LN+

⚖️ Channel rebalancing is the “inventory management” of Lightning routing: keeping enough liquidity on the right side of your channels so payments can flow smoothly. This post explains how to spot imbalance, set realistic targets, and use practical approaches like circular rebalances, fee tuning, and smarter peer/channel choices to improve reliability without burning fees. It also notes a handy option for LN+ Liquidity Swap participants: once channels open, LN+ provides instructions to rebalance the group’s triangles, squares, and pentagons so the swap can start routing better faster. #bitcoin #lightning https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/675

🟣 LN+ now offers encrypted DM notifications through your favorite #Nostr client, keeping you instantly updated on your Liquidity Swap, Pool offers, messages from other node operators, etc. Just link your Nostr npub in your LN+ Dashboard and enable Nostr DM notifications! #bitcoin #lightning

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/660

BLFS (#Bitcoin #Lightning for #Shopify) by MegalithicBTC is a lightweight server application. It connects Shopify merchants to Bitcoin Lightning payments via NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect): https://github.com/MegalithicBTC/BLFS

⚡️ We're about to reach 10,000 registered and verified users on LN+! Thank you for your amazing work of making #bitcoin #lightning a highly functional, decentralised and reliable network!

🚀 Exciting new feature on LN+! Group Channel Opens lets LND node operators open up to 5 #lightning channels with a single #bitcoin transaction, saving over 50% on fees and block space. Balanced channels from the start: perfect for receiving, sending and routing payments. Ready to try? Here are the instructions: https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/594

💡 Is It Better to Open Few Large or Many Small Channels on #Bitcoin #Lightning?

Let's explore 3 options: Many small, a mix of large and small, and few large channels:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/567

Your LN+ Dashboard gives you up-to-date info and helps you get stuff done on your #bitcoin #lightning node: https://lightningnetwork.plus/dashboard https://image.nostr.build/d6c50656f6cc838906d095540548ef5976d70936fc57e43c9651a6dad1af858b.jpg

⭐️ What are Prime Nodes? Prime Nodes are #Bitcoin #Lightning nodes that have received at least 10 happy 🙂 ratings on LN+, with a minimum of 90% of those ratings being positive. Prime Nodes can join Prime Liquidity Swaps. We have almost 800 Prime Nodes:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/prime_nodes

New LSP in #Bitcoin #Lightning Market:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/ln-server

🔼 #Bitcoin #Lightning channel openings are on the rise again on LN+ thanks to the relatively low fee environment. The community opened another 40+ new channels in the last day alone. 🙌

https://lightningnetwork.plus

🚨 #Bitcoin transactions are confirming in the 20's sat/vB range. Time to open those #lightning channels: ♻️ Join a liquidity swap: https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps or 💧 Open a channel within the pool: https://lightningnetwork.plus/pool

☕️ New store in the #lightning market: Billay Coffee

https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/billay-coffee

⚡️ Voltage integrated Mutinynet into its platform, to help #bitcoin #lightning development

https://voltage.cloud/blog/feature-updates/mutinynet-now-available-on-voltage/

⚡️ What is #Bitcoin #Lightning? The #LightningNetwork is a payments layer built on bitcoin. It enables very fast, very secure, and very inexpensive payments, and it might change the world in the near future. 📖 The guide: https://docs.megalithic.me

🚨 PSA: This is not a good time to open #bitcoin #lightning channels 😳

📠 New Store in the #Lightning Market: BitcoinFax:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/bitcoin-fax

⚡️ A Guide for Situations Where Your #Bitcoin #Lightning Close-Transaction Fails to Close the Channel, written by

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/525

When #Lightning ETF? https://image.nostr.build/ec6af548f1aa3f1cc81c9d0f172704fb2257483a8ca9a520285283c036ced279.png

💸 Introducing #FiatLink: A #bitcoin #Lightning ↔ Fiat Standard

https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-fiatlink-a-lightning-fiat-standard-68ab380febb2

The new Aqua Bitcoin wallet by JAN3 is a user-friendly, non-custodial #Bitcoin wallet offering: full SegWit addresses, a #Lightning wallet, a Liquid BTC wallet, and a Tether USDt wallet supporting multiple blockchains. Read more:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/517

⚡️ In 2024, forward-thinking company leaders should explore Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy #Lightning Rewards Program. It's not just about retention – it's about boosting productivity and keeping your team motivated with innovative #Bitcoin rewards:

