Binance and Coinbase silent on Bitcoin Lightning: Community tries to understa...
The Lightning Network implementation may be against business plans of some crypto exchanges, or simply not a priority for others, several community members suggested. The Bitcoin Lightning Network integration started to take off among the cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. However, some of the world’s largest crypto trading platforms seemingly are not in the hurry to integrate the protocol.Last week, Robinhood crypto trading app became the latest major industry player to announce the Lightning integration, following in the footsteps of BitPay and the Kraken crypto exchange.As the main....
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On July 16, Binance announced that it had integrated the layer-2 protocol Bitcoin Lightning Network into its platform, and users could use it to make deposits and withdrawals. And now, less than two months after this development, the platform has recorded a significant milestone with the protocol. Binance Node Growing Rapidly According to data from […]
In a groundbreaking announcement, Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has successfully completed the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. In a blog post published on Monday, July 17, the exchange announced that deposits and withdrawals for Bitcoin (BTC) are now open on the Lightning Network. This integration marks a significant milestone for the industry […]
For the vast majority of Bitcoin Core contributors, the Lightning Network is viewed as the best option for scaling Bitcoin to many millions of new users. But the system has not yet been implemented on the Bitcoin blockchain, which has left many to wonder whether it is wise to put so much hope and reliance behind an untested solution. At a recent event at the Coinbase offices in San Francisco, Lightning Network creators Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja gave a presentation on their design for scaling Bitcoin via a generalized network for payment channels. During their talk, Dryja and Poon....
Lightning Labs, one of the prominent companies working to realize the lightning network, announcedthis week the alpha release of the open-source lightning daemon they've been spearheading: LND. While only compatible with Bitcoin’s testnet so far, the software is relatively feature-complete and operational. “We’re now looking for the wider community to test the software,” Joseph Poon, Lightning Labs developer and co-author of the lightning network white paper, told Bitcoin Magazine. “To get it ready for widespread use, but also to explore new use cases this enables.” The Lightning Network.....
Roughly two months ago, Lightning Network creators Joseph Poon and Tadge Dryja visited the Coinbase offices to explain how their design works and answer some questions from Coinbase employees and executives. After an explanation of why the duo does not believe centralization via supernodes will be an issue on the network, they went into a related aspect of the system: the extremely low fees. Dryja and Poon claimed that the high level of competition between Lightning Network hubs will drive down fees on the network to practically zero. A Lot of People Think They’ll Make Money Many holders....