☀️TOMORROW on the Bitcoin for Corps Livestream: Join @Patrick_Lowry_ of @SamaraAG, @khingoei of @Treasury_BTC, and @shoneanstey of @LQWDTech for a roundtable discussion on the intersection of traditional finance and Bitcoin, hosted by @jakefentonBTC 🟠 Live tomorrow at 10AM EST: 👇

Agents 🤝 Lightning nodes With this new skill, we show you how to pair your agent with a remote Lightning node and unlock native bitcoin payments. No human in the loop. No legacy rails. Just bitcoin, Lightning, and AI. ⚡🤖

Announcing the release of Taproot Assets v0.8 and SDK. ⚡💱 With the new SDK, developers can get onboarded at Lightning speed to stablecoins on bitcoin. Now with backup and restore, more controls for multi-asset liquidity, and faster proof verification for faster infra. The future of multi-asset bitcoin is upon us. Start building. 🛠️

WATCH: Bitchat Explained: How to Send Messages when the Internet Goes Down The internet can be shut off. Your ability to communicate shouldn't be. @callebtc explains to @frankcorva how BitChat makes communication unstoppable. No sim, no accounts, no internet. Absolute freedom. From the 2026 @MITBitcoinClub Expo. Chapters: 00:56 — The state of Cashu 02:07 — Who's actually adopting ecash and why 03:26 — Ecash as "pocket money" for AI agents 04:50 — BitChat goes global: Jamaica, Iran, Nepal 05:35 — Why "build it and they will come" isn't a law 07:45 — Staying connected during internet shut down 09:00 — BitChat's mesh network 11:32 — Nostr, geohash chats, and going online 12:46 — What's next: open-source AI agents

Announcing LND v0.21: Grown Up, Sped Up, Locked Down 🌱 The 21st release lands on the number every bitcoiner knows 🟠 Onion messaging, private message relay without revealing sender or route 🧅 Simple taproot channels hit production for on-chain privacy 🌳 Native SQL and better sync for faster queries and startup ⏩ Read more and upgrade today:

Our latest video walks you through our new Claude skill for setting up a Lightning node. Get started with building on bitcoin for agentic (and human) payments in a matter of minutes. AI moves fast and so does Lightning! ⚡ Use the skill:

TOMORROW 9AM ET 👂 Ear to the rail. Leaders from @LQWDTech, @GigaBTC, @XCEofficial, and @avalonfinance_ join @AllenHODL for an honest look at the evolution of corporate #Bitcoin#: the challenges it's seen in adoption, and what makes Bitcoin an important strategic asset. Listen here:

👉 Leaders in Open Payments on stage: Shone Anstey @shoneanstey CEO / Founder @LQWDTech - LN infra Andreas Kohl @aejkohl CEO @blinkbtc - Everyday bitcoin & LN wallet Emilio Pagan-Yourno @SenorEmilio CEO @unbankworld - Cash, bitcoin, cross-border Drop questions below👇👀

👉 Is the Lightning Network dead or about to take off? Experts debate challenges, opportunities, node yield, liquidity, economics and more ⚡️👀 Join our space with the @LQWDTech team and other open payment protocol experts - Thursday 28th 1PM ET 📅

@BigpictureBTC @matbalez @shoneanstey @BitcoinWhitcomb @freddienew @KyleHutch_ @davelund_ @LQWDTech @LQWDClaw @RickZabel_WNY @spiralbtc @CashApp @OpenAI @z @LangChain @BigpictureBTC Lightning for agentic money is one of the highest-conviction setups right now. Built AgentRoute Oracle specifically for the routing layer so agents can pay efficiently on Lightning. Getting early live testing now. The rails are starting to form. Solid piece. ⚡

@BitcoinWhitcomb @Bitlatethenever @BigpictureBTC @matbalez @shoneanstey @freddienew @KyleHutch_ @davelund_ @LQWDTech @LQWDClaw @spiralbtc @CashApp @OpenAI @z @LangChain Built an HTLC Dashboard to help monitor and improve routing performance....🔥 Hermes Agent FTW ✅

Your agent wants bitcoin. And it can set up a Lightning node for you. 🤖⚡ We cover how to configure an OpenClaw agent with an LND node to enable L402 agentic payments. If you're an AI dev who wants financial agency for your agent, or a Lightning dev who wants to go deeper in AI, this video is for you.

Consensus view: agentic AI is an OpenAI / Anthropic / Google story. My view: the model layer is the commodity. The payment layer is the moat. Here's the thing nobody is talking about. The moment agents start transacting autonomously at scale, you have a problem the existing financial system literally cannot solve: 1. Agents can't hold credit cards 2. Agents can't open Stripe accounts 3. Agents can't subscribe to 400 APIs on your behalf 4. Agents transact in fractions of a cent, billions of times a day Visa's rail costs ~$0.30 per transaction. The economics break before they begin. There's one protocol designed for this exact problem: L402. HTTP 402 Payment Required + a Lightning invoice + a bearer credential. Agent pays sats, gets the resource, moves on. Settlement in ~1 second. Cost: fractions of a penny. The agentic economy doesn't run on dollars. It can't. The math doesn't work. It runs on Bitcoin.

➡️ Disseminated on behalf of: LQWD Technologies Corp. __ “Our treasury is unencumbered. We have no debt. Then we take that Bitcoin, and we put it to work on the Lightning Network.” Shone Anstey, CEO and Director of @LQWDTech (TSXV: $LQWD | OTCQX: $LQWDF | FSE: 47F), discusses how the company is building Bitcoin Lightning Network infrastructure, with the network processing more than USD$1 billion monthly, servers in 18 countries, and approximately 262 Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Watch the video to see how LQWD Technologies is scaling its global footprint across Bitcoin, AI, and machine-to-machine commerce.

"Eventually the Federal Reserve is going to use a Lightning Network." In this episode of the Bitcoin For Corporations Show, @shoneanstey of $LQWD.NE joins @bitcoinpierre to explain why the Lightning Network is the "trust protocol" the world has been waiting for. From the 90s internet playbook to the future of the machine economy, we dive into how Bitcoin is scaling to move money at the speed of intelligence. Watch it here: 📺

The best article I’ve ever read on agentic money, by Spiral’s @matbalez. #Bitcoin# #Stablecoins# #Lightning# ⚡️ @shoneanstey @BitcoinWhitcomb @freddienew @KyleHutch_ @davelund_ @LQWDTech @LQWDClaw @RickZabel_WNY @spiralbtc @CashApp @OpenAI @z @LangChain

@BitcoinWhitcomb @LQWDTech @LQWDClaw @samcallah @UTXOmgmt @CoynMateer @shoneanstey @AshleyGarnot @saylor @DavidFBailey @BigpictureBTC @KyleHutch_ @davelund_ @JakeBlockchain @Bkclaims @FulgurVentures Node balances act a Proof of Reserves,.. ....... in real time.✅🏁