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/516

Under the #Christmas moon's light, #Bitcoin soars like #lightning, merry and bright. 💫 https://image.nostr.build/296d3f28a00d298284f1be29e0e693a493687b7521dd6c7b699b966f27409961.jpg

🔋🛜💿 How to add redundancy to your #Bitcoin #Lightning node

https://nullcount.com/how-to-add-redundancy-to-your-lightning-node/

🌊 Troubled by high-fees on #Bitcoin and struggling to manage your #Lightning channels cost effectively? Here is an idea to consider: #LiquidLightning. Read more: https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/515

🇻🇳🍔⚡️ Witness the First #Bitcoin #Lightning Payment at Pingu's Burger in Vietnam

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/514

📣 The new ZEUS v0.8.0 introduces an immense amount of new functionality including an embedded node, LSP connectivity, and self-custodial lightning addresses. #bitcoin #lightning

https://blog.zeusln.com/new-release-zeus-v0-8-0/

💡 When logged into LN+ with your #Lightning node, visiting another node provides tailored details specific to your interactions with that node. This includes information on liquidity swaps and pool credit transactions you have with them. Node explorer: https://lightningnetwork.plus/nodes https://image.nostr.build/693650e142aa1d0630e7f54915663fed7f85fb342cee41301d7e55cca4c6d03a.jpg

Join Satograms + LN+, 5.0M SAT #Lightning liquidity swap triangle: https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps/18700

📫 The era of #Lightning "spam" is here. If you own a lightning address, you're likely familiar with this. I'm not upset – earning satoshis for getting spam seems like a good deal.

You can increase your minimum HTLC setting if you want to opt-out of routing such "spam" payments.

⚡️ #Bitcoin #Lightning’s Future — A New Era of Interoperability with LSP Specs https://medium.com/synonym-to/lightnings-future-a-new-era-of-interoperability-with-lsp-specs-0869fc062339

⚡️ #Bitcoin #Lightning in a Bottle: Capturing the Essence of Asynchronous Payments https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/480

💡 Quick tip: In LN+, you can specify the smallest #bitcoin #lightning channel size you're willing to accept. Although some nodes might have this setting, it's not retrievable from the gossip network. Adjust it manually in your LN+ account so everyone can see it. ⚡️ https://image.nostr.build/8a2ace1e03155a3c87d4824fb99e1f5856a7faa2085b7984d9f6070a8b9edb37.jpg

⚡️ Arbitrary number to celebrate: 200 (!) nodes in the LN+ Liquidity Pool. Pick the node you want to open a channel to and enjoy receiving Liquidity Credits in return. Thank you for your kind interest in this new free service! #bitcoin #lightning https://lightningnetwork.plus/pool https://image.nostr.build/52b645744a66505af5a7a45541903ac8471bd2c27495b66c3baa0bce4c2eb858.png

Swapping Satoshis Between: ⚓️ On-Chain #Bitcoin, ⚡️ #Lightning, and 💧 #Liquid with Boltz

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/463

📣 #Bitcoin #Lightning Report: A mind-blowing 1,212% growth was observed since Aug 2021, where the transaction count was 503k. This growth defied the odds, even in the face of a 44% drop in Bitcoin's price. Read the summary and the full report by River!

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/452

📣 Cal.com integrated #bitcoin #lightning⚡️with Alby: get paid in sats for your time https://cal.com/blog/introducing-alby-the-bitcoin-friendly-payment-solution

⚡️ How to Run a #Bitcoin #Lightning Node and Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) https://greggpettine.com/how-to-run-a-bitcoin-lightning-node-and-why-you-should-or-shouldnt-ac1a558ef214

LNbits Release 0.11.0: Welcome the LNbits Node Manager

https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/442

#Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️

📣 OneKey Wallet natively supports WebLN for instant #Bitcoin #Lightning payment sending and receiving:

https://medium.com/onekey-wallet/onekey-natively-supports-webln-of-lightning-payments-making-crypto-easier-than-ever-b8edd784861c

Rust-Lightning v0.0.117: Steering towards asynchronous channel monitoring and beyond https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/440 #bitcoin #lightning

