Lightning Labs

The Future of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network

Lightning Labs co-founder and CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun, also known on social media as “Roasbeef,” discusses the future of bitcoin and the Lightning Network, which some hail as t...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 30, 2021 at 9:03 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2021

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Nodes on Bitcoin's Lightning Network Double in 3 Months

It took a whole year for the node count to double from 5,000 to 10,000. Three months later, it's over 23,000.

By Myles Sherman

Jul 14, 2021 at 9:37 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2021

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The Lightning Network Is Going to Change How You Think About Bitcoin

The recent bull run was largely about bitcoin as an asset. The Lightning Network is a grander vision, and developers say it's slowly becoming a reality.

By Jeff Wilser

Jul 12, 2021 at 7:51 p.m. UTC

Jul 12, 2021

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Lightning Network's New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises

Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected.

By Colin Harper

Nov 19, 2020 at 8:22 p.m. UTC

Nov 19, 2020

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Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.

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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity

Lightning Labs new service, Pool, provides a marketplace for Lightning Network businesses and users to lease payment channel liquidity.

By Colin Harper

Nov 2, 2020 at 4:01 p.m. UTC

Nov 2, 2020

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New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade

Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.

By Colin Harper

Sep 18, 2020 at 4:14 p.m. UTC

Sep 18, 2020

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Total Value on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Sets Another Record High Amid Market Rally

The layer 2 protocol holds $12.4 million worth of bitcoins.

By Zack Voell

Sep 1, 2020 at 11:12 p.m. UTC

Sep 1, 2020

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Ready to Wumbo: LND Enables More, Larger Bitcoin Transactions on Lightning

LND now supports Lightning Network wumbo channels. These channels have the capacity to hold more funds, and users can send larger bitcoin transactions.

By Alyssa Hertig

Aug 20, 2020 at 5:31 p.m. UTC

Aug 20, 2020

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If a "dead man's button" isn't pressed one week, it is assumed the user is dead and the service automatically dispenses a "secret," which heirs can use to retrieve the crypto.

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How to Protect Bitcoin for Your Heirs With the Push of a 'Dead Man's Button'

What happens to your bitcoin after you die? Lightning developers think a "dead man's button" could be a new tool to passing your crypto to your heirs.

By Alyssa Hertig

Feb 24, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 24, 2020

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