Written By Theophilus Isah Bitcoin and lightning are so linked that their essential ideas are nearly identical. Payment receipt procedures are a unique and crucial feature of both technologies. It's the bitcoin address for bitcoin, and the lightning invoice for lightning (BOLT 11 invoice, to be precise). They
Written By Enigbe Ochekliye A digital signature is a “mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of a message” (Antonopoulos, 2017). It finds use in bitcoin transactions where it proves that transactions have been created by “known” senders, that “known” senders cannot repudiate broadcast transactions and that the transactions have not
Written By Rapheal Eyerin Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency (cryptocurrency) means different things to different people. Many perceive Bitcoin as a way to get rich quick, although some people have made a lot of money from Bitcoin others have also been caught up in the volatility of Bitcoin
Written By Olutobi Adeyemi The Lightning Network (LN) is a network that operates as a second layer on top of Bitcoin. Here users can make payment to each other without the necessity of publishing a transaction to the Bitcoin blockchain for each payment. Before LN transactions can be made, a
Written By Vladimir Fomene Note: Following Btrust's aquisition of Qala on Sept 5, 2023, Qala is now known as Btrust Builders. How I got interested in Bitcoin? Introduction Welcome to my medium, I’m Vladimir Fomene, a Bitcoin/Lightning developer in training at Qala Africa (now known as