Top global crypto exchange Binance is now officially working on integrating Bitcoin (BTC) deposits and withdrawals via the Lightning Network.
The Lightning Network is a layer-2 scaling solution built on top of Bitcoin that aims to enable instant and cost-effective transactions for BTC.
Binance first revealed plans to integrate Lightning Network in May after inconvenience to users and temporarily closing BTC withdrawals due to network congestion issue. After about 90 minutes of recordings resumed but were stopped again later that day for several hours.
Changpeng Zhao, the stock exchange’s CEO, attributed the temporary cessation of recordings at the huge fluctuation in Bitcoin network fees, which skyrocketed at the time due to a surge in demand for BRC-20 tokens.
Binance said in May that Lightning shots would help in such situations.
The exchange confirmed this week that it is now using Lightning nodes, but say “there is still more technical work to be done” before the network is fully integrated.
#Binance working on the integration of the #Bitcoin Lightning Network for deposits and withdrawals.
Some eagle-eyed users have recently seen our new lightning nodes. Yes, that’s us!
However, there is still more technical work to be done. We’ll update once Lightning is fully integrated. https://t.co/N0oN8561sN
— Binance (@binance) June 20, 2023
Earlier this month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Binance and Zhao for allegedly violating securities laws and operating what SEC Chairman Gary Gensler described as “an elaborate web of deception, conflicts of interest, lack of disclosure and calculated evasion of the law.”
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