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Not Medical Advice: Bitcoiner Implants Lightning Chip To Make BTC Payments by Hand

The Lightning Network continues to shock the Bitcoin (BTC) community. A swiss IT Professional called F418 (not his real name) surgically implanted a Lightning-enabled chip into his right hand to make Lightning Network (LN) payments.

Bitcoin's Lightning Network Could Be Getting a Privacy Upgrade

The Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling platform, has a privacy problem. Receiving payments, requesting refunds, and opening and closing payment channels (connections between Lightning nodes) – all raise privacy concerns for users of the payment network.

What Is the Lightning Network in Bitcoin and How Does It Work?

Lightning Network (LN) is a second-level solution for the bitcoin blockchain. How does it work? Do we really need it?
What Is the Lightning Network in Bitcoin and How Does It Work?