Bitcoin Q&A: Lightning Network Interoperability Video

Will Lightning Network and other second layers have interoperability? How will it be designed in terms of protocol standards (BOLT) across different client implementations and APIs? What kinds of Lightning Network apps (LApps) will we see built on top? Which other coins can participate in atomic swaps?

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0:00 The Lightning Network and interoperability. The Lightning Network offers interoperability according to Elizabeth Stark and the 'Let's Talk Bitcoin' episode you did. Can you please elaborate?
4:31 At the moment there are three primary development groups involved in the Lightning Network
6:27 As changes happen to the specifications, then a whole new round of interoperability testing needs to happen and these things will take a long time to evolve.
9:13 LApps and atomic swaps. I'm excited about the release of the first new Lightning apps (LApps). However I didn't see anything about atomic swaps on Lightning. Do you foresee that altcoins without SegWit will integrate with the Lightning ecosystem and LApps?

These questions were part of the monthly live Patreon Q&A session on March 31st and the (rescheduled) April session on May 5th. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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