Odaily News At the FAT Awards & Summint 2024, hosted by Odaily Planet Daily, co-hosted by Bitget, and co-supported by ArkStream Capital, Mizu, AIAChain, CoinW, Megabit, etc., the top 20 BTC ecosystem projects of FAT Awards 2024 were officially announced. The projects on the list are: B² Network, BOB, Zitlayer, BEVM, Babylon, BounceBit, BitFi, bitSmiley, Fractal Bitcoin, LnfiNetwork (NostrAssets Protocol), Lightning Network, Merlin Chain, MVC, Nubit, Ordinals, Runes, Solv Protocol, Stacks, UniSat, and Xverse.

Odaily News A new EU report points to Bitcoin’s Lightning Network and other Layer 2 solutions as “data obfuscation” technologies that could be “abused by criminals.” The first crypto report published by the EU’s Internal Security Innovation Hub points out that in addition to technologies such as Mimblewimble, zero-knowledge proofs, token mixers, and privacy coins such as Monero and Zcash, Layer 2 solutions such as the Lightning Network could also be abused by criminals. The report points out that the Lightning Network’s “two-party multi-signature payment channels do not broadcast all transactions to the blockchain, but only the opening and closing of channels,” adding that it and other Layer 2 solutions could pose “problems for law enforcement investigations.” The report emphasizes that their use of “zero-knowledge proofs and Layer 2 solutions” obfuscates some transaction data, which “significantly increases the complexity for law enforcement agencies to track the source of (illegal) cryptocurrencies.” (Decrypt)

Odaily News According to official news, BitTap, the Taproot Assets infrastructure construction project, has completed the Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Waterdrip Capital. The funds raised will be used to develop a decentralized trading platform and non-custodial wallet based on the Taproot Assets protocol. As the first decentralized wallet in the field of Taproot Assets protocol, the Alpha version of the BitTap plug-in wallet is expected to be launched in May. The team is committed to building the Taproot Assets ecosystem, promoting compatibility with Bitcoin's Lightning Network and the Bitcoin main network, and has received official support from Lightning Labs. Currently, BitTap has started seed round financing, aiming to achieve one-click issuance and management of Bitcoin native assets based on the Taproot Assets protocol.

Odaily News Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with Lightning Network infrastructure company Lightspark to launch support for the Lightning Network starting today, providing its users with a faster and cheaper way to send, receive or pay Bitcoin directly from their accounts. (TheBlock)

星球日报讯 比特币<span class="font">闪电网络</span>开发商Lightning Labs发布了Lightning Network Daemon（lnd）的测试版，该版本是LN节点的完整实现，增加了对包括Taproot和Musig2等改进的最新协议升级的支持。 lnd是一个软件组件，用于处理LN中的各个方面，包括管理数据库、生成付款发票和撤销付款等。最新发布的软件名为lnd 0.15 beta（v0.15 beta），旨在通过利用比特币网络的最新功能，使<span class="font">开发者</span>能够为更多用例创建解决方案。（Cointelegraph）

1ML网站统计的数据显示，比特币闪电网络（Lightning Network）的通道数量已突破8万个（80153 个），近30天增长6.6%，同时比特币闪电网络锁定的比特币数量接近3200枚（3196枚），节点数量接近3万个（29804 个）。

比特币闪电网络（Lightning Network）中锁定的比特币数量突破2900枚（2943 枚），近30天增长了24%，创下历史新高，相比6月中旬（1500枚）增长近一倍。截至9月28日，比特币闪电网络的节点数量为27222个，支付通道数量73621个，平均节点容量为0.184 BTC。

今年年初时Twitter推出“Tip Jar”功能，最新测试版Twitter将功能进一步延伸，用户未来可以通过Tip Jar用比特币向内容创作者支付小费，即“打赏”。目前测试用户虽然无法选择比特币支付，但代码显示Twitter有意支持。当Tip Jar推出时，Twitter允许用户添加Bandcamp、Cash App、Patreon、PayPal和Venmo支付链接。7月份Twitter CEO多西告诉投资者，对于公司来说比特币相当重要，未来会添加到Tip Jar。最新测试版Twitter甚至还提供教程，告诉用户什么是比特币闪电网络（Bitcoin Lightning Network）、什么是托管钱包和非托管钱包，并将Strike、Blue Wallet和Wallet of Satoshi作为托管钱包的例子，将Muun、Breez、Phoenix和Zap作为非托管钱包的例子。Twitter还通知用户需要一个Strike帐户，称“我们使用Strike生成比特币闪电网络发票，所以您需要连接您的账户，以接受比特币打赏”。（Mac Rumors）

1ml数据显示，比特币闪电网络（Lightning Network）中锁定的比特币数量突破2000枚，截至7月27日，比特币闪电网络（Lightning Network）的节点数量为23570个，支付通道数量59687个，平均节点容量为0.15 BTC。

4月19日，欧易OKEx宣布支持用户使用闪电网络 （Lightning Network）进行BTC充提，为用户提供更加快速、低手续费的BTC充提服务。 据了解，使用闪电网络进行BTC充提，平均交易手续费可降至0.005美金以内，平均充提时间低至1-3秒，最小提币金额可降至100聪。 闪电网络是一个去中心化的支付协议，旨在实现即时、海量的链下交易，如比特币交易。闪电网络的可用性依赖于双向支付通道的创建解决可扩展性问题，用户通过此通道可以进行无缝的加密货币交易。 欧易OKEx接入闪电网络不仅可以为用户提供快速、低费率的交易服务，提高用户的交易体验，也可以为闪电网络增加节点从而支持比特币生态建设。