Under the high-fee market, there has been a renewed interest in second layers, resulting in an increased usage and adoption of Liquid ๐. Many are now leveraging Liquidโs cheap fees and faster one-minute block times to stack cheap sats and HODL in the mid-term, using it as a
The new โกLightning<>Liquid๐ atomic swap service from @Boltzhq is live! Quickly and cheaply rebalance Lightning channels with Liquid or stack sats via L-BTC to avoid high mainchain fees.
Start swapping now: liquid.boltz.exchange
Read about Boltz's decision to integrate
As of today, Liquid's functionary source code is free and open-source to the public. The release allows anyone to audit the code that runs the functionaries and to create their own Liquid-like network with Confidential Transactions and asset issuance.
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#Bitcoin capacity on Liquid ๐ has reached a record high, mirroring the ATH set on Lightningโก๏ธtoday, for a combined total of 8,796 BTC on Bitcoin's second layer.
What a way to start the new year! ๐
Taproot and new additional opcodes are now active on the #LiquidNetwork as of block 1663200, opening the door for covenants, AMMs, and other exciting use cases. ๐ฑ๐โ๏ธ
How is Bitcoin scaling?
Our new article compares two different, but complementary, layer-2 solutions for Bitcoin: the Lightning Network and the Liquid Network.
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Here's a brief summary of their differences๐๐งต
The BTC bridged to the #LiquidNetwork has hit another all-time high, surpassing 4,000 BTC in the last few days, and is fast approaching the current Lightning capacity of approximately 4,900 BTC.
#Bitcoin's second layers are growing and hyperbitcoinization is nigh!
MEGATHREAD: Building on Liquid
Liquid is a #Bitcoin sidechain built for traders & exchanges & includes new tech not available on Bitcoin.
Learn about the new tools, libraries, webinars, tutorials, projects, & tech being built for the #LiquidNetwork. ๐
actually was chatting with @Snyke and that was his comment as well, even simpler: can just route over the union of BTC/LN and L-BTC/LN both gossip networks.
The Lightning โก๏ธ and Liquid ๐ networks are different but complementary L2 solutions expanding #Bitcoin use cases and accessibility.
In an increasingly hyperbitcoinized world, it's important to understand the trade-offs of each layer-2 and how you should ideally apply them to
One of the areas we'd like to explore is getting Liquid #Bitcoin (L-BTC) listed on a US-based exchangeโthe first exchange to do so would have a first-mover advantage, and we believe, with plenty of demand, as it's been a long-time request from users.
L-BTC is currently listed on
So, anon, you finally got some L-BTC. Now what? ๐ A long tweet on how to begin exploring Bitcoin's financial layer. โ๏ธ๐
After bridging to Liquid via mainchain or Lightning โก๏ธ, in addition to greater #Bitcoin confidentiality, lower fees, and one-minute block times, you can