On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that his would be “the first presidential campaign in history to accept Bitcoin donations through the Lightning Network” during the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami. "Today, we show the world the power and the durability and the flexibility of Bitcoin,” Kennedy said. “Almost everyone in this room is aware of the link between Bitcoin and democracy and freedom,” he said. “They're passionate because of the deep representation of a deep need that we have for liberty and democracy, and the promise that this innovation has to guarantee those ... (full story)