Lightning continues to strike as more and more companies announce that they are including in their products the new Lightning Network protocol that recently entered beta. Sparks also flared up at the Deconomy conference in South Korea when Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon challenged Craig S. Wright’s legitimacy.
And, while India joins a growing list of countries that has announced further restrictions on digital currencies and who can use them, the CEO of NVIDIA announced on CNBC that cryptocurrencies were here to stay.
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The History of Lightning: From Brainstorm to Beta [2]
As of a couple of weeks ago, the first Lightning implementation — lnd — is officially in beta. The second implementation — eclair — followed last week, while the third — c-lightning — is expected to do so soon. As such, the Lightning Network, the long-awaited Bitcoin overlay network for cheap and instant transactions, is by many of its developers considered safe enough to use on Bitcoin’s mainnet: a major milestone for the technology that has been years in the making.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
In our featured cover story this month, tech writer Aaron van Wirdum recounts the story behind this important addition to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon Call Out Craig Wright at Deconomy 2018[11]
Sparks flew at the Deconomy blockchain forum this week in Seoul, South Korea, following a presentation by self-proclaimed “Satoshi Nakamoto,” Craig S. Wright, when he was challenged by Ethereum creator,
