The development and updates of the Lightning Network are typically decided upon through a collaborative and open-source process involving multiple contributors and developers from the broader Bitcoin and Lightning community. There is no single central authority that makes these decisions. Key decisions regarding the Lightning Network often involve: Ultimately, the decentralized nature of Bitcoin and […]
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Whilst going through hundreds of emails and forum posts written by Satoshi Nakamoto (all of which are documented for posterity at the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute), one particular correspondance I came across stopped me in my tracks. Why? Because it — an email written by Satoshi himself no less — talks about scaling Bitcoin (a topic […]