Kraken users report Bitcoin Lightning Network availability
Major American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken reportedly started implementing the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network for users a bit later than the firm originally planned.
Bitcoin maximalist Mr.Hodl took to Twitter on Wednesday to report that Kraken has implemented the Lightning Network. He attached a screenshot of the supposed new Kraken withdrawal process allowing users to complete a withdrawal request from a Lightning wallet to receive BTC from their accounts.
“The Lightning network runs on top of the Bitcoin blockchain to enable more uses of Bitcoin,” Kraken’s withdrawal notice on the screenshot reads.
It's official! @krakenfx has implemented the Lightning Network. Congrats @jespow, @brianchoffman, @BitcoinIsSaving and the rest of the Kraken guys. (Screw Dan Held though ) https://t.co/tF5CP7JB5A pic.twitter.com/6LikdzdJ18
It appears that no other Kraken users have reported the supposed BTC Lightning implementation on the platform so far. Instead, some Kraken customers said that they didn’t have the Lightning option to withdraw BTC as of Tuesday, suggesting that the Lightning implementation should be extended for all accounts within 24 hours.
The first reports on Kraken’s BTC Lightning application surfaced in mid-March, with cryptocurrency enthusiasts suggesting the implementation start based on data from the Lightning Network explorer known as Amboss.
A spokesperson for Amboss told Cointelegraph on March 16 that the explorer received a “network gossip” broadcasting its node alias as Kraken with an octopus and a lightning emoji, noting that any node could theoretically change their alias and act as an imposter. “But this is already a very large node at 7 BTC in capacity,” the representative said, adding:
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