Bitcoin Technology

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Shriveling Due to Terrible Incentives

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By CCN Markets: Usage of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network underwent a sizeable decline in 2019. According to data from BitcoinVisuals, 23% of Lightning Network payment channels closed down in the past five months alone. Meanwhile, the amount of Bitcoin locked up on the network for use in making payments fell 22% in the same time period. […]

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CCN is Shutting Down after Google’s June 2019 Core Update

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Dear readers, Let’s get straight to it. Google’s June 2019 Core Update rolled out on June 3th 2019 and CCN’s traffic from Google searches dropped more than 71% on mobile overnight.   As data from SEO analyzer Sistrix shows, our visibil…