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The Fintech, with «more than 50 million users,» could promote the use of the LN.
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The adoption of the LN grows: from exchanges, mining pools and financial institutions.
On May 7, 2025, the British Fintech Revolution has announced the integration of the second layer (L2) network of Bitcoin Lightning Network (LN), which offers faster and faster transactions than the main chain.
This implementation, carried out by infrastructure of the LightsPark Technology company, marks a new step in the adoption horizon of that alternative network in the bitcoiner ecosystem.
A Fintech that embraces Bitcoin
Part of the relevance of this news is given by the impulse that could receive the use of the LN, because Revolution, founded in 2015, is a financial platform that exceeds 50 million users, according to company data. Its incursion in the field of cryptocurrencies began in 2017, allowing users to buy, sell and store Bitcoin (BTC), Ethher (ETH) and other digital assets.
The integration of Lightning Network is limited, for now, Revolution’s users in the United Kingdom and European Union countries, who can perform Micropagos or daily payments with Bitcoin almost instantaneously and with significantly lower costs than those associated with transactions in the main bitcoin chain.
The adoption of LN means that millions of users in Europe can Use BTC more practicalbringing the cryptocurrency to daily use cases. In addition, by reducing operating costs, Fintech can offer more competitive rates.
LighttsPark, the structure behind integration
The integration announcement was made by LighttsPark, a company focused on developing infrastructure for lightning Network. This company specializes in providing tools that facilitate the adoption of this second -layer network by companies and financial platforms.
The role of Lightspark in this case is simplify technical aspects of Lightning Network, allowing institutions such as Revolution to implement rapid and economic payments without developing own solutions from scratch.
LighttsPark acts as a technological intermediary, offering optimized nodes and integration services that They would guarantee the stability and safety of transactions.
Other firm steps in the adoption of Lightning Network
Revolution’s integration is not an isolated case. In the last two months, several platforms and services They have notified the growth of the adoption of lightning networkconsolidating its role as a viable solution to climb Bitcoin.
For example, as reported by cryptootics, Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, reported at the end of April that the 15% of its volume of transactions with bitcoin are processed through this second -layer networkjust a year after its integration.
In the field of mining, the Pool Ocean, characterized by decentralized mining, has stood out for processing 17,000 payments to its miners through the Lightning Network, optimizing the distribution of rewards.
Similarly, another pool, in this case Brains, which operates with a centralized approach, exceeded at the beginning of March the 1,000 daily payments and accumulated 150,000 transactions In the last year using this technology. These cases show how Lightning Network not only benefits end users, but also the technical actors that support the Bitcoin network.
On the other hand, the alliance between Voltage and Bitgo has brought the LN to the institutional field. Bitgo, a company focused on cryptocurrency custody services, now allows, through Voltage (similar to LighttsPark), that its customers make faster and cheap and cheap bitcoin transactions, an advance that could attract great investors and companies.
Ultimately, on April 18, as Cryptonoticias also explained, Breez launched a solution for pays in Lightning Network without the need for complete nodes, integrable in web environments. This makes it easier for platforms to adopt instant payments with Bitcoin, with minimal amounts from 21 satoshis and support for assets such as USDT of Tether.
As more platforms integrate this technology, the possibility of using bitcoin as a means of daily payment becomes more tangible. Thus, the one annotated by Revolution, with such a wide user base, reinforces the position of the LN in the market.