Los investigadores que representan el intercambio de cifrado BitMEX creen que es poco probable que el proyecto BTC en el campo de la escalabilidad y la privacidad, que los usuarios…
Lightning Network
The Bitfinex Bitcoin exchange and the EOSFinex decentralized trading platform have successfully completed the cross-chain conversion of 5 million USDT to the EOS blockchain, reports Cointelegraph. Exchanges believe this will protect decentralized EOS applications from the volatility of digital assets. According to the statement, 49 of the top 100 dApps are already running on the protocol. The next goal is to fully launch EOSFinex on the main network. Recall, Tether launched […]
Blockstream developer Rusty Russell has revealed more details about the Lightning Network vulnerability, which first became known in late August. ICYMI: Here are all the details of the recent Lightning bug. https://t.co/NVzKmGW5I6 – TheRustyTwit (@rusty_twit) September 27, 2019 As Russell wrote, the vulnerability arose during the creation and replenishment of Lightning Network channels. In particular, […]
The number of active Lightning nodes in the bitcoin network has exceeded 10,000. 828.7 BTC are transmitted through payment channels. While #Bitcoin is currently under 10000 USD, the #LightningNetwork just hit the 10000 NODE benchmark. Which one is more important for the long-term future of the first global, censorship-resistant currency? pic.twitter.com/LIP3Mtqw1Z – Fulmo ⚡ (@fulmolightning) September 26, 2019 When […]
A partir del próximo año, más de 25,000 tiendas en Francia comenzarán a aceptar pagos en bitcoins . La noticia fue publicada por uno de los mayores periódicos franceses Le…
The first formal review of the Lightning Network (LN) network specification for security yielded positive results, CoinDesk writes. In their work entitled A Composable Security Treatment of the Lightning Network, which was also attended by IOHK, researchers at the University of Edinburgh Aggelos Kiyaias and Orfeas Litos used mathematical methods to evaluate safety. They studied the fundamental cryptography created for […]
Bitcoin users have a new tool that allows them to instantly purchase cryptocurrency on the Lightning Network using bank cards. A solution called Olympus was introduced by Zap Wallet developer Jack Mullers. According to him, the new tool is designed to bypass complex KYC procedures requiring services like BitPay and Coinbase. I just published Announcing Olympus: Lightning-enabled fiat ramps by […]
The P2P exchange for the sale and purchase of Bitcoin Hodl Hodl will open the source code. This will allow everyone to create their own P2P trading platform. This was stated by CTO Roman Snitko during the Baltic Honeybadger conference. Reasons for the decision: projects are closed and the code is lost; Developing an exchange from scratch is a very expensive task; everyone has the right to manage the exchange; Hodl code Hodl tested on […]
Olaoluva Osuntokun, Technical Director of Lightning Labs and ACINQ, confirmed the cases of practical exploitation of the vulnerability in the Lightning Network protocol, the existence of which became known at the end of August. In a message on the Linux Foundation portal, Osuntokun noted that cases of exploitation of the vulnerability in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database were indeed recorded, and again reminded of the need to update clients to […]
Despite the unconvincing dynamics of the BTC price, the hashrate of the first cryptocurrency once again updated the historical maximum. If a little more than a week ago, the total computing network of Bitcoin was at around 83.526 EH / s, by now this figure is already 94.779 EH / s. As it usually happens, the mining complexity has grown along with the hashrate: Well-known Twitter user Hodlonaut noted that […]