The Lightning Network enables fast, low-cost Bitcoin payments using a secure layer-2 protocol. Payment channels allow instant, off-chain transactions, settling on-chain only when channels close.

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As Bitcoin's price wipes gains seen since President Trump's election in 2024, here's a guide to some of the crypto market's trickiest terms.

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