Civ Kit aims to become a fully-fledged marketplace while retaining the censorship resistant and permissionless nature of open-source tech. Bitcoin enthusiasts have introduced a new academic white paper detailing the…

With hierarchical channels, Lightning may overcome its scalability limitations by enabling quick and flexible off-chain resizing of channels. Developers are exploring the use of hierarchical channels to help speed up…

Mutiny Wallet, a web-first and privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, has raised over $300k in preseed funding to build its platform. Mutiny Wallet, a web-first bitcoin wallet, has raised just over $300,000…

Along with the ability to earn bitcoin, users will now be able to easily and instantly transfer their bitcoin across jurisdictions. Users in the U.S., UK and EU can now…

The New York-based Lightning accelerator has announced its first set of companies and projects. In Wolf’s Clothing, the first-ever startup accelerator dedicated to Lightning, announced its selection of eight teams…

The Praia Bitcoin experiment set a record with P2P transactions occurring every three seconds. On February 18, 2023, a new world record for peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin transactions was established using…

In March, Bitcoin and Lightning builders and developers will congregate at a beachside resort in Da Nang, Vietnam. Asia’s first Bitcoin and Lightning Network conference will take place in Da…

A new Lightning partnership will let Perth Heat fans scan QR codes after stolen bases and home runs, rewarding them with bitcoin instantly. The Perth Heat, the Australian Baseball League’s…

Xapo is partnering with Lightspark to allow its customers to send bitcoin near-instantaneously to any vendor who accepts BTC over Lightning. Gibraltar-licensed private bank Xapo Bank has partnered with Lightspark,…

Lightning node operators can connect to TBD and Block’s new Lightning infrastructure starting today. TBD, a Bitcoin-focused subsidiary of Jack Dorsey’s Block, has announced a new Lightning Network business called…