Business 11 September 2019

Lightning Network vulnerabilities have already been exploited

Bitcoin Core and its Lightning Network apparently have issues that could lead to the loss of cryptocurrency and warned the community to upgrade their nodes.

Business 2 September 2019

Lightning Network found to not be as secure as some thought

Despite having over two years of development behind it, the solution created by BTC developers to handle transactions, the Lightning Network, is still in the experimental phase.

Business 14 May 2019

美国金融犯罪执法网全新指南对去中心化应用、闪电网络及隐私币带来影响

美国金融犯罪执法网（FinCEN）通过发布全新虚拟货币解释性指南，着重解决了业内富有责任感的思想领袖和专家一直呼吁的问题，即比特币和其他加密货币生态系统亟待规范成形并遵守法律。 周四，这家美国监管机构发布了一份全新指南，旨在解决特定加密货币相关业务在美国是否应被视为货币服务业务（MSB），从而接受监管并遵守《银行保密法》（BSA）及其他相关法律。这份全新“解释性指南”整合了FinCEN的现行法规及自2011年以来发布的涉及“可兑换虚拟货币”的相关行政指导。 ...

Business 10 May 2019

What FinCEN’s new guidelines mean for DApps, Lightning Network and privacy coins

FinCEN has issued a new guidance addressing whether certain cryptocurrency-related businesses need to be regulated as money services businesses.

Tech 9 May 2019

Segwit Coin BTC launches new crime token sidechain

Liquid Network, the Blockstream solution that enables private Bitcoin Core (BTC) trading, now allows its Liquid coin to be traded on several exchanges.

Business 3 April 2019

BTC proves it’s still not ready for mass adoption

After a 20% jump in price, BTC is choking on thousands of unconfirmed transactions, and suffering once again from high fees.

Business 30 January 2019

Over $1B stolen in crypto thefts, exit scams in 2018 (and Lightning Network is partially to blame)

According to CipherTrace’s report, over $950 million in crypto was stolen by hackers – 3.6 times more than what was stolen the previous year.

Tech 31 July 2018

Andreas Brekken takes on Lightning Network, finds routing errors, wallet bugs

The much-hyped Lightning Network is “impractical” and “suffers from routing errors and wallet bugs,” according to the findings of a study done on the network.

Tech 20 July 2018

‘Makes very little profit’: Andreas Brekken takes on ‘stressful’ Lightning Network

Andreas Brekken routed 260 payments for an estimated $0.3, in what was billed as an experiment into the efficacy of running a Lightning Network payment hub.

Tech 2 July 2018

Jonald Fyookball: SegWit dismantles one of Bitcoin’s primary security mechanisms

As problems with the Lightning Network and the risks of Segregated Witness continue to surface, Jonald Fyookball questions Bitcoin Core development team’s “interesting contradictions.”

Business 28 June 2018

Lightning Network has low success rate for routing payments, gets worse for large transactions, study finds

Despite the growth of the Lightning Network, routing payments within it is unreliable and becomes even more so as the amount of transfers increase, according to a new Diar study.

Tech 19 April 2018

Rods, abacus and payment channels: Youtuber breaks down Lightning Network—visually

A new series of videos is being produced and uploaded to YouTube, seeking to provide a better explanation of the LN. They’re being produced by Don Wonton, and his channel is called ‘Decentralized Thought.’