Is the Lightning Network bitcoin’s killer app? It might be, but there’s a long road ahead. One of the stops on that road is the possible inclusion of stablecoins. Does bitcoin need them? Aren’t there inherent counterparty risks with those? The debate over those questions rages on. And in their latest post, The Bitcoin Layer makes the case for this development to be crucial.
According to The Bitcoin Layer, “a global capital market operating on top of bitcoin-denominated financial rails is inching closer with each new onramp.” And the Taro protocol and all of the assets it would bring to The Lightning Network is the mother of all onramps. However, the risks it brings forth are as big as the opportunities it presents. Let’s explore what The Bitcoin Layer has to say before jumping to conclusions. They might surprise us.
Making Lightning Interoperable With Everything
The first part of the article is about Magma, “a Lightning liquidity marketplace that allows nodes to buy and sell liquidity by leasing other network participant’s channels for a minimum specified period of time.” According to the articles, Magma’s existence proves “a structural demand for secondary markets of liquidity, where participants can buy and sell collateral as needed—eventually blossoming into a deep and liquid capital market.”
Not only that, The Bitcoin Layer also theorizes about:
“Through time, Lightning Banks will emerge. As market participants lack the technical wherewithal to efficiently operate Lightning channels, most Lightning Network channel management will be subsumed by these entities who specialize in it.”
And this is where the Taro protocol comes in. When it was announced, our sister site Bitcoinist posed the following questions:
“So, the main idea is to create and transact stablecoins over the Lightning Network, but the technology allows users to create any asset including NFTs. And the bitcoin network underpins the whole thing. However, is this a positive development for bitcoin? How will this benefit the Lightning Network? Does a hyperbitcoinized world require tokens?”
And The Bitcoin Layer provides convincing enough answers to those questions. But first…
“Taro makes bitcoin and Lightning interoperable with everything. For the Lightning Network, this means more network volume, more network liquidity, and more routing fees for node operators, driving more innovation and capital into the space. Any increase in demand for…
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