Lightning Labs⚡️🌐
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Lightning scales and speeds up #bitcoin. We build lnd, taproot assets, lightning loop.⚡️ Support: @lightning_help
Joined May 2016
Today we're announcing that Tether is coming to bitcoin and Lightning! 💸⚡. With the security and decentralization of bitcoin and the speed and scalability of Lightning, USDT will bring hundreds of millions of users and trillions in volume. It all comes back to bitcoin.
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Big day for bitcoin, Lightning goes live on mainnet! ⚡ . Announcing the first Lightning beta release for the live bitcoin network, lnd 0.4. Read about it here: 👩🏻🚀👨🏿🚀🚀.
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Announcing the first mainnet release of Taproot Assets 🥕, a protocol for assets on #bitcoin and Lightning. With this release, developers can issue financial assets on-chain in a scalable manner. 💱. Today marks a new era of multi-asset bitcoin. 🌅.
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Today we're excited to announce the first ever Lightning cross-chain swap from Bitcoin to Litecoin!⚡️⛓️💱 . Check out the code and demo here:
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Today we're excited to announce the initial code for Taro 🍠, a new protocol to issue and transfer assets on #bitcoin and Lightning 🔜. With this release, we're one step closer to bitcoinizing the dollar, and the global financial system! 🌍💱.
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Announcing the first mainnet release of multi-asset Lightning. 💱⚡. With Taproot Assets, users can make instant, low fee asset transfers, bringing trillions of stablecoin volume to #bitcoin. Lightning is now the global, interoperable financial layer. 🌐.
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Lightning Labs is scaling!. Announcing our $10M Series A to fuel LN development, and the Lightning Loop beta release, a product making it easier send/receive #bitcoin instantly. With 4000 developers and 30+ startups, the next decade of Lightning is on 🔥
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We've released the mainnet alpha of our Lightning Mobile App for iOS & Android, the first on all major platforms! ⚡️📲. Send money instantly around the world. Control your own funds and data with Neutrino and Autopilot. Read more and try it out here:
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Announcing the first-ever interoperable Lightning transactions using real bitcoin with @acinq_co @blockstream! We bought a Starblocks coffee ☕️ and a article 📰.
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Announcing Lightning Pool, a non-custodial marketplace to buy and sell #bitcoin liquidity on Lightning. With Pool, users can trade channels, making it easy to get access to liquidity or earn a bitcoin-native yield. 💱. Learn more and start trading today:.
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@stripe 👋 Stripe,. We'd love to chat about integrating lightning support for bitcoin. It's fast, low fee, and lots of companies are already starting. ⚡️.
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Don't like what that other network has been saying about bitcoin?🤔. Have no fear, we'll be on Bloomberg TV at 4:40pm ET today to talk about Lightning!⚡️.
Looking forward to having @starkness on #wdym this evening to talk about ⚡️.
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Today we're excited to announce the newest version of Taproot Assets 🥕, a scalable protocol to issue assets on #bitcoin and Lightning. With this release, developers have the core set of features to bitcoinize the dollar in a chain-efficient manner! 💸⛓️.
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Today our Lightning app launches on Bitcoin mainnet! ⚡️. Try our desktop alpha featuring Neutrino, Autopilot, and a Lightning user experience that puts users in control and privacy first. Read more and install here:.
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Announcing the alpha release of Lightning Loop, a non-custodial service that makes it easier to receive #bitcoin on Lightning. With Loop, users can get inbound capacity and withdraw from Lightning while keeping channels open. 🔁. Read more and try it out:
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Today we're announcing Taro, a new protocol to issue assets on Bitcoin and Lightning, and our $70M Series B fundraise! 🍠. One small step for bringing bitcoin to billions. 🌍. One giant leap for powering the world's financial system with #bitcoin. 💱.
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Today we're excited to announce our Lightning Desktop app, now available for testing! #bitcoin #lightning ⚡️
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10 years ago today, the first bitcoin block was mined. 🏗️ It's been quite a ride since. 🎢. Thank you to Satoshi for your brilliant ideas and code 💡.To the bitcoin community for bringing it to the world 🌍.To the Lightning community for taking us to the next decade and beyond 🥂
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We've released lnd 0.5 beta, a major milestone!. ⚡️Neutrino light client support to enable lightweight end-user apps 📱.⚡️Safety and security improvements 🔒.⚡️Better bitcoind support 🖥️.⚡️Improved user privacy 🤐. More info and upgrade here:
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Today we're excited to release a complete redesign of our Lightning desktop app, with much improved light client support. Grab the app and test the future of bitcoin! ⚡️💻
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The new Lightning app, powered by the Neutrino light client. ⚡️
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Today marks the first anniversary of the #lnd mainnet beta! 🎂. Thanks to our community, devs, testers, and everyone else who's helped with the incredible growth of Lightning. 📈. If we can do all this in one year, just give us a few more. 🚀. #LNOneYear .
