It’s an exciting time in technology with breakthroughs seemingly coming every day in areas like AI and blockchain. One such revolution making waves is the Lightning Network which is increasingly ...

At Bitcoin 2022, a group of developers sat down on the open-source stage to flesh out the current state of Lightning privacy as well as to discuss shortcomings that users should be aware of and to ...

Secure Digital Markets moves $1M via Bitcoin's Lightning Network to Kraken, marking the first public seven-figure institutional transfer.

The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.

“The Lightning Network will allow anyone — individuals, SMEs, institutions, etc. — to send domestic or international payments of any size, with unlimited frequency, without bank intermediaries, nearly ...

The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels originally proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, with major implementations having been built by Blockstream (CLN), ...

Custodial Lightning has clearly achieved product market fit. Users benefit from instant Bitcoin payments and minimal fees, while custodians manage the complexities of channel and liquidity management.

A cryptocurrency trading company completed a $1 million payment using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network on Jan. 28, 2026, finishing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nigerian Bitcoiner and CEO of Recursive Capital and Btrust Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, and Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning ...