Tether officially launches USDT on the Bitcoin Network

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By Berto R

Tether, the company that created and emits the popular stable cryptocurrency, announced the integration of USDT into the Bitcoin ecosystem, both in its base layer and in the Lightning Network, the micropagogue network with BTC. The announcement was made today, January 30, by Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, and Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs

The stablecoin will reach the Bitcoin network promoted by Lightning Labs, the developers of the network, and Taproop Assets, A protocol that allows you to issue assets in Bitcoin and transfer them through the Lightning Network For instant and high volume transactions.

Once completely integrated, USDT will work without problems in the Bitcoin base layer and its 2 Lightning Network layer. This will allow high -speed and low -cost transactions, while combining the solid safety and scalability of Bitcoin. With USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin, which serves more than 350 million users, developers and users will enjoy Bitcoin’s incomparable reliability along with the efficiency and versatility of the payments enabled for Lightning.

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Elizabeth Stark, the Lightning Labs CEO, also had some words related to the event announced by Tether in her news section. «Today marks a new era for the stablcoins. Taking USDT to Bitcoin combines the security and decentralization of Bitcoin with the speed and scalability of Lightning. Millions of people can now use the most open and safe block chain to send dollars worldwide. Everything is reduced to Bitcoin, ”said the director.

According to the official documents of the Lightning Network, the «Taproot Assets depend on Taproot, the Bitcoin update, for a new tree structure that allows developers to embed arbitrary asset metadata within an existing exit. Use Schnorr signatures to improve simplicity and scalability, and, more importantly, it works with transactions from several jumps through lightning. »

In the past, specifically on August 7, 2024, Cryptootics reported that USDT arrived in Lightning through Speedafter Paolo Ardoino promised the inclusion of the currency in the second layer of Bitcoin.

However, the token supported at that time It was a “wrapped” version of USDT in Lightning.

Also, cryptonotics also reported that Synonym He managed to send Tether (USDT) through Lightning, the second layer of Bitcoin. Specifically, 5 USDT transactions that were confirmed from block 728,550. In neither case, it was an official technological solution implemented by Tether.

Now, USDT arrives in Bitcoin and Lightning Network officially, by the hands of Tether’s leaders and the second Bitcoin layer. The announcement does not declare when the update will arrive, and only warns that it will soon be available.

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