{"id":45478,"date":"2023-03-04T17:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T17:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=45478"},"modified":"2023-03-04T17:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T17:08:03","slug":"jack-dorseys-tbd-launches-c-to-improve-bitcoin-lightning-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=45478","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey\u2019s TBD launches C= to improve Bitcoin Lightning Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-48054ca8=\"\">\n<p>TBD, a division of Block (formerly Square) led by CEO <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2023\/jack-dorsey\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Dorsey<\/a>, launched a new venture named c= (pronounced c equals) to improve the Bitcoin\u00a0Lightning Network through tools and services.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning Network (LN) is a layer 2 payment network built to ease the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"noopener\">BTC<\/a>) by enabling faster, cheaper and more reliable <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/blockchain-for-beginners\/what-are-peer-to-peer-p2p-blockchain-networks-and-how-do-they-work\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/blockchain-for-beginners\/what-are-peer-to-peer-p2p-blockchain-networks-and-how-do-they-work\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">peer-to-peer payments<\/a>. However, c= aims to further the reach of LN through added liquidity and routing services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x26a1;&#xfe0f;hello world. meet TBD\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/c_equals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@c_equals<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j5ZYJmtS3J\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/j5ZYJmtS3J<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lightning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#lightning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TBD (@TBD54566975) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBD54566975\/status\/1631327271628984320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">March 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since its launch, the LN\u2019s liquidity and capacity have witnessed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-lightning-network-growth-is-organic-coming-from-real-world-adoption\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-lightning-network-growth-is-organic-coming-from-real-world-adoption\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">organic growth via real-world adoption<\/a>. In addition, services like c= offer incremental upgrades to support the ongoing Bitcoin adoption globally.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/674edb95-c383-4743-ba01-4042ebd41830.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Visual representation of widespread Bitcoin Lightning adoption. Source: c=\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Through liquidity, services and infrastructure, c= caters to wallet users, businesses and lightning node operators for faster and cheaper payments. The official announcement read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe want to meet you where your lightning needs are. Are you a business looking to accept Lightning payments? A wallet in need of channels or inbound for your customers? A hardened plebnet veteran looking for your next big source?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Layer 2 services collectively improving Bitcoin operations make it easier for people to adopt the ecosystem into their lives. If you want to accept Bitcoin as payment for your services, read <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-for-beginners\/how-to-accept-bitcoin-a-guide-to-getting-paid-in-btc\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-for-beginners\/how-to-accept-bitcoin-a-guide-to-getting-paid-in-btc\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">Cointelegraph\u2019s guide on how to get paid in BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/jack-dorsey-s-decentralized-twitter-rival-enters-app-store\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/jack-dorsey-s-decentralized-twitter-rival-enters-app-store\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Jack Dorsey\u2019s decentralized Twitter rival enters app store<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack Dorsey\u2019s popular payments venture Cash App recently integrated crypto tax and accounting software TaxBit into its services. The move allows Bitcoin users an easy way to report taxes.<\/p>\n<p>As Cointelegraph reported, Cash App <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-squares-cash-app-expands-bitcoin-trading-to-all-50-states\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-squares-cash-app-expands-bitcoin-trading-to-all-50-states\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">launched its Bitcoin trading services<\/a> in 2018 and rolled out BTC deposits the following year. The company claims to have over 10 million Bitcoin users. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/jack-dorsey-s-tbd-launches-c-to-improve-bitcoin-lightning-network\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TBD, a division of Block (formerly Square) led by CEO Jack Dorsey, launched a new venture named c= (pronounced c equals) to improve the Bitcoin\u00a0Lightning Network through tools and services. The Lightning Network (LN) is a layer 2 payment network built to ease the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) by enabling faster, cheaper and more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[37],"tags":[50,1060,848,1059,288,1062,175,14304],"class_list":["post-45478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin","tag-dorseys","tag-improve","tag-jack","tag-launches","tag-lightning","tag-network","tag-tbd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9d548884-f53f-41cd-96ad-b509faf29c5c.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45480,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45478\/revisions\/45480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}