Introducing the Lightning Glossary! All your terms briefly explained in one place!
https://docs.lightning.engineering/community-resources/glossary
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Glossary | Builder's Guide
All your Lightning Network terms explained in one place.
Our latest Lightning developer video is out: Building Paid APIs with #Bitcoin!
Watch Hannah Rosenberg explain LSATs, a way to natively authenticate Lightning payments in apps without a username or password. Build with the Internet's currency: sats!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PauSnLTu0BQ
Watch Hannah Rosenberg explain LSATs, a way to natively authenticate Lightning payments in apps without a username or password. Build with the Internet's currency: sats!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PauSnLTu0BQ
Today we're announcing Taro, a new protocol to issue assets on Bitcoin and Lightning, and our $70M Series B fundraise! 🍠
One small step for bringing bitcoin to billions. 🌍
One giant leap for powering the world's financial system with #bitcoin.
https://medium.com/@lightning_labs/number-of-people-go-up-or-bitcoin-as-the-worlds-protocol-of-value-d1df7cefca37
One small step for bringing bitcoin to billions. 🌍
One giant leap for powering the world's financial system with #bitcoin.
https://medium.com/@lightning_labs/number-of-people-go-up-or-bitcoin-as-the-worlds-protocol-of-value-d1df7cefca37
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The April edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is here! We cover:
🍠Taro: a new protocol for multi-asset #bitcoin and Lightning💰Lightning fundraises including our $70M Series B, OpenNode, Voltage, IBEX Mercado 🦑Kraken + AAX joining LN!
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/bitcoinizing-the-dollar-and-the-world
🍠Taro: a new protocol for multi-asset #bitcoin and Lightning💰Lightning fundraises including our $70M Series B, OpenNode, Voltage, IBEX Mercado 🦑Kraken + AAX joining LN!
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/bitcoinizing-the-dollar-and-the-world
The Lightning Lab
Bitcoinizing the Dollar, and the World, with Lightning 💸⚡🌍
Welcome to the April edition of the Lightning Lab, a newsletter filled with Lightning Network updates, community coverage, and, of course, memes! In this issue, we discuss a new Taproot-native protocol for issuing and transferring assets on Bitcoin and Lightning…
The latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:
📝 Arcane Research and NYDIG on the growth of LN and LiFi
👀 Central bankers from 44 countries using Lightning
💥 Launches from Robin Hood, OpenNode, Strike, Lightspark and Impervious
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/back-to-the-bitcoin-future-nows-the
📝 Arcane Research and NYDIG on the growth of LN and LiFi
👀 Central bankers from 44 countries using Lightning
💥 Launches from Robin Hood, OpenNode, Strike, Lightspark and Impervious
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/back-to-the-bitcoin-future-nows-the
The Lightning Lab
Back to the Bitcoin Future: Now's the Time to Build With Lightning 🚙⚡️🔌
Welcome to the latest edition of the Lightning Lab, a newsletter filled with Lightning Network updates, community coverage, and, of course, memes! In this issue, we discuss how the Lightning Network community continues to build and grow despite broader market…
The latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:
💱 How Taro decentralizes global FX markets, making "cross-border" payments obsolete
🌏 BTC/LN adoption in Thailand, Argentina, Uganda, UK
💸 Fundraises from Zebedee, Fedi and Stacker News
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/decentralizing-global-fx-with-taro
💱 How Taro decentralizes global FX markets, making "cross-border" payments obsolete
🌏 BTC/LN adoption in Thailand, Argentina, Uganda, UK
💸 Fundraises from Zebedee, Fedi and Stacker News
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/decentralizing-global-fx-with-taro
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Decentralizing Global FX With Taro: How Bitcoin Renders "Cross-Border" Payments Obsolete 🍠💱
Welcome to the latest edition of the Lightning Lab, a newsletter filled with Lightning Network updates, community coverage, and, of course, memes!
Today we're excited to announce the initial code for Taro 🍠, a new protocol to issue and transfer assets on #bitcoin and Lightning 🔜.
With this release, we're one step closer to bitcoinizing the dollar, and the global financial system! 🌍💱
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-9-28-taro-launch/
With this release, we're one step closer to bitcoinizing the dollar, and the global financial system! 🌍💱
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-9-28-taro-launch/
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Our latest Lightning developer video is out: Running Taro! 🍠
Watch Hannah Rosenberg demo the latest Taro code and learn how to mint, send, and receive assets on #bitcoin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtklaJHfKIY
Watch Hannah Rosenberg demo the latest Taro code and learn how to mint, send, and receive assets on #bitcoin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtklaJHfKIY
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The Lightning Lab 🧪 is back! We cover:
📈 How LN growth has accelerated in emerging markets
🌍 Why LATAM, SE Asia, and Africa are at the forefront of ⚡ adoption
🤘 Fundraises and launches from River Financial, Zebedeeio, Fiatjaf, Damus and NBD
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/signal-over-noise-how-emerging-markets
📈 How LN growth has accelerated in emerging markets
🌍 Why LATAM, SE Asia, and Africa are at the forefront of ⚡ adoption
🤘 Fundraises and launches from River Financial, Zebedeeio, Fiatjaf, Damus and NBD
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/signal-over-noise-how-emerging-markets
The Lightning Lab
Signal Over Noise: How Emerging Markets Are Powering Lightning Growth 🎧🔌⚡
Welcome to the latest edition of the Lightning Lab, a newsletter filled with Lightning Network updates, community coverage, and, of course, memes! In this issue, we discuss how Lightning continues to grow in emerging markets especially, and as always highlight…
Announcing lnd 0.16 beta: Smarter, Leaner, Faster
New in this release:
🧭 Pathfinding upgrades
🗼Watchtower improvements
🧑💻 RPC updates for devs
⚒️ Moar backend options
Upgrade today and read more:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-03-29-lnd-0.16-launch/
New in this release:
🧭 Pathfinding upgrades
🗼Watchtower improvements
🧑💻 RPC updates for devs
⚒️ Moar backend options
Upgrade today and read more:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-03-29-lnd-0.16-launch/
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Announcing LND 0.16 beta: Smarter, Leaner, Faster
We're excited to announce LND 0.16.0 beta, our first release of 2023.
