Rootstock is now live on BTC and is coming to LTC. Here a brief overview of how it works. What is Rootstock? Rootstock (RSK) is an open-source platform. It uses the concept of a “sidechain” to bring

On April 20, 2018, ecurrencyhodler bought 1 month’s worth of reddit gold and tipped Loshan1212 through Bitrefill with Litecoin on the Lightning Network. However, this isn’t the first Litecoin transaction

LTC-Lightning-Network-lnd-Guide This is a step-by-step main net tutorial on how to setup a Lightning Network node for Litecoin on a Mac. It is specifically for the lnd client by the Lightning Labs. You

On Thursday March 15, 2018, Abra announced that it would be using Litecoin as the primary asset class on their mobile exchange. The significance of this development should not be understated. However,

There’s never a dull moment in the world of Bitcoin. In less than a year, it has survived two contentious scaling proposals: Bitcoin Cash and Segwit 2x. Even though the drama has died down for the most

On March 1, 2018, Litecoin Core v.0.15.1 was released. One revision included in this update was that the minimum relay fee was lowered to 0.00001 LTC/kB but the minimum transaction fee stayed at 0.001

With the boom of the cryptomarkets in 2017, the prototypical Bitcoin millionaire stories that you’ve most likely heard of probably fell into 1 of 2 categories: They held onto the Bitcoin they bought years

Litecoin’s New Minimum Transaction and Relay Fees Per KB. Currently, Litecoin’s minimum transaction and relay fees are set by default to 0.001 LTC/kb. However with the recent increase in Litecoin’s price,

When Bitcoin reach its lock-in threshold for SegWit on August 8, 2017, I was convinced of two things: 1) Bitcoin’s price would soar 2) There are now two ecosystems emerging in crypto. 1. The Ethereum Ecosystem

Today, there have been various reports of high Litecoin transaction fees and long confirmation times. Here's a screenshot from r/litecoin today: Now there is some FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) that this

Atomic Swaps is the ability to perform instant cross-chain transactions. In other words, you'll be able to trade one coin for another without an exchange. This technology is being actively developed, as

Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, recently went on Bloomberg and offered a surprising take on the future of blockchain technology. He believes the blockchain is set to not only disrupt financial

In Part 2, we looked at how the Lightning Network (LN) would work between 2 people. In this final article, we will explore how the LN works between 3 people, how Atomic Swaps work, and the full picture

In Part 1, we talked about multisig addresses and how you can have Open Channel Payments and Closed Channel Payments. These are the building blocks of the Lightning Network (LN). Now let’s look at how

On August 8, Bitcoin reached its lock-in threshold for SegWit. This is great news because there are many exciting developments in the pipeline for Bitcoin such as the Lightning Network. This technology

"The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing." (Carrie Wilkerson) Some Vote Bidding Bots out there are getting huge total Bids in each round, so that it´s actually very likely

We dropped the ball helping her, with all the usual trending posts making $3-500 every day on here while one of our own is struggling. - This has broken my heart the last week Steemit Family. Things like

Most people hate FUD. Not me. I love FUD. Why do I love FUD? Because, at the end of the day, it was the FUD that gave me bitcoin. Say what? I can hear you asking. Well, let me tell you a story. In the

Programming before: Programming now: Steemd now: Steemd Soon: The dev team is working hard on scaling issues, we get a few snags here and there, but it's nothing that can not be fixed eventually. Some