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ForkLog 3 09.10.2020

Report: Bitcoin transaction volume rose 25% in Q3

In the third quarter, Bitcoin transaction volume rose 25% from the previous period. The value transferred on the blockchain rose from $180 billion to $225 billion, according to The Block.

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ForkLog 12 09.10.2020

LND Lightning Network operators urged to update urgently over vulnerability

The Lightning Labs team urged the community to upgrade to the latest LND client version for the Lightning Network due to the discovered vulnerability.

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ForkLog 5 23.09.2020

Lightning Network vulnerability could allow bitcoins to be withdrawn from circulation

The introduction of Wumbo channels to the Lightning Network created a new vulnerability. This drew the attention of Joost Jager, a developer working on Bitcoin scalability solutions.

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ForkLog 12 22.09.2020

Bitfinex expands Bitcoin transfers via Lightning Network’s Wumbo channels

The Bitfinex exchange has added support for Wumbo payment channels on the Lightning Network to facilitate deposits and withdrawals of bitcoin.

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ForkLog 8 08.09.2020

Bitfinex backs Lightning Network-based Bitcoin derivatives exchange LN Markets

The LN Markets cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, built on Bitcoin's second-layer protocol Lightning Network (LN), announced the closing of a pre-seed funding round with participants Bitfinex, Fulgur Ventures and Arcane Crypto.

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ForkLog 16 02.09.2020

Value of bitcoins locked in the Lightning Network hits a new high.

The total value of bitcoins in the second-layer Lightning Network (LN) has reached a new all-time high of $12.4 million, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 7 21.08.2020

New LND client version lifts transfer limit on the Lightning Network

Lightning Labs developers have introduced the beta version of the LND client v0.11, enabling larger Bitcoin transactions on the Lightning Network’s second layer.

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Krzysztof Shpak 795 29.03.2020

Blockstream’s Christian Decker: It’s Really Hard to Inject Usefulness Into Proof-Of-Work

Lightning Network, a second layer payment protocol, can mean a lot to Bitcoin and other blockchain-based systems. It is hailed as a solution to scalability problems and a way to make crypto payments ubiquitous, but the tech isn’t quite mature enough to handle all that.

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Krzysztof Shpak 620 14.02.2020

Samson Mow: Bitcoin Is a Way to Prevent an Orwellian Future

There are certain polarizing topics in the cryptocurrency community: which of Bitcoin forks is the true Bitcoin, what consensus algorithms are really viable, what coins will dominate the markets of the future.

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Krzysztof Shpak 726 07.02.2020

Lightning Network and Mass Adoption: What’s Missing?

Mass adoption is the mantra of every Bitcoin trader and the holy grail of most Bitcoin evangelists. And Lightning Network (LN) was one huge milestone on the roadmap of mass adoption.

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Krzysztof Shpak 234 03.01.2020

What Is Atomic Swap?

1 What is an atomic swap? An atomic swap is an operation of trading one cryptocurrency for another instantly without a third party, such as an exchange. As a result, the deal is controlled only by the parties involved. Atomic swaps can be conducted either on-chain (i.e. directly between blockchains of two different cryptocurrencies) or […]

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ForkLog 946 03.09.2019

Blockstream’s Christian Decker On Latest Lightning Network Developments And What Bitcoin Could Be Like In Future

Christian Decker is one of the true Bitcoin veterans and the first person in the world to get a Bitcoin related PhD. Today the Switzerland-born engineer is one of the leading developers at Blockstream working on Lightning Network specifications and C-Lightning implementation. In an exclusive interview with ForkLog, Christian Decker tells how he came to […]

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