Lightning devs must ‘wake up’ and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin dev
Developers working on the Bitcoin layer 2 Lightning Network have become less security-oriented and more focused on producing cash flow for their investors, argues a former Lightning Network developer.Bitcoin core developer and security researcher Antoine Riard, made headlines last mon ...
Bulgaria’s oldest football club adopts Bitcoin and Lightning, joins Nostr
Bitcoin (BTC) has netted another adoption goal. Botev Plovdiv FC, Bulgaria’s oldest football club, has adopted Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments, as well as joining decentralized protocol, Nostr.Plovdiv’s stadium accommodates 18,000 people. Source: ManolovEffective immediately, f ...
Bitcoin builder climbs Africa’s tallest mountain to raise awareness
A Bitcoin (BTC) educator based in Tanzania has scaled Africa’s highest peak, Kilimanjaro, sponsoring the entire trip through Bitcoin and Nostr donations.Kweks poses with a Bitcoin and NOSTR Flag at Kilimanjaro summit. Source: XKweks, (not his real name) crowdfunded over $1,700 in Bitcoin ( ...
Lightning Network faces criticism from pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton
Lawyer and cryptocurrency supporter John Deaton has criticized the Lightning Network, deeming it less effective than the “Spend The Bits” protocol on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Lightning is a layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin. It is designed to improve the scalability and efficiency of ...
Bitcoin core developer steps back from Lightning Network over “hard dilemma”
Security researcher and developer Antoine Riard is stepping down from the Lightning Network’s development, citing security issues and fundamental challenges to the Bitcoin ecosystem. According to a thread on the Linux Foundation’s public mailing list, Riard believes the Bi ...
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has released the mainnet alpha of Taproot Assets, a protocol aimed at enabling stablecoins and real-world assets to be issued on the Bitcoin and Lightning Network.The current version, Taproot Assets v0.3, will provide a “feature ...
Colombian Bitcoiner aims to orange-pill coffee lovers one bean at a time
José Luis Garcia is a coffee-lover and entrepreneur trying to make his mark in the city of Medellín — the birthplace of Colombia’s modern coffee industry. Since the October launch of his start-up Lightning Koffee, Garcia has two goals in mind: Make a decent c ...
Free Bitcoin on Zaps experiment — but what are Zaps?
A Bitcoin (BTC) advocate based in Canada has “Zapped” 600 people a total of 300 satoshis ($0.09, or 0.000003 BTC) each in a Bitcoin-inspired social media experiment. To date, marketing executive Michael Degroot has doled out over $50 in Bitcoin to people around the gl ...
TBD and Paxful co-founder to launch DeFi network for P2P bitcoin markets
It will be called the Civilization Kit (Civ Kit) And it will offer quick plug-and-play identification The founders already predict "the next evolution of bitcoin." Jack Dorsey's crypto company TBD partnered with Ray Youssef, co-founder of Paxful. They ...