recently, suggesting that some Bitcoiners are gravitating toward the layer-two solution,
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OKCoin is the latest crypto exchange to support Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.Per details shared with CryptoX, the exchange is in the final phases of integrating the secondary scaling network. It should be live within 3-4 weeks, OKCoin’s team told CryptoX.“We have been a bitcoin exchange since 2013 and while we are
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Another crypto exchange has added support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.U.K.-based CoinCorner debuted Lightning Network support for its users Tuesday. They can now deposit and withdraw bitcoin with the secondary network, a software stack that is built on top of Bitcoin’s core technology which facilitates cheap and fast transactions.“Lightning is the
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Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected. And what’s more, a fair share of its volume is coming from individual Lightning users – not businesses.“It’s a big surprise! Very exciting,” Lightning Labs Business Development head Ryan Gentry told CryptoX. “The primary
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