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French State-Owned Bank Joins $8M Lightning Network Startup Funding

Bpifrance is one of the three major backers of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network implementation developer ACINQ. One of the developers of Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network has secured $8 million in funding from partners, including a bank partially owned by the French state. State-owned Bpifrance funds Lightning development In a press release published on Oct. 9, Bitcoin…
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Casa Releases New version of Its Bitcoin Full Node Casa Node 2

Crypto custody startup Casa releases Casa Node 2, a new version of the industry’s popular pre-synced product for Bitcoin full node. New York-based crypto custody startup Casa has released Casa Node 2, a new iteration of the industry’s popular pre-synced Bitcoin (BTC) full node product. Original Casa Node did a great job, the firm says…
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Lightning Network Proving Less Electric for Bitcoin Than Promised

The capacity of the Lightning Network is decreasing, and the Bitcoin community is once again embroiled in a debate about scaling. But is it as serious as it seems? Bitcoin (BTC) turned 10 years old recently, and if someone were to tell its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, in 2008 that the new decentralized currency would still be thriving…
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