For years, Bitcoin has been known for being a unique store of value and for having problems as a medium of exchange. The Layer-1 base chain’s security is still very important, but the network’s ...

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has hit a record 5,637 BTC in capacity, driven by increased capital from institutions.

Channel factories are a novel approach to enhancing the Lightning Network’s scalability. At their core, they are multi-party channels that enable multiple participants to collaboratively create and ...

Channel jamming is one of the outstanding problems of the Lightning Network in terms of things that could disrupt the success of payments routed across it. It is a widely known problem among ...

Gold, silver, platinum and copper all surged to new records as metals — not bitcoin — attracted capital on the debasement ...

Bitcoin mining may be our unexpected savior in the climate crisis, turning wasted energy into economic gain and grid stability. In a world grappling with climate crises and an insatiable demand for ...

Bitcoin is expected to go through a "halving" within the next day or two, a preprogrammed event that could impact production of the world's largest cryptocurrency. A halving, which occurs about every ...

United States lawmakers did not include Bitcoin under the De Minimis tax exemption, limiting its use as a medium of exchange ...