🚀 After the new LN+ service 💧Liquidity Pool launched, the #bitcoin #lightning channel openings have accelerated. In the last 3 days 206 channels have been opened with an avg. of 2.7M SATS. Total: 5.48 BTC! This is like 2.5x of normal. Good work folks! 🙌 https://lightningnetwork.plus/pool https://image.nostr.build/47a4e988501ec2e1d1587a9ff6f6567cf022d22eecf8c199f8ab00a0b7392d0e.jpg

The #bitcoin mempool has been clearing out during the last week. 4 sat/vB transactions are mined currently. Good time to open those #Lightning⚡️ channels on LN+ on: ♻️ Good ol' Liquidity Swaps: https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps 💧Shiny new Liquidity Pool: https://lightningnetwork.plus/pool

#Lightning makes #Bitcoin unstoppable! — Backstage with David Marcus

#Bitcoin Internet of Value https://lauraspinaci.medium.com/bitcoin-internet-of-value-f0366bb589f8 1- Bitcoin what is it 2- Capabilities: medium of exchange and store of value 2- Use cases and value proposition 3- Challenges to the adoption 4- The future of bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ #LightningNetwork⚡️

🎸 #Bitcoin #Lightning powered music platform: Wavlake

https://medium.com/@rheedio/introducing-wavlake-cf9362a67969

DoS: Fake #Bitcoin #Lightning Channels - Make sure to update your nodes!

https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/fake-channel-dos/

⚡️ DevX: Developing Beme, a #Bitcoin + #Lightning wallet: https://medium.com/@BitcoinBeme/devx-developing-beme-a-bitcoin-wallet-1a421c46cdf2

⚡️Zaplocker: a non-custodial #bitcoin #lightning address server. Zaplocker lets you have a lightning address where the server doesn't have your money and you don't need to run a node.

⚡️Zaps: The #Bitcoin #Lightning Trend That’s Electrifying Social Media https://medium.com/@angeyobo/zaps-the-bitcoin-lightning-trend-thats-electrifying-social-media-bbd99474756a

#Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ for those who haven’t checked in on it in a while: https://viktorbunin.medium.com/lightning-for-those-who-havent-checked-in-on-it-in-a-while-776a1d8daebe

📺 Ian Major on building Joltz Rewards, #Bitcoin #Lightning rails for loyalty programs, and Taproot Assets, on The Kevin Rooke Show

#AI🤝#Bitcoin: Building Global Machine-to-Machine Payments with #Lightning 🤖⚡️🤖

🤠 Canadian LQWD Tech's #Bitcoin #Lightning nodes forwarded 381 BTC ($11M) worth of bitcoin in 200K+ transactions, with an average value of 190,000 SAT ($55) per transaction! Stats: https://lqwdfintech.com/node-stats/ Nodes: https://lightningnetwork.plus/nodes?search=lqwd

📣 #Bitcoin #Lightning breakthrough explained: Splicing. How splicing can make it easier and less expensive to rebalance Lightning payment channels, while creating more fungibility between BTC on-chain and BTC on Lightning.

⚡️ Using #Bitcoin #Lightning with Lipa

📺 Can #Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ scale globally🌏? /w Alexander Leishman of River:

The Mutiny Wallet is a browser based, self-custodial, #bitcoin #lightning wallet. It can work on ANY device that has a web browser and cannot be blocked by app stores:

⚡️ Binance has officially launched #bitcoin #lightning integration! https://cdn.nostr.build/i/6d1366b7d69cd36f63322ef8cda10639c31e580adcaeb451aead3cd9c0a7ad8a.jpg

#AI for All: Powering APIs and Large Language Models with Lightning https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-05-l402-langchain/ #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ #LND https://cdn.nostr.build/i/0b7e0f632abb967b2d1fc2b7881cdab95d3801ce2319f00b66f60235ee36fca3.jpg

📣 Announcing LDK Node LDK Node is a ready-2-go #bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ node library built using lightning dev kit & bitcoin dev kit. Provides a straightforward interface & an integrated wallet, enabling you to quickly & easily set up a self-custodial LN node:

https://lightningdevkit.org/blog/announcing-ldk-node/

📣 Introducing the New Boltz Web App: An all-new web app, bringing together Liquid, #Bitcoin mainchain and #Lightning⚡️ swaps under one roof, enabling swaps to taproot addresses & more

https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-our-new-boltz-web-app

🦾 How open #AI wins with the help of #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ and #nostr🪽

https://hivemind.vc/ai/

Binance entered the #lightning chat: https://lightningnetwork.plus/nodes/03a1f3afd646d77bdaf545cceaf079bab6057eae52c6319b63b5803d0989d6a72f

