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Lightning

Lightning is a payment layer for Bitcoin that lets users send transactions through off-chain payment channels. The Lightning Network was described in a whitepaper by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja. Read the latest news about Lightning on Cointelegraph. Lightning is a payment layer for Bitcoin that lets users send transactions through off-chain payment channels. The Lightning Network was described in a whitepaper by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja. Read the latest news about Lightning on Cointelegraph. Lightning is a payment layer for Bitcoin that lets users send transactions through off-chain payment channels. The Lightning Network was described in a whitepaper by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja. Read the latest news about Lightning on Cointelegraph.

Is Bitcoin kidding itself about the Lightning Network?

Christina CombenOct 13, 2026

Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes

Oct 2, 2026

Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents

Sep 25, 2026

Core Lightning confirms multiple vulnerabilities, prepares security update

Aug 27, 2026

Zeus Wallet taken offline after cyberattack, says no customer funds at risk

Aug 6, 2026

Breez launches Bitcoin-to-stablecoin payments across more than 30 blockchains

Jun 29, 2026

Lightning: All latest articles

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Voltage rolls out USD-settled Bitcoin Lightning credit line for businesses

Voltage has launched a US dollar‑settled revolving credit line that plugs directly into Bitcoin and Lightning payment flows, letting businesses send instant, Lightning‑style payments.

Feb 19, 2026

Christina Comben

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Record $1M Lightning transfer tests Bitcoin payments for institutions

A $1 million Lightning transfer between SDM and Kraken was used to test whether Bitcoin’s main scaling layer could handle seven‑figure, institutional‑grade payments.

Feb 5, 2026

Christina Comben

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Breez launches Time2Build to boost Bitcoin Lightning development

Time2Build will pay developers to add Bitcoin Lightning Network features to existing open-source apps, rewarding only code accepted by project maintainers.

Oct 7, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski

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Bitcoin builders defend venture capital's role in layer-2 growth

At Token 2049, Bitlayer’s CEO defended VC funding in Bitcoin, arguing that their investment and connections spur protocol and service development.

May 13, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski

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Spar supermarket in Switzerland starts accepting Bitcoin payments

Spar shoppers in Zug, Switzerland, can pay for their groceries in Bitcoin via the Lightning Network, as over 1,000 Swiss businesses have implemented Bitcoin payments.

Apr 18, 2025

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StarkWare researchers propose smart contracts for Bitcoin with ColliderVM

StarkWare and Weizmann Institute researchers have introduced ColliderVM, a system that overcomes Bitcoin script limitations to enable complex smart contracts.

Apr 11, 2025

Adrian Zmudzinski

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Lightning Network value directly correlated to Bitcoin price: Report

“It’s like your dial-up internet became broadband because the Bitcoin price went up,” according to the CEO of Amboss Technologies.

Oct 22, 2024

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Nubank brings Bitcoin Lightning to its 100M Latin American customers

Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard for Nubank, which gives an email-like address for users to send and receive money.

Jun 26, 2024

Brayden Lindrea

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Bitcoin Lightning hacker Burak introduces new layer-2 ‘Brollups’

The Bitcoin developer says Brollups can support more than 90% of decentralized finance use cases, from NFT sales to token orders on DEXs.

Jun 24, 2024

Brayden Lindrea