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Commerce · March 15, 2018

Bitcoin Lightning

Bitcoin Payments Faster & Cheaper

Bitcoin Lightning launched on March 15, 2018 with 8 votes, #1,002 of 2,954 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

What it does

Bitcoin Lightning is an open protocol layer that leverages the power of blockchains and smart contracts to make cheap, fast, private transactions available to anyone around the world.

Building faster, cheaper, global layer-two bitcoin

At Lightning Labs, we develop software that powers the Lightning Network. Our open source, secure, and scalable Lightning systems enable users to send and receive money more efficiently than ever before. We also offer a series of verifiable, non-custodial Lightning-based financial services. We bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software. Terminal provides a simple web UI for node operators to improve the quality and liquidity of their node. It makes running a Lightning node simpler, easier, and more accessible, lowering the barrier to instant, high volume, low fee bitcoin transactions for all. With Terminal, users get a personalized…from lightning.engineering

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