Velas Commerce

2024 is looking to be a wild year in the Bitcoin/Lightning world. I'm keeping my eye out for developers that might want to work with Velas Commerce. If you're an experienced developer who wants work with Lightning, ping me!

🎉 It's our 100th Bitcoin Commerce Roundup!

To our subscribers: If you have a Lightning address, email us at [email protected] or [email protected] for 1,000 satoshis as a thank you!

New subscribers: We have 100,000 sats to give away. Sign up and email us with your Lightning address for 500 satoshis for each new subscriber till they're gone! - https://mailchi.mp/1e993a856014/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-11-17-2023

🏁 Now you Ferraris with bitcoin! Are they anticipating another bull run and a flood of new luxury customers? Plus lots more on Taproot Assets and Lightning Network growth.

Find it all here - https://mailchi.mp/c5c4eda0e871/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-10-27-2023

⚙️The Bitcoin Virtual Machine and Bitcoin Commerce

Need a break from FTX and SBF drama? Check out this edition of our Bitcoin Commerce Roundup where we unpack BitVM, River Financial’s 2023 Lightning Report, new apps in Bitcoin and more:

Find it here - https://mailchi.mp/7b13a99ecaa3/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-10-12-2023

🌏2023 Global Adoption Index Results by Chainalysis

Chainalysis publishes some surprises in an excerpt of the 2023 Global Crypto Analysis Report. Perhaps the most eye-catching development is India's remarkable ascent to the top spot, jumping from its 2022 ranking at number 4.

We dive into this and more in our latest Bitcoin Commerce Roundup - https://mailchi.mp/6a94f2458949/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-9-29-2023

⚡Bitcoin Lightning in 2025

What will Bitcoin Lightning payments look like in 2025? What are the pain points that need improvement today?

A recent analysis by River Financial tackles these questions and makes some interesting predictions.

We dive into this and more in our latest Bitcoin Commerce Roundup - https://mailchi.mp/d9cccd173a9f/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-9-15-2023

🌪 Prime Trust fallout continues and more

Prime Trust, up until very recently, was an essential part of some of the biggest projects in Bitcoin Commerce.

The reports of their fallout continued to pile on this week, with the company’s CEO stating in a court filing that the company lost $8M USD in the doomed Terra stablecoin.

We dive into this and more in our latest Bitcoin Commerce Roundup - https://mailchi.mp/bfae72c2ddae/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-8-31-2023

💸 PayPal launches stablecoin and Bitcoin AIs

PayPal launches new stablecoin based on Ethereum, a new video on Bitcoin-enabled AIs, top Bitcoin trends in 2023 and growing bitcoin circular economies in Brazil and Guatemala!

We dive into this and more in our latest Bitcoin Commerce Roundup - https://mailchi.mp/a7acc6ae0eb5/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-8-17-2023

🤖 Bitcoin-Powered AI: A Potential Commerce Frontier!

Plus how Bitcoin could reform global commerce, bitcoin payment gateways, Coinbase looking to add Lightning Network payments and business ideas for the new NOSTR protocol.

Get the latest news with our Bitcoin Commerce Roundup! - https://mailchi.mp/bf1fe601a7c0/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-8-3-2023

🚀 Exciting news! The Blockstream Green Wallet is set to release a new beta version soon, giving you the power to manage Bitcoin, Lightning Network, and Liquid, all in one user-friendly wallet! 🔧⚡

👉 Check out the demo video here:

Core Lightning ⚡️ on Twitter “RT : The new Lightning-capable works flawlessly (even in beta), receiving sats from and zapp…”

⚡Calling all Builders! Check out this new site by PlebLab called PlebBook. It's a community resource specially designed for developers and builders to dive into the fascinating world of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network ecosystem.

🔧 Think of it as your go-to builders manual to help you navigate the Bitcoin and Lightning landscape with ease.

Check it out here:

👉 PlebBook Website

Hello Builders PlebBook is a community resource for aspiring developers and builders to learn and get involved with the Bitcoin Lightning ecosystem. Kinda like a builders manual for Bitcoin and Lightning.

Are you using ? Version 0.0.116 has just been released with beta support for anchor channels!

This should make zero conf channels with LND nodes available. It’s exciting stuff and opens up opportunities for UX previously impossible between LND LDK nodes!

Release v0.0.116 · lightningdevkit/rust-lightning 0.0.116 - Jul 21, 2023 - "Anchoring the Roadmap" API Updates Support for zero-HTLC-fee anchor output channels has been added and is now considered beta ( #2367). Users who set ChannelHandshakeConfi...