Bitcoin (BTC) layer 2 scaling answer Lightning might function on the cryptocurrency alternate Coinbase in some capability, in keeping with its chief Brian Armstrong.
In a tweet on April 8, Armstrong mentioned that “Lightning is nice and one thing we’ll combine” in response to a tweet criticizing him for “actively ignoring” the community.
My tweets auto-delete after some variety of months, so there is no such thing as a search historical past.
Lightning is nice and one thing we’ll combine.
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) April 8, 2023
Armstrong supplied no additional particulars on what a Lightning integration with Coinbase would contain or when it could possibly be anticipated.
Coinbase, together with Binance and the now bankrupt FTX, has been known as out prior to now for not integrating the Lightning community which permits sooner and cheaper BTC transactions than the Bitcoin base community.
In keeping with a GitHub repository by Lightning fanatic David Coen, Coinbase would be a part of Bitfinex, Kraken and OKX as the biggest buying and selling platforms to have built-in Lightning, if Armstrong stays true to his phrase.
Coen had beforehand urged that Lightning integration might go in opposition to the marketing strategy for a lot of of those buying and selling platforms, “because the precedence appears to be to combine as many altcoins as attainable and comply with the developments of the market.”
Armstrong claims to have examined out a Lightning community utility in current days, and despatched Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Corridor $100 in BTC after Corridor shared a video of himself utilizing Bitcoin in Senegal.
The $100 was a prize by Armstrong for individuals who shared the “finest” examples of how persons are utilizing crypto in Africa. Corridor mentioned he would give away the funds to onboard others to Bitcoin.
Here’s a video of me utilizing #Bitcoin in Africa
I used #lightning for immediate, free funds. Does Coinbase Pockets have lightning? ⚡️
#BitcoinAfrica > #CryptoAfrica pic.twitter.com/1Syz71swR4
— Joe Nakamoto (@JoeNakamoto) April 7, 2023
Corridor reported, nevertheless, that he hasn’t obtained the cost, prompting Bitcoiner Derek Ross to suggest that Armstrong “wants a lesson on Lightning.”
Coinbase has currently been extra energetic within the Ethereum ecosystem having launched “Base” on Feb 23 — an Ethereum layer 2 application-focused community powered by fellow layer 2 Optimism.
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Apparently, Armstrong wrote a “Scaling Bitcoin” article in January 2016, the place he mentioned that he would throw help behind Bitcoin scaling options:
“We additionally did it to indicate our help for scaling Bitcoin, and encourage issues to maneuver ahead, since we’d wish to see an answer sooner relatively than later.”
Lightning was launched about two years later in March 2018, with final month marking the fifth anniversary of the community.
Cointelegraph contacted Coinbase for remark however didn’t obtain an instantaneous response.
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