Big day for bitcoin, Lightning goes live on mainnet! ⚡ . Announcing the first Lightning beta release for the live bitcoin network, lnd 0.4. Read about it here: 👩🏻🚀👨🏿🚀🚀.
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What a year it's been for Lightning, and 2019 has so much in store: Neutrino, watchtowers, splicing, routing, privacy, mobile, and more! 🚀📱⚡️. Happy new year, we're just getting started! 🎆
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Announcing a new set of tools to build Lightning⚡and #bitcoin-powered AI products for a global audience. Using L402, a standard for API authentication with LN payments, and @langchainAI, a simplified AI app framework, we are opening up #AI4All! 🤖🌎.
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The latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:. 💱 How Taro decentralizes global FX markets, making "cross-border" payments obsolete.🌏 BTC/LN adoption in Thailand, Argentina, Uganda, UK.💸 Fundraises from @zebedeeio, @fedibtc, @Stacker_News.
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Neutrino is a new bitcoin light client that enables Lightning to run on mobile phones. ⚡️📱. We wrote a post on the tech behind Neutrino and how it helps users hold their own keys with better privacy: @bvu @roasbeef @stile65 @jimpo_potamus.
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Welcome aboard, Sidecar channels are here! 🚆. Sidecar channels make it easy to onboard new users to Lightning without requiring funds, and to create dual-funded channels!. We're one step closer to bringing #bitcoin to a billion people. 🌍. Learn more: .
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Huge thanks to our CTO @roasbeef who worked tirelessly to make our @lightning lnd mainnet beta happen. He is a true rockstar. 👨🏿🎤👨🏿💻
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1/ Today we're releasing LSAT, a Lightning-native protocol to manage paid access to APIs, apps, and websites. LSAT greatly improves privacy with no need for usernames, passwords, or credit cards. The Lightning-native web is the future, join us! 🔮.
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Today we're excited to release LND 0.17: Tapping into Taproot! 🥕 . Featuring:.Simple Taproot Channels enabling a lower cost and more private LN 🔮.Faster Neutrino syncs for mobile development ⏩.More efficient Watchtowers 🗼. Read more and upgrade today:.
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It's LiT! 🔥 Announcing Lightning Terminal, the home of products that help you make the most of your #bitcoin on Lightning. ⚡. Our initial release features a user interface for Loop that makes it easier to manage liquidity. Learn more and try LiT out:
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Join the Lightning Labs team! We're hiring for:..⚡️Lightning Infrastructure Engineer.⚡️Cryptographic Protocol Engineer.⚡️Frontend Application Developer..Learn more and apply:
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Huge congrats to Lightning community member @jackmallers and team on the beta release of @ln_zap wallet, built on lnd! ⚡️
Announcing Zap Beta Release - One step closer to making the Lightning Network usable for everyone ⚡️.
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Lightning Terminal just got upgraded, now users can interact with their node on the web! ⚡🕸️. Featuring:. 🔒 Secure, private web connect.✅ Node quality recs.🔁 Liquidity services for #bitcoin. Connect your Lightning node today!.
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We've officially merged watchtowers into lnd! A big step forward in making Lightning secure and giving people control over their own funds. 🎉. Thanks to @bitconner for all the hard work that made it possible!.
Watchtower PR is now merged into lnd: Future iterations on the concept will introduce more public modes of operation, which could have incentive models like ecash tokens to compensate for operational costs. For now we have simple breach monitor redundancy.
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Announcing Terminal Web, a new site to help Lightning users improve their nodes! ✅. Run a Lightning node? Check your score and view recommendations to better allocate #bitcoin on Lightning. See who tops the list: 🏆. Learn more:
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Excited to announce that lnd v0.7-beta is now out! New in this release:. ⚡ Watchtowers 🗼.⚡ Reliable payment tracking 🕵️♀️.⚡ Better fee control with CPFP 💰.⚡ Smarter routing 💡 .⚡ Improved performance and more! 🚀. Upgrade and read more here: #bitcoin.
