Lighthouse Finally Launches

Lighthouse Finally Launches

Lighthouse, a decentralized crowdfunding platform, was first announced almost a year ago by Bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn. The project kept a low profile, but the Bitcoin community has been anxiously waiting for the project ever since it was announced. Finally, the project launched on January 20, almost an entire month into 2015. The Bitcoin wallet needed to use Lighthouse can be downloaded for Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. Lighthouse is the world’s first decentralized crowdfunding platform built on the Bitcoin blockchain. Users will now be able to raise and donate to....


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