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ForkLog 27 25.05.2022

How SegWit, Lightning and Batching Lower Bitcoin Transaction Fees

ForkLog examined the reasons behind the significant decline in Bitcoin network fees.

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ForkLog 11 13.05.2022

David Marcus launches Lightning Network-focused startup

Former head of Meta's payments division, David Marcus, announced the launch of a new company Lightspark focused on expanding Bitcoin's use.

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ForkLog 10 08.04.2022

Robinhood expands crypto wallet testing and announces Lightning Network support

The online broker Robinhood expanded access to beta testing of its cryptocurrency wallet and said it plans to integrate the Lightning Network in the coming months.

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ForkLog 18 08.04.2022

Cash App adds auto-investing features for Bitcoin

Users of the Cash App from Block (formerly Square) gained the ability to automatically convert part of direct deposits into Bitcoin. The company announced this at Bitcoin 2022.

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ForkLog 7 08.04.2022

Shopify to integrate Lightning Network via Strike partnerships

Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced several partnerships for a Lightning Network-based payments app operator that would enable Bitcoin integration into US retail networks, according to Bitcoin Magazine.

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ForkLog 15 06.04.2022

Lightning Labs unveils protocol to issue stablecoins on the Lightning Network

The Lightning Labs team closed a $70 million Series B funding round. The proceeds will go toward developing the Taro protocol, which enables issuing assets, including stablecoins, on the Bitcoin network and using them in Lightning Network applications.

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ForkLog 7 18.03.2022

Arcane Research notes growth of the Lightning Network ecosystem

The Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) ecosystem is growing faster than its capacity. Arcane Research analysts have noted this.

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ForkLog 11 02.02.2022

El Salvador relaunches the Chivo wallet

The government of El Salvador announced the integration of AlphaPoint's solution into the Chivo digital wallet and plans to deploy 1,500 crypto ATMs.

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ForkLog 7 10.12.2021

Chainalysis to add Lightning Network support

The Chainalysis analytics platform announced support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN) as part of its transaction-monitoring solution since February 2022.

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ForkLog 10 07.12.2021

Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) unveils video on Lightning Network node-launch initiative

Bitcoin-focused project Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) published a video about the Lightning Development Kit. In it, Jack Dorsey's company presented a toolkit for launching nodes on the Bitcoin network's second-layer payment protocol.

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ForkLog 16 17.11.2021

Tether unit to develop Bitcoin services on the Lightning Network

The issuer of the stablecoin USDT — Tether Holdings Limited — has launched a subsidiary, Synonym Software, which will focus on developing an “alternative” Internet economy based on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.

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ForkLog 12 04.11.2021

Opinion: The Lightning Network will make Bitcoin a global medium of exchange

The Lightning Network's theoretical throughput for micro-payments is 40 million TPS. That equates to blocks of 14.4 TB every ten minutes, said Samson Mow, Blockstream's chief strategy officer.

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