Bitcoin fee spike spurs shift to Lightning Network: Binance and Coinbase line up
The recent surge in Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees has lit a fire under one of the largest crypto exchanges to upgrade to the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Following a second halt in withdrawals, Binance announced it would work on “enabling BTC Lightning Network withdrawals, which will help in such situations.”
To prevent a similar recurrence in the future, our fees have been adjusted. We will continue to monitor on-chain activity and adjust accordingly if needed.Our team has also been working on enabling BTC Lightning Network withdrawals, which will help in such situations.
The Lightning Network (LN, for short, or simply, “Lightning”) is a federated system for cheap, near-instant, payments built atop Bitcoin. When the Bitcoin mempool (the space that transactions gather before being confirmed) is full or busy, the lightning network is unaffected.
To date, several large crypto exchanges have integrated the Lightning Network, including Bitfinex, River, OKX, Kraken and CoinCorner. If implemented correctly, the Lightning Network would allow users to withdraw and send Bitcoin immediately from wallets, sidestepping the congested Bitcoin blockchain.
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The largest crypto exchange in the United States, Coinbase, is also warming up to the LN. Further to comments that CEO Brian Armstrong would integrate the LN soon, Armstrong finally sent Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall $100 over the Lightning Network, demonstrating that he is familiar with
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