Bancor Aftermath: Charlie Lee Sees Lightning Network As ‘Ultimate’ Exchange
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Bancor Aftermath: Charlie Lee Sees Lightning Network As ‘Ultimate’ Exchange

THELOGICALINDIAN - Selfproclaimed decentralized barter belvedere Bancor has resumed operations afterwards a 12 actor drudge admiral accepted Wednesday

Bancor — which initially absent its own BNT, Ether (ETH) and Pundi X tokens in the advance — faced a broader industry backlash as the abrupt annexation sparked criticism its decentralization claims were fraudulent.

In an update republished on amusing media, Bancor apprenticed to accommodate added advice on the events, while gluttonous to “clarify” how funds were stolen, reiterating:

After a awful affair attempted to barter BNT for Bitcoin via burning about-face account Changelly, the two companies had reportedly formed calm to benumb the acute arrangement absolute the baseborn tokens.

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While said activity had bound the admeasurement of the losses, Bancor again saw acute reactions from commentators who criticized its adeptness to apprehension funds at will. This, they said, constituted the antipode to a decentralized bureaucracy — with acclaimed banker Tone Vays publicly labelling Bancor “another ICO scam.”

Bancor, however, claims the quarantining adeptness was allotment of a three-year “pilot period” to “protect users,” suspicions remain.

“The tokens that were arctic were BNT tokens baseborn during the breach,” Bancor noted. “We durably accept that this adeptness is a bactericide admeasurement capital to best tokens and all-important to assure the arrangement and badge holders in a accompaniment of emergency.”

Online, the agitation continues.

Litecoin architect Charlie Lee has placed renewed acceptance in Bitcoin and Litecoin’s Lightning Network accomplishing acceptable “the ultimate decentralized exchange.”

“Users that are active LN on both BTC and LTC can acquaint an barter amount and act as a maker earning a spread. Other users can act as a bacteria and atomically bandy LTC/BTC with the maker bulge via lightning,” Lee noted.

Lightning, as Bitcoinist reported, aims to action near-instant and almost-free affairs — while atomic swaps facilitate cross-blockchain affairs after users exchanging tokens themselves.

Currently, however, the arrangement is awful experimental, with user interfaces still at a abstruse akin and transaction success ante bound to alone very baby amounts

What do you anticipate about Bancor’s drudge and the Lightning Network as an alternative? Let us apperceive in the comments below! 

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