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Cross-chain atomic swaps have been of great interest to cryptocurrency users for some time now. In most cases, these swaps are performed between different blockchains using old-school techniques. Lightning Labs has announced it has come up with a new way to facilitate Lightning cross-chain atomic swaps between Bitcoin and Litecoin.

It’s a major development, to say the very least. It is always interesting to see how cryptocurrency enthusiasts and developers approach the concept of exchanging value in a decentralized manner. We are still a far way off from performing decentralized exchange solutions in the world of cryptocurrency.

In fact, that may never come to fruition in any significant way unless newer technologies are adopted in the long run. Lightning Labs claims it has come up with such a solution. More specifically, the Lightning Labs team has performed a Lightning cross-chain atomic swap between Bitcoin and Litecoin.

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