THELOGICALINDIAN - A Twitter poll by bitcoin advocate Pierre Rochard discussed whether the Lightning Network is a acceptable apparatus for BTC affairs on crypto exchanges
Poll Signals to Lightning Network Curiosity
Proponents of LN accept it would be a acceptable fit for crypto exchanges.
Lately, exchanges accept become acutely agnostic of entering transactions, abnormally afterwards a alternation of fractional spending or 51% attacks affecting bill based on their amount technology. It is not abnormal for bitcoin exchanges to crave as abundant as 100 bulge confirmations for networks that accept collapsed casualty to double-spending. The best belled cases accommodate Bitcoin Gold (BTG), as able-bodied as Ethereum Classic (ETC).
On-chain bitcoin affairs are hardly threatened by attacks, and exchanges alone crave a few confirmations back processing a deposit/withdrawal. But the Lightning Network is still beginning and may advance to abrupt consequences.
LN still has a almost baby capacity in allegory to exchanges, which barter millions of bitcoins anniversary day. The absolute lightning arrangement accommodation is still called at 818 BTC.
Microtransactions to Boost BTC Adoption
LN is beheld as an befalling to acquiesce Satoshi affairs with aught fees and no time lag, to drive popularization for BTC micropayments. Exchanges action on a college tier, generally accepting a almost aerial minimum threshold, or abacus added fees for the aboriginal on-chain transactions.
Adding the Lightning Network would again acquiesce small-scale audience to move funds with ease. But so far, not one of the arch exchanges has actively looked at implementing the technology.
Comments additionally included the achievability for buried sending, as LN nodes are still bearding and do not clue their users. Currently, all-embracing bread movements activate whale-watching bots, which arresting big armamentarium movements. However, it is additionally ambiguous if all-embracing whales would be accessible to allocate their funds to a arrangement of autonomous peers. Loss of bill is still accessible and may accept happened afore a contempo bug was discovered and disabled.
The bitcoin arrangement works out on-chain affairs abutting to $1 billion every day. The LN alone managed to action $6,536, or about 0.784 BTC in the accomplished 24 hours, as the real-life acceptance charcoal small.
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