Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has hit a record 5,637 BTC in capacity, driven by increased capital from institutions.

Blockstream, a prominent and influential Bitcoin technology startup, has introduced a service designed to make setting up a node on the cryptocurrency’s Lightning Network a snap. Known as Greenlight, ...

LDK Node, a new Lightning node library, has been announced, offering developers a simplified and ready-to-go solution for setting up a self-custodial Lightning node. Built using LDK and BDK, LDK Node ...

Today Umbrel presented new research that showed 90% of the lightning nodes brought online in the last year run on the company’s software. Today Umbrel presented new research that showed 90% of the ...

The Lightning Network has struck the earth in one of the most challenging operating environments. Lagos, the capital of Nigeria — Africa’s most populous country — welcomed a new Bitcoin Lightning ...

Lightning Network capacity has hit a new ATH of 5,606 BTC (~$500 million) as exchanges increase crypto adoption, with Amboss ...

The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.

The Lightning Network recorded its quickest 100 bitcoin capacity growth ever at only five days. This month alone, the network capacity has increased 20% to 1,821.29 BTC locked in across more than ...

The Lightning Network – a layer atop the Bitcoin blockchain that uses its own special rules to facilitate cheaper, faster transactions – had about 5,335 public nodes in April 2020. Now that number ...