Velocitat de la llum: Kraken, un altre intercanvi gegant integra la xarxa Lightning

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Ds., 2 d'abril de 2022 1:56

Velocitat de la llum: Kraken, un altre intercanvi gegant integra la xarxa Lightning

This is huge! Kraken now supports Lightning Network deposits and withdrawals. The suddenly popular second Layer protocol keeps growing and gaining importance. “Finally, traders have an instant and inexpensive way to move bitcoin on and off the platform,” Kraken said in their official announcement. The Lightning Network is much more than that, though. 

What will happen once Kraken’s extensive clientele tries out Lightning transactions? Will the phenomenal experience change the way they see bitcoin? The second layer solution can perform millions of operations per second and all transactions cost pennies and offer final settlement. In using it, there are also privacy gains. The huge innovation, though, is the cash-like experience. 

The Kraken integration comes with a Lightning node of their own. To implement it, the company used LND by Lightning Labs. The reason is that “they have the largest user base and we have a lot of people on the network that have lots of experience with LND. So it has proven to be easy to use and very reliable as well.” That’s according to Kraken’s bitcoin product manager, Pierre Rochard, who also said to Bitcoin Magazine: 

“Adoption is going to come from people who have fiat in their bank account, and they need to get it into Bitcoin. Kraken is providing an excellent venue for them to do that, and then they can top up their mobile Lightning wallet and use it as a medium of exchange. That’s clearly the next step in terms of Bitcoin’s evolution.”

Dissenyat tenint en compte això i l'experiència semblant a l'efectiu, Kraken limita els dipòsits i retirades de Lightning a 0.1 BTC.

Even though this looks like it magically happened, the integration had been in the works for a while. In 2020, Kraken stated its intentions:

"El 2021, ens comprometem a contractar un equip per centrar-se específicament en Lightning Network, com a part del nostre esforç continu per oferir la millor experiència possible als comerciants i inversors.

We expect to allow clients to withdraw and deposit Bitcoin on Lightning in the first half of 2021, which will allow clients to move their Bitcoin instantly and with the lowest fees.” 

It took a while, but it’s finally here. Market-wise, will this move the needle in favor of bitcoin? Will the world even notice? According to this list, Kraken became the 23rd exchange to support the Lightning Network. Among the giant ones already on board are Bitfinex, OKEx, OKcoin, BitMex, and Bitstamp. Among the up-and-coming ones, BullBitcoin, Buda, CoinCorner, Kollider, and Boltz.

This also means, that you're able to instantly move the lightning payment you received to @krakenfx to exchange it for fiat, basically reducing the currency exchange risk to zero.This completely changes the dynamic for fiat brick and mortar stores.https://t.co/bpNzKC7ZDL

— zero fee routing (@zerofeerouting) March 31, 2022

I, com que estem a les llistes, en el seu anunci Kraken va proporcionar recomanacions de cartera Lightning: 

“For example, BTCPay Server enables Lightning payments for merchants, greatly improving the bitcoin checkout flow. For consumers, Breez, Phoenix and Muun bring Lightning to mobile with a modern user experience.”

Pel que fa a la importància del moviment per als mercats i les empreses, un operador pseudònim de nodes Lightning que passa per "enrutament de tarifa zero" ho posa tot en perspectiva. "Això també vol dir que podeu traslladar instantàniament el pagament llamp que heu rebut a Kraken per canviar-lo per fiat, reduint bàsicament el risc de canvi de divises a zero. Això canvia completament la dinàmica de les botigues de maons i morter.

The increase in Lightning Network adoption also brings a great opportunity with it. The community could clean up the disgusting ESG-based narrative enemies of bitcoin have been planting in mainstream media. Regarding this, in the already quoted interview Kraken’s Pierre Rochard said: 

"Amb Lightning, podeu enviar un pagament fora de la cadena que sigui molt més eficient energèticament, no només perquè no esteu afegint les tarifes dels miners i, per tant, la quantitat de consum d'electricitat dels miners, sinó també perquè aquest pagament només ha de ser emmagatzemats i compartits per les dues parts en aquest canal".

Do Greenpeace and Ripple not know that most bitcoin transactions are going to be off-chain in a few years? Do they not know that the Lightning Network alone will take bitcoin out of the conversation its enemies have been carefully manufacturing? Kraken certainly knows. And took action. 

Speaking about Kraken, its CEO Jess Powell has been present on the news lately. He recommended buying bitcoin below $40K. During the Canadian crisis, he hinted that bitcoin should take their funds out of centralized exchanges. And he refused to voluntarily ban Russian users, providing a convincing rationale to justify Kraken’s actions.

I ara, la seva empresa va integrar la xarxa Lightning.

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