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Huge announcement! Our co-founder & CTO, @roasbeef, announced "Mastering the Lightning Network" at the Blockchain Training Conference today, alongside @aantonop & @renepickhardt! ⚡️📖. Eagerly awaiting its release and all future Lightning developers! 🚀.
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Announcing the preview release of the Lightning Pool UI!. Now you can buy access to Lightning liquidity and sell channels right in the Terminal dashboard. Manage accounts, submit orders, and earn sats. #bitcoin. Read more and test it out:.
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Announcing lnd v0.6 beta! New in this release:. ⚡️ Static channel backup and recovery (SCB) 💽.⚡️ Improved performance for large nodes 🚀.⚡️ Routing optimizations 📈.⚡️ Lightning Loop ready 🔁.⚡️ Developers! Developers! 👩🏻💻👨🏾💻. Upgrade and read more here:
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Announcing the first ever Lightning brick and mortar transaction buying beer at @room77_berlin with LND! #bitcoin
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The first ever asset routed through #bitcoin on Lightning 😱.
I'm excited announce the first mainnet *multi-hop asset* payment w/ Taproot Asset channels! 🥕⚡️. in this demo, we have a topology of: . Zane -(beefbux)> Yara -(BTC)> Carol -(beefbux)> Dave. Dave makes an invoice to recv beefbux (denominated in BTC!) w/ Yara using her beebux to
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We just released lnd 0.4.1 beta with a bunch of bug fixes and improvements! ⚡️ Check out the code and upgrade here:.
lnd v0.4.1-beta has just been released!. ⚡️⚡️. this release includes a number of bug fixes, cross-impl compatibility improvements, p2p networking hardening, and a new macaroon!.
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Let's get ready to Wumbo! Today we’re releasing lnd 0.11-beta with lifted channel limits. With Wumbo, users can send larger #bitcoin transactions on Lightning, opening up new use cases and improving capital efficiency. Upgrade today and set it to Wumbo:.
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We are hiring a head of memes! Can you meme your way through #bitcoin twitter? Inquire within. 👀. DM or email us your best work at jobs@lightning.engineering.
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We’ve completed the ⚡️ Loop! Today we’re announcing Loop In, the second half of Lightning Loop. 🔄. Users can now refill their channels and receive funds directly into Lightning, saving time and fees when adding more funds. Read more and try it out here:
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The first ever Taproot Assets transaction on Lightning 👀.
excited to announce that I’ve just made the first mainnet *asset* keysend payment w/ Taproot Asset channels! ⚡️🥕. below you can see me sending beefbux across nodes instantly. the demo uses a dev version of litd (Lightning Terminal Daemon) that packages lnd+tapd ⛓️. ⬇️
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Announcing lnd 0.13 beta: Get Amped on Lightning! New in this release:. 🔌 AMP-powered spontaneous payments and static invoices.⚓️ Default Payment Splitting, Anchor Channels.🎛️ Clustered LND.🗝️ PSBT Pubkey Import.✂️ Pruned Node Support. Learn more:.
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Announcing the 0.3 release of LND alpha! Now with feature completeness, neutrino light client, LTC, spec compliance.
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The first lnd release of the decade is out!⚡ . lnd v0.9-beta includes:. - Multi-path and spontaneous keysend payments 💸.- Macaroon bakery for fine-grained permissions 🍪.- Circular payments for liquidity management 🔄.- SDK for mobile📱. Learn more here:
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Calling all bitcoin and Lightning⚡️developers to check out the code, test it, and start building on Taro. 🏗
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We just released the latest edition of the Lightning Lab🧪, where we cover:. 🌍Bitcoin to billions of users, not billionaires.🕸Terminal Web.📈LN stats go up.💡Censorship-resistant apps @ImperviousAi .💰Earning #btc w/ @paulitoi from @stakwork . Read more:.
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Loop just got automated!. Introducing Autoloop, a new feature that helps automate inbound liquidity on Lightning. Now you can set rules to keep your channels balanced and your #bitcoin budget intact. Set, forget, and start Autolooping today:.
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Love #bitcoin and want to help build the future of Lightning? Join us! 🧙. We’re hiring for:.- Business Operations.- Business Development.- Technical Product Management. Learn more and apply here:.
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Announcing our effort toward a unified Lightning Network with LND, Eclair, and c-lightning. @acinq_co @Blockstream.
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Taro is powered by Taproot, bitcoin's latest upgrade, using its contracts to create assets. With Taro, stablecoins can be issued on bitcoin and sent over the Lightning Network, all using the security of bitcoin and routing through #BTC liquidity.
