In the world of cryptocurrency, there is a strong focus on how different ecosystems seemingly compete with one another. It always appears to be Bitcoin against the rest of the markets. When atomic swaps will be introduced, that situation could change rather quickly. The objective of atomic swaps is to create interoperability between altcoins and Bitcoin. It is expected this feature will be introduced by the Lightning Network.
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