Discreet Log Contract Demonstration
For the past couple months, in collaboration with our friends at Crypto Garage, we have been working on implementing and creating a specification for Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs). We have written extensively about what DLCs are, how they work, and …
Lightning 201: Failover Node Demonstration
In our previous Lightning 201 posts we have explored a variety of considerations and challenges that need to be addressed to be able to properly failover over a Lightning node. Safely Access Remote Lightning Databases Failover Strategies For Lightning Nodes …
Advancing Bitcoin 2020 Review
Recently team members Chris Stewart and Nadav Kohen traveled to Advancing Bitcoin. This conference is designed to showcase technical innovations in the bitcoin/lightning space. We are going to highlight a few things we and other attendees talked about. Enterprise Lightning …
Crypto Hedging With Discreet Log Contracts
Investors trade options and forwards to make money. However, businesses use these financial instruments as a means to reduce and mitigate exposure to risks. The most common methods of hedging are through derivative instruments such as swaps, futures and options. …
Lightning 201: High Frequency Trading
Lightning 201 Series: Safely Access Remote Lightning Databases Failover Strategies For Lightning Nodes Lightning Latency Cryptocurrency markets are fundamentally different in market structure than traditional markets. One of the most unique things about bitcoin is the new market structure it …
Lightning 201: Lightning Latency
In previous Lightning 201 articles we have written about changing how our Lightning nodes database works. Currently both Eclair and C-lightning use a SQLite3 database by default to store information related to their channels. Since SQLite cannot be used as …
Lightning 201: Safely Accessing Remote Lightning Databases
High-Frequency Trading Lightning Latency Failover Strategies for Lightning Nodes Previously in our Lightning 201 series we discussed failover strategies for a Lightning node. The first thing necessary to safely failover a Lightning node is move the database to a remote …
2019 Year In Review
It was a busy and hectic, but productive, year at Suredbits. We released a number of new services and technologies in 2019 that furthers the goal of democratizing data. We are proud of our accomplishments and humbled by the support …
Lightning 201: Failover Strategies For Lightning Nodes
High-Frequency Trading Safely Access Remote Lightning Databases Lightning Latency Lightning Network adoption continues to proliferate in 2019. Last week Bitfinex was the first major exchange to adopt Lightning as a way to transfer BTC. Now you can deposit and withdraw …
Implementing Neutrino
Thus far in our Neutrino series we’ve taken a deep dive into the details of what Neutrino is, why it’s great for users, how filters work, and how Neutrino uses them. At Suredbits, we have been implementing a Neutrino node …