Lightning Ramp and Casa Join Hands to Develop the Casa Lightning Node

Lightning Ramp and Casa Join Hands to Develop the Casa Lightning Node
The team behind Lightning Ramp, a system that provides customers with faster bitcoin payments, has joined forces with Casa, a “be-your-own-bank” product that provides users with a multi-signature, multi-hardware device and multi-location wallet designed, to offer top-notch security against attacks and theft. Together, both ventures are working to create the Casa Lightning Node, a platform designed to solve many problems associated with Lightning Ramp. Debuting in February 2018, the Lightning Ramp was built to help exchanges connect with the Lightning Network, thereby giving millions of customers access to speedy Bitcoin and Litecoin payment options. During the project’s development, several issues, such as those involving key management, were uncovered that got in the way of mainstream Lightning adoption but adding a Lightning node to the mix is expected to resolve many of these problems. In a Medium post, co-founder and CEO of Lightning Ramp Michael Borglin states, “When we met the Casa team, we were surprised to find that they previously built (but did not release) a multi-chain personal device in Q3 of 2017. They learned that without better key management software, personal node devices are at risk of being attacked. That’s why they focused 100 percent on building the best personal key manager on the planet first. By joining Casa, we combined our expertise in Lightning with their deep key management... For Further Information Click on Below Button
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