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Bridged Bitcoin on Avalanche Surpasses Value Locked on the Lightning Network

Posted on januari 24, 2023 by Blockchain News

Bridged Bitcoin on Avalanche Surpasses Value Locked on the Lightning Network

Members of the crypto community have been discussing the number of bitcoins that have been bridged over to the Avalanche network, which is now larger than the total value locked on the Lightning Network. At the time of writing, there are 5,493 bitcoins circulating on the Avalanche blockchain, while the Lightning Network holds 5,248 bitcoins.

Number of Bitcoin Bridged to Avalanche Climbs Past Lightning Network Capacity

This past week digital currency advocates have been discussing the rising number of bitcoin (BTC) bridged over to the Avalanche (AVAX) network. Seven days ago, the crypto asset known as BTCb saw its supply surpass the number of bitcoins locked on the Lightning Network (LN). The reason for the celebration is that it took much less time to beat the LN’s total value locked (TVL) or capacity. At the time of writing, the LN has around 5,248 bitcoin TVL, which is worth around $120 million using today’s BTC prices.

Bridged Bitcoin on Avalanche Surpasses Value Locked on the Lightning Network

A week ago on Jan. 16, an Avalanche (AVAX) supporter known as “Ojrdev” tweeted about the number of bitcoins transferred to the AVAX chain. “Avalanche has transferred more [bitcoin] (BTCb) than is locked in [the] Lightning Network,” Ojrdev tweeted. “The Avalanche consensus mechanism is also faster than Lightning.” Many other AVAX supporters agreed and celebrated the milestone. While the LN currently holds 5,248 BTC, the number of BTCb, according to snowtrace.io, is around 5,493 BTCb, worth $125.5 million using current BTC exchange rates.

Bridged Bitcoin on Avalanche Surpasses Value Locked on the Lightning Network

During the same period, the largest number of tokenized bitcoin on any blockchain is the Wrapped Bitcoin project, which uses the Ethereum blockchain network. Currently, there are 179,697 WBTC in circulation, according to the WBTC dashboard. There’s also a total of 52,888.86 BTCB hosted on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). The BSC’s cache of bitcoins is larger than what is hosted on AVAX. However, the BTCb amount is larger than the 3,564 BTC locked on Blockstream’s Liquid Network, and also larger than the 3,496 RBTC on the RSK network.

The number of tokenized bitcoins hosted on alternative blockchains, networks, and sidechains has been increasing since 2017, but the pace accelerated when WBTC launched in 2019. The main goal was to make finality faster and transaction costs cheaper. In 2020, however, fees on the Ethereum blockchain skyrocketed. In mid-May 2021, the average ETH fee was nearly $40 per transaction.

As a result, tokenized bitcoins have moved to alternative blockchains in addition to the LN and Ethereum. The rise of BTCb on AVAX suggests that many crypto supporters are finding value in using a pegged version of BTC on an alternative chain. Meanwhile, the vast number of circulating WBTC hosted on the Ethereum blockchain has been declining over the last 12 months.

What do you think about the rise of BTCb on the Avalanche network? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below.


Source: Bitcoin.com
Original Post: Bridged Bitcoin on Avalanche Surpasses Value Locked on the Lightning Network

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