Here are 193 #nostr users who run #bitcoin #lightning nodes: https://lightningnetwork.plus/nostr_nodes

What's your citadel? Pick your #bitcoin #lightning node profile background! https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/407

🇺🇸 2024 US Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy Jr accepts #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ donations through OpenNode's service: https://www.kennedy24.com/donate 👏 https://nostr.build/i/84ed44f2d55c505c57a520dbb8907d5e0bae16fcec9b1ca0ecdad0692ffe6c71.jpg

#Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ stores for gifts cards 🎁, phone top up 📲 and virtual credit cards🪪: https://lightningnetwork.plus/categories/10 https://nostr.build/i/c7f6597e24e0718e9fe2ff47762f81d8377bc668d5cb47163641d011da86cc10.jpg

📢 Strike of Jack Mallers goes global bringing #bitcoin #lightning to more than 65 countries! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

🧾 Granular #bitcoin #lightning invoice management is here: https://voltage.cloud/blog/feature-updates/invoice-management-update-surge/ #[2]

⚡️”We need more Apps with #Bitcoin #Lightning, not more Lightning Apps” by Breez https://medium.com/breez-technology/we-need-more-apps-with-lightning-not-more-lightning-apps-b5f37f9ac8bd

10101: The power of self-custodial trading powered by #bitcoin  #lightning⚡️

https://10101.substack.com/p/10101-the-power-of-self-custodial

⚡️ After the recent coinbase, bitfinex and bisq announcements, now p2p bitcoin trading and lending firm hodlhodl also voiced their intention to support #bitcoin #lightning soon! Let's see who sails into port first... we're going to monitor closely! 👏

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvsmG1iaMAATWJr?format=jpg&name=large

⚡️ "Charging ahead: Why it’s time for exchanges to add #bitcoin #Lightning" by Pav of Synonym: https://medium.com/synonym-to/charging-ahead-why-its-time-for-exchanges-to-add-lightning-54241ac6cf33

🐂 #Lightning enabled Canadian exchange @BullBitcoin_ launches No KYC #Bitcoin purchases with cash or debit: https://www.bullbitcoin.com/blog/bull-bitcoin-launches-no-kyc-bitcoin-purchases-with-cash-or-debit

↗️ The #Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ market is growing every day: https://lightningnetwork.plus/market Add your business if you haven't already! 🤝 https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_286f6f5dcd4c038528cbccb414b4cf506c75fd4d41cbcab1f0c0efc087a17457.jpg

"Benefits of accepting #Bitcoin and #Lightning⚡️ payments" by Speed: https://www.tryspeed.com/blog/benefits-of-accepting-bitcoin-and-other-crypto-payments/

📢 Breaking: Binance announces upcoming support for #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ on the heels of a similar promise by Coinbase ceo 👏 https://nostr.build/i/6e4d801b51460688796ffb4fd4d4359c3cbb9993ac2247e3ede99fc920a59832.jpg

🛍️ Latest in the #Lightning Market: @seedor_io Seedor sells durable yet elegant backup for your Bitcoin recovery seed. It is water 💧, fire 🔥, acid🧪 resistant and all tools 🔨 are included.

https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/seedor_io

⚡️ MicroStrategy #Lightning Platform is a software platform to address enterprise-specific use cases with the #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork, starting with Lightning rewards for behavioral incentives:

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/microstrategy-lightning-platform/

🛍️ Latest in the #Bitcoin #Lightning market: LifPay With LifPay you can get a customized Lightning Address and personalized payment page: https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/lifpay Direct link: https://lifpay.me

🛍️ We reached 100 stores in the #Bitcoin #Lightning Marketplace. Thank you for all the submissions: https://lightningnetwork.plus/market Check if your favourite lightning store, service or product is listed and if not let me know. If you operate one, you can submit it directly on the site. https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_62326cd8e86d71b895590cd08d76fcf6ff800065c18787dc37d00c9e4b7e8149.jpg

Non custodial #bitcoin #lightning wallet: FireBolt

https://medium.com/@arealayer/presenting-product-firebolt-6677a69b0e04

⚡️ What are hierarchical #bitcoin #lightning channels?

https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/hierarchical-lightning-channels/

✨ What is this! Black magic?

