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1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: c-lightning undergoes a name refresh and is now #CoreLightning, #Bitcoin capacity on Lightning โšก๏ธ eclipses Liquid ๐ŸŒŠ for the first time, Liquid uses DynaFed, & @TheBitcoinConf hosts many layer-2 panels; lets recap๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿง
2/ In an April Fools fake-out, the community-driven โšก๏ธ implementation c-lightning underwent a name refresh to officially become #CoreLightning.

Follow: @Core_LN

TG: [t.me/lightningd]

Discord: [discord.gg/EuprYqysDc]

Details: [blog.blockstream.com/en-c-lightningโ€ฆ]
3/ In late March, the #LiquidNetwork activated, for the first time, a new Peg-out Authorization Key (PAK) list using #DynaFed, which introduces improvements at the functionary level to improve decentralization, security, and network flexibility.

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1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: Welcome to the latest thread of our monthly series on Lightning and Liquid. What you missed:

โšก๏ธ LN capacity at all-time highs, up 200% yoy
๐ŸŒ‡ #LightningHackdayIST
๐Ÿ”– New research from @vulpemventures
โ›๏ธ BMN on @BFXSecurities

and much more๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿง
2/ #Bitcoin capacity for both the @Liquid_BTC and #LightningNetwork continues to steadily rise with year-over-year growth LQ ~25% / LN ~200%, respectively. ๐ŸŒŠโšก๏ธ
3/ With an estimated limit of 500 TPS per channel, the #LightningNetwork has a throughput of more than 40 million TPS based on the number of channels today (the equivalent of 14.4 TB size blocks), enabling it to become the global payment layer of the #Bitcoin circular economy.
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1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: In Jan, both protocols had a slew of big announcements:

๐ŸŒ‹ #BitcoinBond update
๐Ÿฅ• #Taproot on @Liquid_BTC
๐Ÿ› New #LiquidFederation members
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท @ln_strike launches in Argentina
โšก๏ธ Anniversary of the #LightningNetwork whitepaper

Let's review and more๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿง
2/ Network capacity for both the @Liquid_BTC and #LightningNetwork continued to expand, LQ (3,528) / LN (3,399), reaching new highs for a combined capacity of 6,927 #Bitcoin.

Year-over-year, network capacity has grown LQ 25% / LN 290%, respectively. ๐ŸŒŠโšก๏ธ
3/ On the eve of the #LightningNetwork whitepaper's sixth anniversary, @jackmallers announced the Lightning-powered app @ln_strike was to begin rolling out in Argentina, one of many Latin American nations battling inflation and economic uncertainty.

btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-lโ€ฆ
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1/ Blockstream 2021: #TowardsHyperbitcoinization

2021 was a breakthrough year for #Blockstream and the #Bitcoin ecosystem. In the spirit of the new year, we wanted to reflect on some of our ambitious projects.

Thread๐Ÿ‘‡
blog.blockstream.com/blockstream-20โ€ฆ
2/ January: We first announced the #BlockstreamJade hardware wallet (now fully compatible with @SpecterWallet and @BitcoinCoreorg nodes). ๐Ÿ’Ž๐ŸŒŠ

3/ February: #BlockstreamSatellite began broadcasting the Bitcoin Core source code worldwide. ๐Ÿ“ก๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ

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1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: Last month, Lightning implementations #clightning and #LND rolled out major updates, and @Liquid_BTC took centerstage at @AdoptingBTC for the #BitcoinBond announcement.

Combined #L2 capacity also reached a new high of 6,661 BTC (~$377M).
2/ We begin at the @TABConf in Atlanta with a #LightningNetwork panel - @alexbosworth, @gkrizek, @niftynei, and @TheBlueMatt - who discussed off-chain scaling, privacy on Lightning, and liquidity ads.

3/ #Liquidityads are a spec proposal that allows Lightning nodes to source inbound capital via the gossip protocol.
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