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How does an HTLC work?
For the lightning network to thrive, it needs a secure, trustless method to conduct off-chain transactions. It must ensure these transactions are valid, secure, and can be routed...
Read MoreLightning Privacy for Beginners
The goal of this blog is to educate on what common actions may inadvertently disclose information that you may otherwise not want to be known. ...
Read More4 Real Use Cases for Lightning Network
This article will go through several examples of what I expect the Lightning Network to provide the internet and the world in the coming years as creative people...
Read MoreSolving $1 trillion dollar unpaid invoice problem
The lightning network is great for buying a coffee or a pizza from a merchant who accepts payments. Businesses can immediately save 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction....
Read MoreWhy do Lightning nodes need inbound and outbound liquidity?
There are two possible ways of answering this question: with a brief and general answer or with a detailed and elaborated one. Let’s go through the general answer...
Read MoreWhat are the differences between LND and CLN?
The Lightning Network protocol is formalized in specification documents called BOLTs (Basis of Lightning Technologies). All organizations that maintain Lightning Network node implementations must follow the specifications described...
Read MoreWhy Exchanges Need Bitcoin Lightning Network Deposits and Withdrawals
While user experience on exchanges has been focused on having tight spreads and features that allow entering and exiting positions, I am willing to bet that users are...
Read MoreWhat is Lightning Network Capacity
Bitcoin’s Lightning network operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. For layer 2 to function and deliver global, instant, and zero-fee transactions, nodes must join the network and...
Read MoreHow many transactions can the lightning network handle?
The Lightning Network is capable of handling millions of payments per second. I want to create a practical and easy-to-understand breakdown of how lightning operates, how nodes connect...
Read MoreFOSS Friday #12 – Voltage update
Open source is an essential piece of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Our Bitcoin-focused team loves open-source, and we want to give back to the open-source realm. So,...
Read MoreHow to start a Bitcoin-Focused Business
This guide will give you some fast-track tips to help you start or start shifting into a Bitcoin-focused business....
Read MoreTABConf 2022 Recap by Nate
The Atlanta Bitcoin Conference (also known as TABconf) is a technical focused conference centered around the builders of Bitcoin....
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