lightning nodes
Are Lightning Nodes Profitable in 2024?
Introduction Many bitcoiners who decide to learn about running a lightning node learn quickly that they can earn routing fees. Their next question is, can these routing fees...
Read MoreHow Lightning Channel Rebalances Work
An easy to understand breakdown of how Lightning Channel rebalances work for the Bitcoin Lightning Network....
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between a Bitcoin Node and a Lightning Node?
A “node” is the term used to designate a participant on a peer-to-peer network. Unlike the usual “client-server” applications that prevail on the internet today, where servers do...
Read MoreLNURL – Enhancing Lightning’s User Experience
When you think of LNURL the first thing that may come into your mind might be an internet identifier, like satoshi@voltage.com, or a static QR Code that can...
Read MoreWhy You Should Run a Lightning Node
Welcome to part one of setting up a bitcoin lightning node. In this introduction, I will be attempting to answer one of the most common questions by those...
Read MorePoint Time-Locked Contracts
Hash Time-Locked Contract Issues The Lightning Network, as it is today enables payment routing by using the Hash Time-Locked contract, the HTLC. In simple terms, this contract enables...
Read MoreLightning Node Management – Handling High On-Chain Fees
As Bitcoin adoption increases, demand for block space will also rise, inevitably resulting in higher on-chain fees. In this scenario, users will lean more toward Lightning Network for...
Read MoreHow do Lightning Network Fees Work?
Lightning Network Routing The lightning network achieves high-frequency payments by taking payments off-chain. This means that information about a transaction is not broadcasted to the whole network as...
Read MoreWatchtowers on Lightning Network
Lightning Network payment channels work by enforcing a “fairness protocol” – a set of rules that incentivize honest collaboration between channel partners. After funding a channel, payments flow...
Read MoreWhat are the differences between “public” and “private” channels?
A payment channel is a mechanism that enables the establishment a financial relationship between two nodes on the Lightning Network. These nodes are referred to as channel partners...
Read MoreBlockware Solutions uses Voltage for Secondary ASIC Market
Today we are proud to share that our team has helped Blockware Solutions power their Asic secondary marketplace with Lightning infrastructure....
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