Louisiana accepts first state payment using Bitcoin Lightning
Louisiana announces its first state-service payment made through cryptocurrency rails that support Bitcoin and Bitcoin Lightning, with the state receiving dollars.
On September 17, 2024, Louisiana accepts first state payment using Bitcoin Lightning. Louisiana announces its first state-service payment made through cryptocurrency rails that support Bitcoin and Bitcoin Lightning, with the state receiving dollars.
The state said a payment to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries had been made using its new crypto-payment option, which supported Bitcoin, Lightning and USDC and converted receipts into U.S. dollars for the state.
It adds to the 2024 history of Lightning as both a payments network and a security-sensitive layer whose standards, implementations and exchange integrations continued to mature.