Doing so requires the use of a third node acting as a kind of mediator – for simplicity’s sake, the team has named the three nodes Alice, Bob and Charlie, each of which contains a diamond-based qubit.

“Instead of looking at the network itself, we attach an external probe,” said author Conall Campbell. “The evolution of the network depends on the hidden structure, so by carefully measuring the probe ...

Above is a visualization of the current Lightning Network topography made up of ~16,000 Lightning Nodes with ~140,000 payment channels opened between them. I don’t know if I’m simply being duped by ...

Networks pervade our lives. Every day we use intricate networks of roads, railways, maritime routes and skyways traversed by commercial flights. They exist even beyond our immediate experience. Think ...