2/ Network capacity for both the @Liquid_BTC and #LightningNetwork continued to expand, LQ (3,528) / LN (3,399), reaching new highs for a combined capacity of 6,927 #Bitcoin.

Year-over-year, network capacity has grown LQ 25% / LN 290%, respectively. 🌊⚡️

3/ On the eve of the #LightningNetwork whitepaper's sixth anniversary, @JackMallers announced the Lightning-powered app @ln_strike was to begin rolling out in Argentina, one of many Latin American nations battling inflation and economic uncertainty.

http://btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-lightning-strike-launches-argentina

4/ Shortly after @ln_strike launched in El Salvador last year, #bitcoin became legal tender there.

Through 2021, El Salvador continued to build foundational financial infrastructure with its #BitcoinBond proposal.

https://blog.blockstream.com/el-salvador-to-issue-1b-in-tokenized-bonds-on-the-liquid-network/

5/ Since then, Blockstream and @bitfinex have worked closely with @nayibbukele and his team in fine-tuning the EBB1 #BitcoinBond and new Securities Law.

The #EBB1 is likely to be available Q1 2022. Read the latest from #Blockstream CSO @excellion 🌋👇

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RT @bitcoinmagazine
@excellion @nayibbukele Bitcoin Magazine got an exclusive interview with Blockstream's @excellion to discuss El Salvador's new Volcano Bitcoin Bond.

@willms_…
https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1484635887988314122

6/ As nation state adoption 📈 and digital asset law is made clearer, layer-2 will encourage #hyperbitcoinization through not only financial instruments like the #BitcoinBond but mobile payment infra like @CashApp, which integrated #Lightning last month.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/cash-app-integrates-bitcoin-lightning-network

7/ For a deep dive into the macroeconomic forces affecting #Bitcoin today and a discussion on bitcoin-backed financial instruments, watch @BlockstreamTalk 7 with market analyst @tuurdemeester.

💻 http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRVE403kTq8&t
🗣️ http://t.me/blockstream_finance

8/ Also in January, #Taproot 🥕 became active on @Liquid_BTC as of block 1,663,200, adding new opcodes that open the door for covenants, AMMs, and other exciting use cases on #Bitcoin's leading sidechain.

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RT @Liquid_BTC
Liquid received its latest upgrade this past Sunday. Taproot and new opcodes were activated on the world's leading sidechain, enabling all of the benefits of Taproot as well as new use cases made possible by the new …
https://twitter.com/Liquid_BTC/status/1483844043440377859

9/ Cryptographer and engineer @n1ckler joined @KnutsonJesse on @BlockstreamTalk 8 to discuss #Taproot, signature aggregation, and other innovations on #Bitcoin.

💻 http://youtube.com/watch?v=eYmyQxM9nlo
🗣️ http://t.me/liquid_community

10/ Innovations, such as #Greenlight, a hosted node service that is non-custodial, are also in the pipeline for the #LightningNetwork. @Snyke explains more in a clip from a recent Twitter Spaces with @Bitwage:

🗣️ http://t.me/lightningd + http://discord.gg/mE9s4rc5un

11/ Lightning implementation #clightning, in particular, is focused on experimental features that the community may later finalize into official specs. @rusty_twit gives an overview on the @compass_mining podcast.

full interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MpG_GDwCvvg

12/ To follow the innovations and discussions happening on the #LightningNetwork, subscribe to the bi-weekly Simple Lightning Newsletter from @kiarabickers and @Seardsalmon.

Their goal is to make Lightning development more simple and easy to follow.

https://simplelightning.com/posts.html