Bitcoin Lightning Network News

August 3, 2026

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Real-Time Gross Settlement Doesn’t Work. Retail Payments Never Needed It.

byBobby Shell

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Bitcoin Exchange Wants To Kill EU’s DAC8 Crypto Surveillance

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Bitcoin Layer 2 Implementations – Complete List

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How to Set Up a Lightning Node: Beginner’s Guide

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Lightning: The Final Frontier?

Roatán Tour Operator Chooses OpenNode to Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Bitcoin Reward Programs: It’s Not About The Sats

Running Boltz, One Of The Oldest And Largest Lightning Nodes

The History Of Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Meetup

Lightning: The Final Frontier?

Roatán Tour Operator Chooses OpenNode to Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Bitcoin Reward Programs: It’s Not About The Sats

Running Boltz, One Of The Oldest And Largest Lightning Nodes

The History Of Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Meetup

Lightning: The Final Frontier?

Roatán Tour Operator Chooses OpenNode to Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Bitcoin Reward Programs: It’s Not About The Sats

Running Boltz, One Of The Oldest And Largest Lightning Nodes

The History Of Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Meetup

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Satlantis Adds Stripe. Why That Changes More Than You Think

byJanusz

March 4, 2026

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Pedro Solis Liquid Manzana

byJanusz

January 28, 2026

Building on Bitcoin and Values. A Conversation with Charlie from Bitcoin Coast

byJanusz

October 27, 2025

Events

Bitcoin Dada Holds Wallet Workshop Across Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya

byGracious John

September 1, 2025

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Why Bitcoin Startups Need Vendor Redundancy

Hunter Monk, Founder at Laso Finance, shares insights in this Lightning.news interview.

September 15, 2026

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Running Boltz, One Of The Oldest And Largest Lightning Nodes

Kilian Rausch didn’t find Bitcoin — Bitcoin found him, sideways, in Shanghai, after his employer went bankrupt and left him with no plan and an unexpected afternoon free. He walked into…

June 17, 2026

How Satora Connects Bitcoin to Stablecoins Without Custodians

Marius, Head of marketing at Satora, shares insights in this Lightning.news interview.

June 12, 2026

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Interview with Taylor, Founder at Split Rewards

May 22, 2026

LQWD Technologies Increases Bitcoin Treasury and Expands Productive Network Capital on Lightning

May 15, 2026

ProfEduStream, maths teacher and Vice-President of the Bitcoin Lille association, sat with us to explain why communities are the actual foundation of Bitcoin — and what it looks like to build one, school by school, handshake by handshake.

Bitcoin Leaders

Bitcoin Lille: What Years of Proof of Work Actually Look Like

May 12, 2026

So he helped build what should have already existed. This is the story of Stacked Bitcoin, and why better money shouldn't require a plane ticket.

Bitcoin Leaders

Stacked Bitcoin: What Good Money Looks Like

May 11, 2026

Dave Lund came to it through structure — through the realization that Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment behaves less like a man-made system and more like a law of nature.

Bitcoin Leaders

The Builder’s Conviction: Dave Lund on Why Lightning Changes Everything

April 30, 2026

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The Best Day to DCA Bitcoin Is the 18th, 11 Months of Data Suggest

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Lightspark Vs Voltage Vs Speed

bySeo-yeon

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Is Clipping Criminal? The Orwellian Takedown Of Vivek Sen

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Bitcoin Solo Mining Beats Every National Lottery – Comparison Table

June 15, 2026

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bySam Clark

May 22, 2026

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RiskPay launches affiliate platform with lifetime revenue share

May 20, 2026

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Payment innovation and the next generation of affiliate models

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CLARITY Act passes Senate Banking Committee, Bitcoin wins, Crypto loses

byAndy Savage

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BitFitness: Proof of Work, Proof of Wellness

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CLARITY Act passes Senate Banking Committee, Bitcoin wins, Crypto loses

The newly passed CLARITY Act makes Bitcoin’s unique position clear. As the premier decentralized digital commodity with no issuer or controlling entity, Bitcoin qualifies for lighter CFTC…

byAndy Savage

May 14, 2026

Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) provides an elegant solution that enables sophisticated payment features while remaining outside the scope of traditional financial regulations.

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Nostr Wallet Connect Unlocks New Features For Bitcoin Wallets, Without Regulatory Friction

November 19, 2025

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Can Nostr Wallet Connect Defy Regulation?

byEbuka Ukatu

October 3, 2025

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October 5, 2026

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Fold at $0.54: Cheap, broken, or both?

September 30, 2026

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September 29, 2026

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Lightspark Vs Voltage Vs Speed

bySeo-yeon

September 23, 2026

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Bitcoin Solo Mining Beats Every National Lottery – Comparison Table

Every ten minutes, the Bitcoin network crowns a winner — awarding 3.125 BTC to whichever miner first solves a cryptographic proof-of-work query. This analysis presents a systematic comparison…