1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: Last month, Lightning implementations #clightning and #LND rolled out major updates, and took centerstage at for the #BitcoinBond announcement.
Combined #L2 capacity also reached a new high of 6,661 BTC (~$377M).
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2/ We begin at the in Atlanta with a #LightningNetwork panel - , , , and - who discussed off-chain scaling, privacy on Lightning, and liquidity ads.
youtu.be/reKjNYQSZaQ?t=
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3/ #Liquidityads are a spec proposal that allows Lightning nodes to source inbound capital via the gossip protocol.
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4/ We also saw the release of #clightning v0.10.2, notable improvements:
⚡️Better pay performance & history
📉Reduction in database size (avg ~60%)
📶Improved connectivity (handy for #Tor)
🔌New datastore API for plugins
Discord discord.gg/mE9s4rc5un
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5/ LND released v0.14.1, ensuring compatibility with @clightning_twit + , upgrades include:
📦More efficient storage
🖋️Remote signing for increased security
🔀10x faster pathfinding
🍪Business logic through custom macaroons
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6/ The next generation of capital markets infrastructure continues to be built on and anchored to #Bitcoin. 🌊
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8/ The TREE #securitytoken from leveraged issuance on to support communities and landowners across the Amazon Rainforest via conservation and carbon offset. Read more about why Liquid was used as the underlying infrastructure. 🌳
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9/ The #BlockstreamMiningNote reached over 2 BTC/BMN within the first 4 months of its 36-month term. The #BMN can be denominated & traded at 0.01, providing retail investors a lower entry point.
For discussion, modeling, analysis, and #OTC trading, see t.me/blockstream_fi.
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11/ At , El Salvador President announced with Blockstream CSO , a proposed $1 billion tokenized bond issuance on for acquiring #bitcoin and building out energy and mining infrastructure. 🇸🇻🌋
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12/ As the #EBB1 proposal matures and gets fine-tuned, #Blockstream will remain a technical consultant, with taking on the primary duties of distribution and issuance.
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13/ The #BitcoinBond and other recent #securitytoken announcements represent a fundamental shift within the traditional finance sphere to a more frictionless, peer-to-peer future built on #Bitcoin and L2s like #Liquid.
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14/ On the backend, Liquid engineers continued to prep the network for #Taproot, which is scheduled to activate early January 2022.
See the first Taproot transaction on the testnet by below:
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15/ Epic space MMO announced it had begun generating its in-game assets - spacecraft and space stations - on regtest, which will double as #NFTs and be available for players to trade on and off the platform with each other.
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16/ LN devs introduced , an atomic swap plugin for nodes that allows on-chain channel rebalancing for a faster, cheaper, more reliable network. ⚛️
Gain beta access discord.gg/MSNt8eyZrT
Read the PDF from
blockstream.com/assets/downloa
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17/ The new #BOLT12 specs proposed by continued to be implemented into LN infrastructure, with joining #SparkWallet in support of many of its features.
Explore the full proposal at bolt12.org
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18/ For more details follow:
@clightning_twit
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