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Waypoints on the Road to Lightning’s Mass Adoption
Waypoints on the Road to Lightning’s Mass Adoption
How fast does Lightning move?
Roy Sheinfeld
Nov 30, 2020
The Breez Release Candidate: Getting Lightning Ready for the Global Takeover
The Breez Release Candidate: Getting Lightning Ready for the Global...
This release is a significant improvement to the Breez product, and it’s a significant improvement to Lightning.
Roy Sheinfeld
Oct 19, 2020
Mainstreaming Lightning: 3 Practical Options for Merchants
Mainstreaming Lightning: 3 Practical Options for Merchants
Merchants are the counterparty in almost every microtransaction. Lightning needs them — lots of them. Here are 3 ways they can get started.
Roy Sheinfeld
Oct 6, 2020
MPPs & Wumbo Channels: Optimizing Liquidity on the Lightning Network
MPPs & Wumbo Channels: Optimizing Liquidity on the Lightning Network
Liquidity is all about flow. MPPs and Wumbo channels are set to increase the flow rate of Lightning and to unlock its liquidity. Here’s…
Roy Sheinfeld
Sep 14, 2020
Lightning is the Better Way to HODL
Lightning is the Better Way to HODL
Lightning is about moving bitcoin quickly and cheaply, but HODLing is about keeping bitcoin in place. There’s no contradiction.
Roy Sheinfeld
Aug 31, 2020
As Free as the Breez: Building Lightning to Make Bitcoin Mobile
As Free as the Breez: Building Lightning to Make Bitcoin Mobile
Building a mobile client for Lightning is harder than you might think. Here’s how we’re doing it.
Roy Sheinfeld
Jul 23, 2020
Breez’s Point-of-Sale Mode: A New Tool for the Day after Tomorrow
Breez’s Point-of-Sale Mode: A New Tool for the Day after Tomorrow
When the economy recovers, bitcoin will be hotter than ever. Breez’s POS mode is the tool merchants need to hit the ground running.
Roy Sheinfeld
Mar 27, 2020
Sources of Centralization on Lightning (and why they matter)
Sources of Centralization on Lightning (and why they matter)
A couple of recent reports have questioned Lightning’s vulnerability, and both are related to its network structure. One claims that an…
Roy Sheinfeld
Feb 26, 2020
Reverse Submarine Swaps: Another Step towards a P2P Lightning Economy
Reverse Submarine Swaps: Another Step towards a P2P Lightning Economy
LSPs are the key to decentralizing Lightning. Breez now introduces reverse Submarine Swaps as the next step in minimizing trust.
Roy Sheinfeld
Jan 23, 2020
2019: A Light(ning) year of progress
2019: A Light(ning) year of progress
Breez looks back on some of Lightning’s greatest achievements from the last year and looks ahead to the promise of 2020.
Roy Sheinfeld
Dec 10, 2019
Comparing Two Revolutionary Networks: Lightning and the Internet
Comparing Two Revolutionary Networks: Lightning and the Internet
What can we learn from comparing the development of Lightning and the history of the internet? Quite a bit, actually.
Roy Sheinfeld
Nov 27, 2019
Lightning payment channels — a flavor for every palette
Lightning payment channels — a flavor for every palette
There are now three different varieties of payment channel. Let’s look at the different flavors out there and what problems they solve.
Roy Sheinfeld
Nov 12, 2019
Introducing Lightning Rod
Introducing Lightning Rod
Asynchronous Lightning Payments for an On-Demand Culture
Roy Sheinfeld
Oct 29, 2019
Envisioning LSPs in the Lightning Economy
Envisioning LSPs in the Lightning Economy
Expanding on our previous post about LSPs, it’s time to turn to the business model and how they fit into the Lightning economy.
Roy Sheinfeld
Sep 25, 2019
Breez + MoonPay: The Easiest Way to Buy & Spend Bitcoin on Lightning
Breez + MoonPay: The Easiest Way to Buy & Spend Bitcoin on Lightning
Until now, Breez users have been able to top-up their Breez balances either by transferring bitcoins from their on-chain wallets or by…
Roy Sheinfeld
Sep 4, 2019
Introducing Lightning Service Providers
Introducing Lightning Service Providers
The Lightning economy is coming, and it will combine two fundamental components: technological innovation and actual people. The…
Roy Sheinfeld
Aug 14, 2019
Why Bitcoin Needs to Become a Medium of Exchange
Why Bitcoin Needs to Become a Medium of Exchange
Despite its awesomeness, not everyone loves bitcoin. Beyond government institutions threatening the best cryptocurrency in existence, more…
Roy Sheinfeld
Jul 29, 2019
Lightning Network Routing: Privacy and Efficiency in a Positive-Sum Game
Lightning Network Routing: Privacy and Efficiency in a Positive-Sum...
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Everybody knows that. Except it’s not true — at least not outside of a…
Roy Sheinfeld
Jul 11, 2019
Breez on iOS: A Big Step towards the Lightning Economy and a Giant Leap for Breez
Breez on iOS: A Big Step towards the Lightning Economy and a Giant ...
Breez is proud (and giddy as a schoolgirl!) to release its beta for iPhone. This is the next step towards the Lightning economy. Let me…
Roy Sheinfeld
Jun 17, 2019
Lightning = BTC ≠ IOU
Lightning = BTC ≠ IOU
Some people have fallen into the habit of referring to Lightning transactions as “IOUs”:
Roy Sheinfeld
Jun 3, 2019
Bitcoin is peer-to-peer or it is nothing
Bitcoin is peer-to-peer or it is nothing
Fiat concentrates power. Banks — central and commercial alike — set the price of fiat in the form of interest and inflation rates…
Roy Sheinfeld
May 22, 2019
Lightning at the End of the Tunnel: Overcoming Bitcoin’s UX Challenges
Lightning at the End of the Tunnel: Overcoming Bitcoin’s UX Challenges
The Lightning Network is laying the ground for bitcoin to take the next giant leap in its evolution. Instead of just being an asset for…
Roy Sheinfeld
May 14, 2019
The Only Thing Better than Minimal Trust Is None at All
The Only Thing Better than Minimal Trust Is None at All
Trust in a bitcoin wallet is a little like the side effects of a medication: ideally, there would be none at all, but if any do exist…
Roy Sheinfeld
Apr 22, 2019
Why Breez Is Committed to Bitcoin
Why Breez Is Committed to Bitcoin
Breez is going all-in on bitcoin because it’s the right thing to do
Roy Sheinfeld
Apr 15, 2019
Breez Open Beta: Lightning-Fast Bitcoin Payments, No Compromises
Breez Open Beta: Lightning-Fast Bitcoin Payments, No Compromises
TL;DR: Breez is a n00b-accessible, non-custodial bitcoin payment platform. It allows users to transfer and receive bitcoin within seconds…
Roy Sheinfeld
Apr 8, 2019
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