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Alena Vorobiova is a Ukrainian immigrant who says that bitcoin is a true savior. She recently had crypto transferred from the United States to her phone in Poland through what’s known as the Lightning Network. She received it very quickly, which proved useful given the lack of electronic banking in the area now that Russia has allegedly invaded Ukraine. The Lightning Network Is Being Put to Good Use The battle between Russia and Ukraine has been occurring for the past...

CashApp – the mobile payment service developed by Block – announced many major Bitcoin-related upgrades on Thursday. One of the new integrations allows users to automatically convert their incoming paychecks into Bitcoin. Another Wave of Bitcoin Features CashApp is quite familiar with Bitcoin and its surrounding technology already. It already allows users to purchase Bitcoin alongside stocks, and to send lightning network payments to wallets capable of receiving them. In...

BitPay – a popular cryptocurrency payments provider – has now integrated Bitcoin’s lightning network into its platform. This will allow Bitcoin payments to settle much faster, and cost far less, than ordinary transactions. Lightning Network Effective Immediately The lightning network is a Bitcoin ‘layer 2’ scaling solution that allows individual Bitcoin holders to form private payment channels between each other. These payment channels enable users to transact multiple times...

The Bitcoin community celebrated as the layer 2 payment system reached a total of over 3,400 BTC locked. That is an equivalent of around $141 million. Bringing near-zero fee BTC payments, Lightning’s adoption rose dramatically over the last year. During the same period, bitcoin became significantly more utilized as a network and an investment asset by investors and large companies as the crypto bull run went on. However, growth has been slowing since November’s crypto crash....

Was ist Bitrefill und wie funktioniert es? Es gibt noch nicht viele Orte ausserhalb der Bitcoin-Szene, an denen man mit direkt Bitcoins bezahlen kann. Dafür gibt es immer mehr Nutzer, die genau dieses möchten: Einkäufe mit Krypowährungen bezahlen. Wer für diese Nische eine gute Lösung hat, kann sich jetzt schon auf einen Run auf das Produkt einstellen. Der Service Bitrefill ist eines der ersten Unternehmen (*), die sich an dieses Vorhaben...

San Francisco-based online publishing platform Substack has enabled support for bitcoin payments for subscriptions to publications through the use of the Lightning Network. Substack has collaborated with OpenNode, a bitcoin payment processor, for the BTC payment option. OpenNode made the announcement via a press release on Monday (August 23rd, 2021). With the latest development, readers would be able to pay with BTC for subscriptions on the Substack platform. However, this...

Cryptocurrency platform OKEx announced another crypto-promoting project –the Bitcoin Lightning Network. It will focus on downsizing transaction fees and reducing time for their execution.OKEx is Aiming at Low Transaction Costs and PromptitudeOKEx, the leading cryptocurrency platform and derivatives exchange is to integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network in the next quarter. The project represents a second-layer scaling solution based on the Bitcoin blockchain technology.According to an...

As Bitcoin adoption grows more and more, concerns about the need for scalability solutions increase. Lightning Network is the most important layer-two development currently available on the Bitcoin blockchain, and it seems that North Americans are the favorite demographic for this efficiency-focused micropayment solution. The Lightning Network is a layer-two solution currently under development. It focuses on the creation of channels between peers that allow for almost...

Documentation stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suggests that Zap – a company that has partnered with credit card company Visa – has garnered more than $3 million to establish further bitcoin payment protocols.Zap Is Rolling in DoughThe funding round occurred in April of this year and was led by Green Oaks Capital and Morgan Creek. Zap is currently building a new platform atop the Lightning Network that could potentially make it much easier for users to pay for goods...

A new cryptocurrency app known as Bottlepay will be introducing itself to the crypto-going public following months of delays.Bottlepay Is Now UnderwayBottlepay was originally set to be introduced in late 2019, though there were several problems with the product’s launch thanks to newfound regulations set forth by European lawmakers. The app had to redesign its cryptocurrency wallet to meet the standards set forth by AMLD5, which is the European Union’s anti-money laundering initiative. At the...