With the introduction of Joule Allowances, the Bitcoin network takes one step closer to achieving its potential for automated micropayments and ‘streaming money.’ Joule Allowances Enables BTC Auto-Micropayments Since its inception, Bitcoin has been trying to live up to its promise of being an enabler of frequent, low-value, instant payments. However, this is difficult to achieve on-chain, particularly when a block is mined roughly every 10 minutes Now, a web-based tool is promising to makeRead MoreThe post Automatic Bitcoin Micropayments Are Coming to Lightning Network appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.