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Announcements from Lightning Labs. We build lnd, lightning pool, lightning loop. Chat: @lightninglab
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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
Today we're announcing Taro, a new protocol to issue assets on Bitcoin and Lightning, and our $70M Series B fundraise! ๐Ÿ 

One small step for bringing bitcoin to billions. ๐ŸŒ

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
The latest edition of the Lightning Lab ๐Ÿงช is out! We cover:

๐Ÿ’ฑ How Taro decentralizes global FX markets, making "cross-border" payments obsolete
๐ŸŒ BTC/LN adoption in Thailand, Argentina, Uganda, UK
๐Ÿ’ธ Fundraises from Zebedee, Fedi and Stacker News
https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/decentralizing-global-fx-with-taro
Today we're excited to announce the initial code for Taro ๐Ÿ , a new protocol to issue and transfer assets on #bitcoin and Lightning ๐Ÿ”œ.

With this release, we're one step closer to bitcoinizing the dollar, and the global financial system! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฑ
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2022-9-28-taro-launch/
Our latest Lightning developer video is out: Running Taro! ๐Ÿ 

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
Announcing lnd 0.16 beta: Smarter, Leaner, Faster

New in this release:
๐Ÿงญ Pathfinding upgrades
๐Ÿ—ผWatchtower improvements
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป RPC updates for devs
โš’๏ธ Moar backend options

Upgrade today and read more:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-03-29-lnd-0.16-launch/
Announcing a new set of tools to build Lightningโšกand #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! ๐Ÿค–๐ŸŒŽ
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-05-l402-langchain/
Our latest โ€œTapping into Taproot Assetsโ€ video is out: Mint from the CLI ๐Ÿ€

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 ๐Ÿงน
Inbound fees for discounts to optimize routing ๐Ÿ“ฅ
SQL for invoices to boost node performance ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Read more and upgrade today:
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-05-30-lnd-0.18-launch/
Announcing the first mainnet release of multi-asset Lightning. ๐Ÿ’ฑโšก

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. ๐ŸŒ

https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-07-23-taproot-assets-LN/
Our newest developer video is out: "Running a Taproot Assets Price Oracle" ๐Ÿ”ฎ

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 ๐Ÿงช is out! We cover:

๐Ÿ’ธ Tether coming to bitcoin and Lightning
๐Ÿ“ˆ How stablecoins will drive LNโ€™s exponential growth
๐Ÿš€ 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
Our latest technical post is out! We discuss how we're using the MuSig2 protocol to improve Lightning Loop, our liquidity management service. ๐Ÿ”‘๐Ÿ”„

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/
Announcing LND v0.19: Lightning Node Usability Go Up โšก๐Ÿ“ˆ

Featuring:
Faster startup time with database migration โŒ›
New default of coop channel closer paying chain fees โœ‚๏ธ
Improved pathfinding for better bitcoin payment reliability ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ

Read more below and upgrade today.

https://lightning.engineering/posts/2025-6-3-lnd-0.19-launch/