Stellar intends to introduce the Lightning Network technology until the end of autumn. The test network will be launched in April!
To the step Stellar pushed the partners of the project. So, the messenger Kik, who decided to abandon the Ethereum blocker in favor of Stellar, may face the fact that the network bandwidth will not be enough if he transfers all his transactions to it, so Lightning is an excellent solution for stellar
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