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The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Ugly: Looking Back at the Year in Bitcoin

December 31, 2018

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2018 has been one hell of a year – so let’s look back on the top 10 moments of the Bitcoin universe.

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Chilean Buda Exchange Integrates Bitcoin with the Lightning Network

October 19, 2018

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Chilean Buda Exchange is making headlines after integrating Bitcoin into the Lightning Network (LN). This comes after Buda filed a lawsuit against 10 Chilean banks earlier this year.

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The Lightning Network Is About to Turbocharge Bitcoin

August 8, 2018

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Bitcoin is in the process of deploying the Lightning Network. The new protocol helps the cryptocurrency handle more transactions, speed up confirmations and reduce costs incurred by users when sending and receiving bitcoins.

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Bitcoin: A Store of Value or a Medium of Exchange?

February 12, 2018

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When Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin in 2009, the founder saw it in his mind, or expected it to function, as money. We can deduce this from reading the white paper, published three months earlier to detail how the cryptocurrency would…