Lightning Network

The total computational power of bitcoin mining equipment has grown to the values of November last year. The hash rate has now reached 50 EH / s. The growth of this indicator indicates the accession to the network of new devices for the extraction of BTC. According to some experts, this is a positive signal for the price of cryptocurrency, as miners rely on its future growth. Price follows hashrate and […]

The Spanish developer under the pseudonym poperbu created a plugin that allows you to get limited access to a closed WiFi network for a Lightning-payment of 100 Satoshi [0.000001 BTC]. Unlock WiFi access with a Lightning Network payment: https://t.co/2qIj4HeOLw https://t.co/tFePmjhfHk – Alex Bosworth ☇ (@alexbosworth) February 3, 2019 Poperbu presented a way to cancel the Nodogsplash (NDS) commission providing a limited internet connection using Lightning […]

A unique experiment designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the Lightning Network second-level protocol, launched in January and is gaining momentum every day, involving an increasing number of representatives of the bitcoin community. The global campaign #LightningTorch is coordinated through the social network Twitter and has reached participants from 39 countries on all six continents. It is organized on the principle of the Olympic Torch Relay – to the initial payment […]

Cryptocurrency processing service CoinGate added support for XRP. The company's blog says that now 4,500 merchants can accept payments in this digital currency. Big news for #XRPcommunity and our merchants alike! We’ve launched XRP support for our customers. Proceed to our […]

According to the Bitnodes service, 10,047 Bitcoin nodes are deployed worldwide. Almost a quarter of the total number of full nodes is operating in the USA (2442). In Germany, 1837 full nodes operate (18.28% of their total number). Russia ranks ninth in this ranking, between Singapore and Japan (a total of 280 full nodes). Ukraine is on the 19th place by the number of nodes, […]

Litecoin cryptocurrency, which, by analogy with Bitcoin, is also often called “digital silver”, announced the rebranding, in which it introduced a new visual logo. Litecoin – A refined Logo and Vision “The payment choice for the world” https://t.co/XWG1Z7Qqzz – Ilir Gashi [LTC⚡] (@mrilirgashi) January 24, 2019 As the Litecoin Foundation blog, community manager Ilir Gashi writes The new logo marks a new […]