The cryptocurrency privacy-oriented development team Beam has published a plan to create a Mimblewimble-compatible Lightning Network protocol. Mimblewimble compatible Lightning Network https://t.co/2bCa4409nt #mimblewimble #SovereigntyByDesign – @Beamprivacy (@beamprivacy) February 12, 2019 So, representatives of the project claim that transaction processing speed in the Beam network three times higher than that of […]
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The head of Twitter and Square Payment service, Jack Dorsey, said that he considered it only a matter of time to integrate the Bitcoin microtransaction protocol into the Cash App, Cointelegraph reports. He said this in an interview for a podcast about Bitcoin, which is conducted by Stefan Leiver. Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, was another interviewee for the presenter. SLP52 @jack (CEO @square) & @starkness […]
The total computing power of Bitcoin mining equipment (BTC) has increased to the values of November last year. The hash…
Bitcoin micropay network Lightning Network continues to grow steadily. Thus, according to 1ml, over the past 30 days, the number of active nodes has grown by almost 15% and currently has 6090 already. Over the same period, the number of channels has risen to 24,680 (+ 27.4%), the network capacity has increased to 657.14 BTC or almost $ 2.4 million at the current rate of […]
Analytical company Fundstrat Global Advisors has presented a new forecast, according to which in 2019, Bitcoin is waiting for a new price increase. Ironically, its publication almost coincided with an unexpectedly sharp increase in the market on Friday, February 8th. As the leading analyst of the company Thomas Lee wrote in his recent tweet, 2018 can really be considered the year of “hangover” after historical heights […]
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 […]
In traditional stock markets, analysts and researchers have access to full-featured tools, such as Bloomberg Terminal, Factset or SNL Financial.…
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 […]
Currently, we are seeing the longest “bearish” market in the history of Bitcoin and, as a result, cryptocurrency as a…
January 2019 was marked not only by the continuation of the bearish trend in the cryptocurrency market, but also by…