Lightning-Based Atomic Swap

[hashcoinusa]

 Accomplished using lightning network technology, developers at Lightning Labs traded testnet bitcoin for testnet litecoin trustlessly and without leaving a record of the transaction in either blockchain.

Advice  playing BTC /LTC swap trade.

[Crypfoo]

How long until regular users can start using this tech to do their own transfers?

[Andre_Goldman]

what is 'atomic' anyway ? ...not only myself asking about it ..my colleges ar CERN too

[Quickseller]

How long until regular users can start using this tech to do their own transfers?

It will be awhile. LN is still vapor ware. It probably won’t be safe to use LN for either not-very-small amounts and with those you don’t trust for a while.

If you are sufficiently skilled you can create your own LN-like network client and engage in LN-like transactions with someone you know if they trust you sufficiently.