No, just an intricate database query that finds the liquidity swaps that best match your #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ node based on size, channels peers, and other params.

Login with your node and see the new 🪄 "Swaps for You" page: https://stage.lightningnetwork.plus/swaps_for_you

Benefits of upcoming #bitcoin #lightning taproot channels: 🥕 multisig: nodes can be backed by multiple signers 🥕 privacy: private channels close tx on-chain will look like a regular tx 🥕 cheaper: less data needs to be revealed

🥕 Taproot #bitcoin #lightning channel transactions by ⁦‪Elle Mouton‬⁩ - The biggest lightning upgrade in the making

https://www.ellemouton.com/posts/taproot-chan-txs/

✨ What is BRC-20? BRC-20 is a fungible token created using Ordinals and Inscriptions on #bitcoin. It uses inscriptions of JSON data to deploy token contracts, mint tokens, and transfer tokens. BRC-20 token was created by domodata on March 8th, 2023.

Tokens aren't new to Bitcoin. Colored Coins launched in 2012, 3 years before Eth came out with ERC-20. The Bitcoin ecosystem has other ways to issue tokens: On the Liquid sidechain, you can use AMP, and on #Lightning L2 we have Taro, RGB, and the Hypercore based Pear Credit.

BRC-20 lists thousands of assets already. You can explore them here: https://brc-20.io, however be careful because the system is currently experimental and there are no guarantees for any assets maintaining any value. Learn more: https://domo-2.gitbook.io/brc-20-experiment/

⚡️ How to create your own #Bitcoin #Lightning email address:

https://decrypt.co/137557/how-michael-saylor-create-bitcoin-lightning-email-address

#Bitcoin #Lightning⚡️ LSPs (Lightning Network Service providers) to provide you liquidity: https://lightningnetwork.plus/categories/1

📢 The release of RGB v0.10, the next significant milestone in the #RGB protocol brings full support of smart contracts to #Bitcoin and #Lightning. 🙌

https://rgb.tech/blog/release-v0-10/

🎓 There are 2 types of channel closures on #bitcoin #lightning:

Cooperative: One side initiates & both parties cooperate. The channel is closed immediately with 1+ confirmations.

Non-cooperative: If one party disappears a force closure is possible but it takes longer ~1-3 days.

🔖 List of @lightningdevkit resources: https://github.com/peakshift/awesome-ldk/ #bitcoin #lightning⚡️

👏 #[0] now lists our LN+ rankings under the Community tab alongside other #Bitcoin #Lightning portal ranks. Thank you! https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_dc6ed61ecb729a8b47d3ef3a827169861d88941b827ee6815282b6157f630c4a.png

✨Have you updated already? LND 0.16 beta for #bitcoin #lightning⚡️ by @lightning labs: Smarter, Leaner, Faster

https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-03-29-lnd-0.16-launch/

#Lightning is made in the heavens illuminating #bitcoin’s grand design

The best #Bitcoin and #Lightning⚡️ wallets for beginners: A comprehensive review

https://blog.cryptostars.is/the-best-bitcoin-and-lightning-wallets-for-beginners-a-comprehensive-review-cf42760b7ec0

⚡️ If you like to use #thunderhub to manage your #bitcoin #lightning node, please rate and comment: https://lightningnetwork.plus/stores/thunderhub

⚡️Brian Armstrong confirms Coinbase will integrate #bitcoin  #lightning 🙌

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtQ1hpkaQAIlarx?format=jpg&name=medium

#RGB🔴🟢🔵 enables post-blockchain smart contracts on #bitcoin #lightning⚡️

Here is a quick overview on what RGB promises to be able to do:

RGB scales It can scale in terms of transaction throughput, data size and network size, because it doesn't keep any data on-chain. It is sharded from the day 1 and is fully interoperable with layer 2 scalability solutions.

RGB offers privacy Transactions are not on a blockchain, so no analysis is possible. It uses zero-knowledge to protect the history of a fungible state.

RGB is bitcoin & lightning native RGB brings rich smart contracts in a scalable way to the world's most secure and censorship-resistant cryptocurrency: bitcoin.

RGB is capable RGB was designed to allow everything what is possible with blockchain-based smart contracts (like in Ethereum and others) – but in the scalable, robust and private way. You can do Tokens, NFTs, DeFi, DAOs.

Learn more: https://rgb.tech