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Lightning Network
Why This Dev Built a 'Centralized Ethereum' on Top of Bitcoin's Lightning Network
Ethereum showed the limits of decentralization, says the creator of an explicitly centralized version that pays contracts via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

Ethereum Has Become Bitcoin's Top Off-Chain Destination
The most popular way to use bitcoin off-chain is on Ethereum, recent data indicates.

Lightning Network Overhaul Could Strengthen Bitcoin Privacy – But Many 'Ifs' Remain
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network.

Bitcoiners Sprint to Improve Lightning Network in 2-Day Virtual Hackathon
Unable to meet in person, developers around the world collaborated by videoconference for a 48-hour stretch to refine Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

IOV Labs Takes on Lightning Network With New Light Client
IOV Labs, which builds platforms secured by bitcoin’s hash rate, launched Wednesday a light client for the Lumino Payments Network, its smart contract-compatible rival to the lightning network

Fold App Helps You Earn Bitcoin and Shop Major Retailers
Leigh Cuen sits down with Fold CEO, Will Reeves to discuss their new app launching this week just in time for Black Friday.

Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum
Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer.

Bitcoin Wallets Are Adopting This Tech to Simplify Lightning Payments
Bitcoin’s Lightning network has a long way to go in terms of user experience. To tackle this problem, a standard known as lnurl is quietly gaining ground.

Lightning Network Messaging, Political Expediency and What Crisis Has Revealed
In a time of increasing censorship aimed towards protecting us, is truly private messaging possible? Why are we using "data driven" approaches when we know the data is wrong? Juggernaut's John Cantrell and HRF's Alex Gladstein help us see what the crisis has revealed.

Bitcoin Messenger Explores Censorship Resistance During Coronavirus Crisis
A new bitcoin privacy technology was born this week, using the Lightning Network and inspired by the politics of the COVID-19 crisis.
