Crypto payment platform Bitrefill has launched Thor, a service that allows customers to open Lightning channels on demand. Thor will connect to Bitrefill’s node on the Lightning Network, allowing ...

Counterparty, the technology for decentralized financial tools on the Bitcoin blockchain, and Storj, the first decentralized, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage that utilizes blockchain technology, ...

The Lightning Network is probably the most highly anticipated technological innovation to be deployed on top of Bitcoin. The payment layer, first proposed by Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja about a year ...

Today, Lightning Labs announced the release of Pool, “a non-custodial, peer-to-peer marketplace for Lightning node operators to buy and sell access to liquidity,” according to a press release. The ...

We’re going to go over the Lightning Network: how it works, how it makes Bitcoin scalable and how it fits in with the larger Bitcoin network. But before we talk about the Lightning Network, we need to ...

The payment-facilitator model isn’t likely to slow down any time soon. A new report predicts payment volume made via payment facilitators will top $4 trillion annually by 2025. Payment facilitators ...

The European Union’s announcement that it would establish a special payments channel to maintain economic ties with Iran sent a clear message to Tehran and Washington: Europe is intent on trying to ...

The Lightning Network makes Bitcoin the most efficient payment system in the world. But, in basic terms, how does it work? We’re going to go over the Lightning Network: how it works, how it makes ...