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Wow! We were blown away by the enthusiasm and developer community engagement at #LightningHackday Berlin. Thanks @fulmolightning @rootzoll for organizing and @exchange_union for sponsoring! ⚡️⚡️⚡️.
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Lightning on exchanges. #Bitcoin to the world. Can you feel the momentum?. Itshappening.gif 🔥🔥🔥.
We’re proud to announce that OKCoin will integrate the @lightning network allowing for near instant withdrawls and reducing bitcoin network fees from ~$10 to pennies. #bitcoin #btc $btc.
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We’re one step closer to the future of Lightning with the release of lnd v0.10-beta, featuring:. - Multi-Path Payments.- No invoice limits, subject to channel capacity.- PBST support for external funding, and more!. Read all about the release here:.
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Lightning is now a multi-lane highway with Multi-Path Payments!🛣️. Today we're releasing a post on MPP, a new feature in lnd that allows users to send a payment in multiple parts, enabling efficient routing, lower fees, and better privacy. Read more here:.
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Today we are excited to announce three new additions to the infrastructure team at Lightning Labs: . Oliver Gugger (@gugol), Carla Kirk-Cohen (@actuallyCarlaKC), and András Bánki-Horváth (@bhandras).⚡️
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Today we’re launching our newsletter: The Lightning Lab🧪. In this inaugural issue we cover the Lightning Terminal release, a look at liquidity management, community news and updates, metrics, memes, and more!. Read the full newsletter and subscribe here:.
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📢 Attention lnd node operators: please update your nodes to 0.15.4 ASAP! 📢 . We are aware of the current issue causing some lnd nodes to stop syncing due to an issue with btcd's wire parsing library, and have released a hot fix (v0.15.4) for lnd.
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Coming to bitcoin and Lightning very soon. 👀.
Something huge happened in 2024, and very few people are talking about it. For the first time ever, stablecoins outpaced Visa in volume.
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We've just released the latest of our Builder's Guides🏗️: How to get inbound capacity on the Lightning Network! ⚡️. In this guide, you'll learn how to receive #bitcoin transactions over Lightning and better manage your node. Read the full guide:
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We just released AI 🤝 #Bitcoin: Building Global Machine-to-Machine Payments with Lightning 🤖⚡️. Watch as @hmichellerose teaches you how to build Lightning payments into AI agents with @LangChainAI and @Replit tooling. In 2023, the bots pay you!.
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The September edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:. 🌞The summer of Lightning adoption @twitter @paxful @chivowallet @mcdonalds @starbucks @pizzahut @namecheap.🏔How LN is reaching the Tipping Point, literally.🖥API releases, tutorials, more!.
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We’re hiring a Lightning Developer Evangelist! Do you have experience organizing community events, building Lightning-related projects, and a drive to continually improve the developer experience on LN? . Join us to help build the future of bitcoin! ⚡.
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Meet Carol. 👩 She's a bitcoiner and likes alpaca socks. 🧦. We wrote a post explaining how she and many other people will use Lightning in the future, and the tech we're building to make a better user experience possible. ⚡️.
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Interested in bringing #bitcoin to billions, not billionaires? . Join us for a special edition of the Lightning Lab clubhouse with @petermccormack, @kalkassa, @gladstein, @starkness , and more on Number of People go Up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT tomorrow, May 19.
El Salvador has completely changed my view on the Lightning Network. I am using it every day, and yes, I am buying coffee with it. Coming here and leaving Sats behind helps raise up the local community.
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Today we're releasing Lightning Loop beta, a non-custodial service that makes it easier to send and receive #bitcoin on Lightning! . With Loop, users can refill channels, get inbound capacity, and withdraw from Lightning. 🔁. Read more and try it out:
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Celebrating the BIP 91 #segwit lock-in with the Lightning Labs SF team!. 🥂 @starkness @roasbeef @bvu @maxfangx
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Loop just got an upgrade. Today we’re announcing Multi-Loop!. In this release, MPP makes it possible to move funds from multiple LN channels on-chain with only one Loop. Batch transactions and spend less in on-chain fees with Multi-Loop. Learn more here:.
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Today we're excited to announce a new set of developer docs for lnd!. Check out our tutorials for integrating Lightning, guides for running LiT, best practices, and more. There's never been a better time to start building on #bitcoin! 🔥 . Get started at
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The July edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 newsletter is out! We cover:. 📈Network numbers going up, and up.🌋New node communities like Plebnet.☀️The summer of LN hackathons.🕸Network effects, flywheels, and how building follows price. Read the full issue:.
