Nick Szabo Was Wrong: With Bitcoin, Micropayments Work
A 1999 article by Nick Szabo is often cited to argue that micropayments don’t work. But with Bitcoin and the Lighting Network, now they do. This is an opinion editorial…
Reviewing The Best Bitcoin Lightning Wallets For Slow-Internet Regions
In regions where the internet is slow or unstable, using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network can be a challenge. What are the best tools available? This is an opinion editorial by Anita…
What I’ve Learned Onboarding Merchants In Portugal To Bitcoin
Lessons learned by one expat Bitcoiner living in Portugal, who decided the merchants at her local market needed the Lightning Network. This is an opinion editorial by Holly Young, a…
MicroStrategy To Launch Bitcoin Lightning Solutions In 2023: Saylor
Bitcoin Lightning applications that MicroStrategy plans to release include enterprise infrastructure services and content monetization solutions, Saylor said. MicroStrategy will release software applications and solutions powered by the Bitcoin Lightning…
Can Antoine Riard’s Lightning Network Proposal Mitigate Channel Jamming Attacks?
A protocol proposal from Antoine Riard seeks to mitigate Lightning Network channel jamming attacks with a Chaumian ecash token. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in…
Integrating Statechains With Lightning Channels Can Allow For Off-Chain Balancing And Improved Flexibility
A Commerceblock BLIP facilitates Lightning channels built on Bitcoin statechains, improving flexibility for the Layer 2 protocol. Last year, I wrote about Commerceblock’s Mercury Wallet, an implementation of both statechains…
Scaling Bitcoin With Lightning As A Service Makes It Money That Really Matters
Developing Lighting as a Service (LaaS) removes friction from bitcoin and gives users the experiences they crave. This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of…
How Dozens Of Denver Middle Schoolers Became Bitcoin Entrepreneurs
An entrepreneurship program for middle schoolers in Denver equipped participants with sats and lessons in what makes Bitcoin the future. This is an opinion editorial by Ryan Brisch, Anthony Feliciano…
The Future Of Venture Capital Is Investing In Bitcoin-Only Companies
Among the plethora of investors in the crypto world, there is a niche that shares common visions and strategies. They are the Bitcoin-only venture capitalists. “The smartest people in the…
Maturation Of The Lightning Network: Growing Up By Going Vertical
Like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is maturing toward mass adoption through specialization and sophistication. This is an opinion editorial by Roy Sheinfeld, the cofounder and CEO of Breez,…