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Lightning is Bitcoin’s cypherpunk secret passageway

The buzzlessness might have been the second layer on Bitcoin’s signal

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Brady Dale
Jan 13, 2026
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Drawing from Lightning Comics #6 (1941)

Bitcoin transactions can be fairly private if people want to do a bit of work. All it takes is shifting to the Lightning network and making some friends.

The Lightning Network, as you probably know, is the favorite scaling solution for Bitcoin. It’s a way of transacting on Bitcoin in less than a second (rather than …

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