From ISP to P2P: How Mesh Networks Take Bitcoin off the Grid
“What happens if the internet goes down?” You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it — we’ve all heard the refrain. It’s...
Messaging
How the Lighting Network Could Improve Encrypted Messaging
“…using a network of…micropayment channels, Bitcoin can scale to billions of transactions per day with the computational power available on...
The Blockstream Satellite Network: Maintaining Bitcoin Sovereignty in Space
In August 2017, Blockstream made an unprecedented and invaluable contribution to Bitcoin by starting a free satellite service that streams...
Keep Your Bitcoin Safe by Making Security a Habit
When considering how to keep your bitcoin safe, most users think about the hard stuff like buying a hardware wallet,...
Review: HTC Exodus 1s, the Full Bitcoin Node Smartphone
When it launched during The Lightning Conference in October 2019, HTC’s Exodus 1s smartphone took on the ambitious mission of...
Bitcoin’s 2019 in Lightning: What This Year Brought Us (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of our series, Bitcoin’s 2019 in Tech: What This Year Brought Us, here. Even as we entered...
On Lightning, Messaging Apps Emerge as Growing Use Case
“Does instant messaging over Lightning have killer application potential?” Lightning Labs developer Joost Jager asked his Twitter followers this rhetorical...
How Bitcoin’s Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging
Bitcoin's lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments, thanks to an experimental version called...