Continuing on the path to improve all things Lightning from pure technological…
Continuing on the path to improve all things Lightning from pure technological…
Announcing a new set of tools to build Lightning⚡and #bitcoin-powered AI products for a global audience.
Using L402, a standard for API authentication with LN payments, and @langchainAI, a simplified AI app framework, we are opening up #AI4All! 🤖🌎
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-05-l402-langchain/
Using L402, a standard for API authentication with LN payments, and @langchainAI, a simplified AI app framework, we are opening up #AI4All! 🤖🌎
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-05-l402-langchain/
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Our latest “Tapping into Taproot Assets” video is out: Mint from the CLI 🍀
In episode 5, Hannah walks through how to mint assets on #bitcoin with tapd, covering concepts like batched issuance to save chain space, and best practices for metadata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FccI6j0mxuE
In episode 5, Hannah walks through how to mint assets on #bitcoin with tapd, covering concepts like batched issuance to save chain space, and best practices for metadata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FccI6j0mxuE
Announcing LND 0.18: Smarter Sweeps, Inbound Fees, and Improved Scaling!
Featuring:
Smarter sweeps to improve efficiency 🧹
Inbound fees for discounts to optimize routing 📥
SQL for invoices to boost node performance 📈
Read more and upgrade today:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-05-30-lnd-0.18-launch/
Featuring:
Smarter sweeps to improve efficiency 🧹
Inbound fees for discounts to optimize routing 📥
SQL for invoices to boost node performance 📈
Read more and upgrade today:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-05-30-lnd-0.18-launch/
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Announcing LND 0.18 beta: Smarter Sweeps, Inbound Fees, and Improved Scaling! 🧹 📥📈
We are excited to announce the release of LND 0.18 beta! This version is brimming with improvements spanning multiple functional areas. Some of the…
Announcing the first mainnet release of multi-asset Lightning. 💱⚡
With Taproot Assets, users can make instant, low fee asset transfers, bringing trillions of stablecoin volume to #bitcoin.
Lightning is now the global, interoperable financial layer. 🌐
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-07-23-taproot-assets-LN/
With Taproot Assets, users can make instant, low fee asset transfers, bringing trillions of stablecoin volume to #bitcoin.
Lightning is now the global, interoperable financial layer. 🌐
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-07-23-taproot-assets-LN/
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Taproot Assets on Lightning: The Global Financial Interoperability Layer ⚡💱
Today we're excited to announce the release of Taproot Assets on Lightning, the first multi-asset Lightning protocol on mainnet. With this release…
Our newest developer video is out: "Running a Taproot Assets Price Oracle" 🔮
Watch Hannah explain how to set up a price oracle for real-time conversion rates between BTC and other assets, enabling stablecoin payments on Lightning today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVlDbILLWE
Watch Hannah explain how to set up a price oracle for real-time conversion rates between BTC and other assets, enabling stablecoin payments on Lightning today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVlDbILLWE
The latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:
💸 Tether coming to bitcoin and Lightning
📈 How stablecoins will drive LN’s exponential growth
🚀 Joltz launch, Wallet of Satoshi 21M txs, Fewsats AI bitcoin payments, Breez Tech report
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/it-all-comes-back-to-bitcoin-how
💸 Tether coming to bitcoin and Lightning
📈 How stablecoins will drive LN’s exponential growth
🚀 Joltz launch, Wallet of Satoshi 21M txs, Fewsats AI bitcoin payments, Breez Tech report
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/it-all-comes-back-to-bitcoin-how
Substack
It All Comes Back to Bitcoin: How Stablecoins on Lightning Will Bring Exponential Growth 💸🤝⚡
Welcome to the latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 newsletter!
Our latest technical post is out! We discuss how we're using the MuSig2 protocol to improve Lightning Loop, our liquidity management service. 🔑🔄
New bitcoin technology now makes a better developer experience possible, with lower fees and faster swaps.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2025-02-13-loop-musig2/
New bitcoin technology now makes a better developer experience possible, with lower fees and faster swaps.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2025-02-13-loop-musig2/
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How MuSig2 Is Powering Lightning Liquidity with Loop 🔑🔁
In this post, we'll explain how we used MuSig2, a protocol for aggregating public keys for the Schnorr digital signature algorithm, to enhance…
Announcing LND v0.19: Lightning Node Usability Go Up ⚡📈
Featuring:
Faster startup time with database migration ⌛
New default of coop channel closer paying chain fees ✂️
Improved pathfinding for better bitcoin payment reliability 🕸️
Read more below and upgrade today.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2025-6-3-lnd-0.19-launch/
Featuring:
Faster startup time with database migration ⌛
New default of coop channel closer paying chain fees ✂️
Improved pathfinding for better bitcoin payment reliability 🕸️
Read more below and upgrade today.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2025-6-3-lnd-0.19-launch/
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Announcing LND v0.19.0-beta: Lightning Node Usability Go Up ⚡📈
We are excited to announce the release of LND v0.19.0 beta! This new release focuses on making LND more secure, scalable, and reliable for powering…