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Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Grew 600% in 2024

[Apr 25 10:37 PM] CEO and founder Jack Mallers revealed the numbers on Friday when he posted a copy of a private letter previously sent to the company’s investors. Strike’s Growth Exploded 600% Last Year Perhaps the reason Jack Mallers was picked to lead…

USDT on Lightning: the Good, the Bad, and the Unknown

[Feb 25 2:35 PM] Bitcoin Magazine USDT on Lightning: the Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Everyone has heard the Chinese proverb British misquote: “May you live in interesting times,” and how it’s supposed to be a curse. It sounds deep, like a quote for edgelords…

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Jumps 384%

[Feb 21 4:40 PM] A Fidelity Digital Assets report indicates that Bitcoin’s primary scaling solution is growing at roughly twice the rate shown by public data because much of its network activity remains private. The Lightning Network Is Growing and…

How Local Businesses Can Use Bitcoin For Payments

[Feb 20 7:41 PM] Bitcoin Magazine How Local Businesses Can Use Bitcoin For Payments I. Introduction Bitcoin is often praised as a long-term savings technology, but its role as a medium of exchange is just as important—especially for businesses. From local cafés to…

Report: Over 650 Million People Now Have Access to Bitcoin

[Feb 12 5:30 AM] The report asserts that the dominant cryptocurrency is slowly shifting from being a store of value to being a medium of exchange once again. Bitcoin Adoption Expands: 650 Million People Now Have Access Satoshi created bitcoin (BTC) as…

The Lightning Network Privacy Big Picture: Don't Forget the NSA

[Jan 8 7:02 PM] One of the secondary benefits of how the Lightning Network works as a scaling solution is privacy. It’s by no means perfect or undefeatable privacy, but it is a better than naive use of the base layer blockchain itself. It’s also not perfectly…