Hi there 👋 Finding the signal and cutting through the noise is hard. That's what I'm trying to achieve with this newsletter, and while I like to think I sometimes reach this goal - at least in some way -, it's more of an asymptotic target than something I will ever

Last week was massive for Lightning wallets! We got an impressive Phoenix update, Mutiny coming out of beta, and Zeus literally unleashing the thunder! So take your umbrella, because we're headed in a hell of a storm! Ecosystem More OpenSats Grants! OpenSats distributed the first wave of Bitcoin grants last

Ecosystem Greetings! Welcome to the 44th issue of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of all the things happening in Lightning! This week's piece is filled with great stuff, from open source grants to the mighty AI x Lightning convergence! I know exploring the Lightning space is a perilous enterprise, but

Welcome to the 43rd issue of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of all the great things happening in the realm of Lightning! Funny enough, 43 is a bit of a special number: it's the greatest number that is not a McNugget number. That is, any number above 43 can be

Hello, and welcome to... Wait! Hold on. Which Latest Strikes issue are we at? That's right: 42. So get your galactic Michelin Guide ready, because we're going on a space journey! But as you may know, the outer space is vast and space travel takes a long time, even when

Welcome to the 41st issue of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of everything new and shiny in the Lightning world! Last week was another prime one, with a lot of interesting things happening. So buckle up, prime the engine, put your helmet on, and let's dive into the stream. Prime

Welcome to the 40th edition of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of all the great things happening in the Lightning ecosystem. With 4 issues a month, it means we've now been covering the Lightning news together for ten consecutive months. Quite a tumultuous, yet pleasant journey, am I right? And,

Dobrý den! Welcome to the 39th issue of Latest Strikes, your opinionated weekly recap of all the great things happening in Lightning. Last week we got Voltage partnering with Google Cloud, a new fancy hardware product, a very welcomed collective initiative and ton of new releases! By the way, before

"What's happening, hot stuff?". Well, Jake, hot stuff surely happened last week in the Lightning world! We got a complete wallet working in the browser (well, on signet, but still!), a new advertising model, more adoption, and a lot of updates. Let's dig in, shall we? Ecosystem Power Of Lightning

Γεια σας! Welcome to the 37th edition of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of everything that happened in the Lightning world last week. I'm currently on vacation in Crete, and hence writing this newsletter between two hikes and a cocktail with a view, hence why it is a bit more

Kaboom! Lightning never stop, does it? Let's see what caught my attention last week! Ecosystem Our Companies Ecosystem LightningNetwork+ published one of those nice market map where you can glance at many of the companies working in Lightning right now with only one look. If you're a Lightning company and

Boom! Fees are high, blocks are full, if you come by, you should read me through. Wondering what happened in the Lightning Network ecosystem last week? You're in the right place! Ecosystem Lightning For Enterprises MicroStrategy World is an annual conference held by the business intelligence software company MicroStrategy to

Good morning, Lightning! Last week was an interesting one for Lightning, with a full mempool and some interesting news around submarine swaps, voting mechanisms, and node management. Let's review what happened! Ecosystem BlueWallet Postpones Sunsetting Of Custodial Offering BlueWallet postponed the date where they'll stop serving custodial Lightning users to

Helloooo Ja! Welcome to the 33rd issue of Latest Strikes! In case you didn't know, 33 degrees is the temperature at which water starts to boil in the Newton temperature scale. Do with that piece of information what you wish, but what I can tell you in that the Lightning

Last week was quite THE week for decentralized trading over Lightning and Nostr. Between Civ Kit, n3xb, Mostro and the Nostr Marketplace specification being merged, it seems like there is a big arc developing and further fueling the synergies between Nostr and Lightning. Let's get into this, and see what

Annnnd it's Friday again! We'll try to not make an habit out of it and come back to a more regular schedule, but I'm hearing later is better that never. Anyway, what did the Lightning world cook for us last week? Mutiny raised funds to develop their privacy focused Lightning

Friday it is! Never was a Latest Strikes issue published this late in the week, but here we are at last! With the release of a new major LND version, an innovative way of connecting nostr and Lightning, and Route Blinding finally making it into the specification, last week was

Buongiorno! Welcome to the 29th issue of Latest Strikes, published from Tuscany, Italy, where we're attending the Tuscany Lightning Summit. But more on that next week. For now, let's wrap up last week together, from lightning accounting to privacy-preserving LNURL servers! Ecosystem Lightning Accounting BoltObserver published a blog post on

Hello Strikers! Welcome to this 28th issue of Latest Strikes, your weekly dose of the hottest news and updates from the Lightning Network ecosystem. Whether you're a seasoned Bitcoin veteran or a curious newcomer, we try our best to make this newsletter as useful and approachable as possible, and make

How you doin'? Last week was a bit less tumultuous than the previous one, but there was still a lot happening. Let's unfold it together, shall we? Ecosystem Lightning Prisms Gigi published an interesting article defining a novel payment flow called Lightning Prisms. The idea, initially brought up by Andrew

Live long and prosper 🖖 Welcome to the 26th issue of Latest Strikes! That's right, 26. At the yet unbroken pace of one issue per week, this means that it has been half a year since we started covering the amazing work of Lightning builders all around the world in this

Welcome to the 25th edition of Latest Strikes, your weekly dose of Lightning stuff! Last week saw BlueWallet sunsetting their custodial Lightning offering, some developments in the synergies between Lightning and Nostr, as well as some research on payment reliability and wallets usability. Let's dive in together! Ecosystem Check Splitting

Howdy! The Lightning-Dev mailing list was quite busy last week, with very interesting discussions! But that's not it: there were also tons of releases, as well as very good news in the education and adoption fronts. Let's find out more together! Ecosystem Zion Zion announced a six million dollars raise

Pura Vida! Welcome to the 23rd issue of Latest Strikes, your weekly recap of curated Lightning news! Last week was busy, with good ol' Marty releasing Scrib, the Alby team rolling out a new update AND a benchmark, and many more builders shipping! Grab a snack or a hot drink,

"Greeting, Lightning wanderer! I hear you're interested in discovering the latest developments in the mighty kingdgom of Lightning? Follow me, my young friend, as we descend into the valley." You're a bit baffled by what just happened, but still decide to follow the strange man. "Do not worry, he tells