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Meet the movers and shakers, the pioneers and changemakers, the builders, disruptors, misfits and veterans of the lightning industry.

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El Zonte

Adopting Bitcoin: Where It All Began

November 10, 2025

For executives watching the evolution of financial rails, the company’s approach, trustless, compliance-aware, and API-centric, offers a glimpse of how future financial systems will interconnect.

Boltz Building the Rails Between Bitcoin Layers

November 3, 2025

Charlie from Bitcoin Coast

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

October 27, 2025

Adem Bilican Relai CTO Interview

Relai CTO Adem Bilican: Building Bitcoin for the Real World

October 12, 2025

For Altan, the visionary behind Beer of Satoshi, this was once just a "fun thought"—a daydream at the intersection of ancient tradition and digital revolution. But a dream becomes a manifesto the moment it becomes real.

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Beer of Satoshi: The Sip of the Future

October 8, 2025

To understand what makes Vexl different, Lightning News sat down with Vexl's Head of Growth Grafton; who shared the mission, stories, and vision behind the platform that’s quietly building circular bitcoin economies worldwide.

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Man Trades Frozen Octopus for Bitcoin on Open Source App

byGracious John

August 25, 2025

Emilio’s first bitcoin purchase felt like a drug deal – sweating in a parking lot, cash in hand, uncertain if cops would storm in. That visceral distrust of a broken system birthed Unbank: a guerrilla network turning CVS registers into sovereignty hubs.

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Unbank CEO: “Keep pushing back on the idea that surveillance is a default”

August 11, 2025

When Richard's 5-year-old goddaughter asked 'What's money?' – after he'd consumed 100+ hours of monetary theory podcasts – he realized bitcoin's future needed physical magic. That stumper birthed LightningPiggy: a tactile sat-stacking revolution.

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LightningPiggy: The Piggy Bank That Beats Inflation

August 5, 2025

Anja watched skilled bitcoiners drowning in crypto noise, resumes vanishing into HR black holes while startups starved for talent. That disconnect ignited Bitvocation: a rebellion against professional purgatory where orange-pilled builders couldn’t find each other.

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Bitvocation: Cure for Bitcoin’s Silent Employment Crisis

August 1, 2025

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Ivan Glushenkov: “Sovereignty is a basic human right”

July 29, 2025