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[ad_2][ad_1] Andreas Antonopoulos, the author of Mastering Bitcoin and a well-known Bitcoin supporter, spoke about whether the Lightning network is a sidechain or a second level. Antonopoulos started talking about the Lightning network, saying that it is a second level network and not a sidechain. He clarified that the second …

[ad_2][ad_1] The founder of Litecoin Charlie Lee states that the Lightning network can use Litecoin as Bitcoin sidechain via atomic swaps. Continuous transfers promise to be faster, cheaper and safer. LN with atomic swap makes Litecoin effectively Bitcoin sidechain, but with much better security thanks to the decentralized PoW mining …