Elizabeth Stark, Lightning Labs founder and chief executive officer, says merchants and especially online businesses will be the most likely users as it facilitates a high volume of payments and its near - zero fees
allow for micropayments.
This could potentially clear up network congestion,
allow for micropayments, and reduce transaction fees dramatically.
Not exact matches
First, Bitcoin's utility in facilitating
micropayments allows people to more easily receive compensation
for the many tasks they perform as part of a digital network.
There's also the soon - to - be-released iPhone 3.0 OS update, which will
allow developers to add in - app
micropayments — something that's perfect
for eBooks.
However, there was also potential
for good in terms of helping populations living with unstable banking systems,
allowing ease of
micropayments,
allowing immutable transactions, and more.
The Lightning Network is a design improvement
for Bitcoin that could
allow users to make
micropayments in a decentralized manner and help the entire network scale more efficiently over time.
The protocol will also
allow smart devices to share resources and make payments, while reducing the load
for the end user and enabling machine - to - machine (M2M)
micropayments as a result of low transaction costs.
The blockchain
allows for new solutions to digital property management,
micropayments, hedge fund incentives, and ad fraud.