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We're excited that Ryan Gentry has joined us as Business Development Lead!. Previously, Ryan did research at @multicoincap and engineering at @intel. He may or may not be obsessed with #bitcoin and writing on Lightning and IOT. 🤖 Welcome @RyanTheGentry!.
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Lightning 🤝 Stablecoins powered by Taproot Assets. Get started building and learn more: .
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⚡️ Lightning Labs is hiring! ⚡️ . We’re looking for systems/protocol/devops engineers and app developers to help us build the infrastructure for global, programmable money. 🛠️🌍💸 . Interested? Get in touch at jobs@lightning.engineering. More info:
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It's raining Lapps! Here's a selection of the coolest Lightning apps that developers are building with LND.
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Our latest Lightning Lab🧪 newsletter just dropped, and it's packed! We cover:. 🇸🇻 The United Nations of #Bitcoin.🌋 LN ubiquity at @TheBitcoinConf.🤯 Mind-blowing stats.💸 @fold_app & @ImperviousAi fundraises.🚀 @bottlepay & @bitstamp launches. Read on:.
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We've released the latest in our series of Builder's Guides🏗️: Managing Lightning Liquidity!. Want to make the most of your Lightning node? Learn about opening channels, rebalancing, and managing your #bitcoin on Lightning. Check out the full guide here:.
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The November edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:. 🤓 The State of Lightning by @ArcaneResearch.💸 High Utility-to-Speculation Ratio @lynalden.📈 Number of nodes go up @getumbrel.☁️ News from @voltage_cloud, @bottlepay + @NYDIG_BTC, and more!.
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Announcing the newest Faraday feature: Accounting for LND!. Node operators and businesses can now create accounting reports for their #bitcoin and Lightning transactions to keep track of their sats. 🔎. Start tracking sats with Faraday today:.
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Announcing lnd 0.16 beta: Smarter, Leaner, Faster. New in this release:.🧭 Pathfinding upgrades.🗼Watchtower improvements.🧑💻 RPC updates for devs.⚒️ Moar backend options. Upgrade today and read more:
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The third edition of the Lightning Lab newsletter is here! We cover:. 🌊Bitcoin-native yield with Lightning Pool.🎧Podcasting 2.0 with @adamcurry and @sphinx_chat .🎮Gaming wallets and esports.🌩️Hosted nodes.🤯Memes and more!. Read the full issue here:.
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Want to build on Lightning and looking for ideas? . We are launching Lightning Bulb💡, a list of open research questions, experimental ideas, and inspiration for the Lightning developer community to build on #bitcoin. Check it out and start building:.
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The Lightning Labs team is growing! 🚀. We’re excited to announce two new additions to the team: Leonhard Weese (@LeoAW) and Yong Yu (@yyforyongyu).
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Announcing lnd 0.14 beta: Scale and Security Go Up! . 📈Increased storage efficiency + redundancy.🔒More security with remote signing.🕸~10x faster pathfinding .🍪Macaroon-based business logic .🔌Static Lightning invoices for repeat payments. Learn more:
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Just in time for @LNconf, we're releasing lnd v.0.8-beta!. This release includes:.- Additional safety features 🔐.- Improved routing 🔀.- More complete support for lnd-based apps and wallets targeted at mobile devices 📲.
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We couldn't have done this without our awesome investors including @bendavenport @SatoshiLite @DavidSacks @westcoastbill @jack @tikhon @Gabridome @gregkidd @kevinhartz @jackiereses @vladtenev @HiveData @DCGco @ryaneshea @npinto 😇.
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The latest edition of the Lightning Lab 🧪 is out! We cover:. 💥 The explosion of building on #bitcoin, with multi-asset LN as the glue.🤯 Breakthroughs in the L402-powered AI economy.📈 Launches from @BraiinsMining, @LNMarkets, @Strike, @voltage_cloud .
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Big shout out in CNBC for @lightning as one of the "most important" solutions in cryptocurrency! @ReformedBroker.
Josh Brown goes down the bitcoin rabbit hole. Here's his early take on what the trade is
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Love #bitcoin and want to bring Lightning to Latin America? ¡Acompáñanos! 🌋. We are looking for a Project Manager to support the LATAM Lightning communities and help onboard new developers to the Lightning Network. Learn more and apply here:.
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