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During the last few days, a number of cryptocurrency supporters have been discussing Paul Sztorc’s Drivechain project, also referred to as “Drivenet.” The Drivechain project has been a work in progress for years now, and just recently Sztorc published a new version of the Drivenet software. On June 29,
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A study published on June 29 revealed a way to drain Bitcoin (BTC) wallets’ funds on the Lightning Network by exploiting a bottleneck in the system.According to the “Flood & Loot: A Systemic Attack On The Lightning Network” paper, Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar from the Hebrew University in Israel
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Earlier this week, the popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum received a much-awaited update, with developers adding support for the Lightning Network. The latter allows for faster and cheaper BTC transactions, even as it remains under continuous development. Lightning on Electrum Electrum’s latest version launched a beta this week, adding support for Lightning network
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Canaan Creative’s stock dipped below $2, its lowest price since the firm went public in November. Experts say demand for new mining equipment may have weakened after the Bitcoin network’s halving event in May. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force is using a blockchain startup to monitor its supply chain logistics, and an
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Mobile mesh networks, a network of peer-to-peer (or device-to-device) connections between mobile phones or IoT devices can be helped significantly by using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, a recent podcast noted. Tapping Lightning for SMS Speaking with CryptoX, Adam Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, and Dr. Stephenie Murphy on the publication’s “Let’s Talk Bitcoin!” podcast, Richard
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‘The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Recently the hosts of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! Show were joined by Richard Myers to discuss the current state of mesh networks and how Bitcoin’s Lightning may be the missing ingredient to their success. On today’s episode of Let’s Talk Bitcoin! you’re invited
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Ethereum was created to carry out complex applications Bitcoin supposedly couldn’t handle. A new app brings the idea full circle. Pseudonymous developer Fiatjaf has created Etleneum, which he describes as a “centralized” version of Ethereum that runs on payments from Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Hence the name, a portmanteau of “Ethereum” and
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[sociallocker id="55298"] Research is being conducted. Experiments are brewing. Behind the scenes, Lightning Network developers are planning to (eventually) completely rewrite an important part of bitcoin. Known as Bitcoin’s second layer, since most of the action takes place off the blockchain, Lightning is being built out for faster, cheaper and more
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One thousand Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) were minted today on the Ethereum network (ETH) — a single transaction that represents more U.S dollar value than the entire Lightning Network.It brings the total amount of Bitcoin now locked in WBTC tokens to 2,300, compared to the roughly 927 Bitcoin (BTC) locked on
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Lightning Labs, the team of engineers dedicated to fixing the scalability issues of the Bitcoin blockchain and making the flagship cryptocurrency better, has announced the release of the Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) v0.10 beta. The team says lnd v0.10 beta comes with several improvements and bug fixes including Multi-Path Payments
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