XSN (Stakenet) just rolled out Lightning Swaps on mainnet for people to try as stage one of their DEX:
https://twitter.com/XSNofficial/status/1056641133449756673This is a big deal because:
Atomic Swap = Onchain and limited by respective blockchains confirmation times.
Lightning Swap = Offchain not limited by blockchains confirmation times.
This means instant swaps and pretty much infinitely scalable. They can process billions of transactions per second using this tech.
With their DEX you will be able to instantly complete transactions directly wallet to wallet cutting out the middle man so will be cheaper and way more secure. Don't need to leave your coins on an exchange hoping nothing happens to them.
Their Masternode network will host the lightning channels for the DEX and all trading fee's will be paid back to MN owners. When they release their new multicurrency wallet you won't even need to download blockchains as they are all stored on the masternodes and your transactions are handled by Lightning Invoices.
They are already confirmed for integration with Ledger and Xeeda hardware wallets and eventually want to add Cold Exchanging so you can complete transactions direct from them.
They already have TPoS which they invented and is by far the best offline staking solution on the market, will also be available on Ledger and Xeeda too. They have their own hardware division creating their own hardware wallet which will also have smart functions built in so will do way more than current crypto wallets.
To quote one of the team:
Let's imagine this world:
You trade at Dexchange A and want to buy a special Coin B. Sadly you realize, your exchange does not list this coin.
Your special Coin B is listed on Exchange B, because Exchange A and Exchange B are only self-focused, there is no way to trade from Exchange A with Exchange B.
BUT both exchanges use Bitcoin.
So you have:
A <-> BTC
B <-> BTC
A <-!> B
But:
A <-> BTC <-> B is possible.
This is the point where we can use Lightning too.
With the LN it will be possible for A to buy B using someone who can communicate with both.
And XSN is/will be that one too.
Many coins only build islands. we build bridges at Stakenet.
The funny thing is it's not even bad for us if these coins only develop their islands. It is actually an advantage for us because we can connect all these islands into one big ecosystem whether they want to or not as long as bitcoin is the leading currency which for the foreseeable future it’s probably going to be.
XSN's future is looking very bright right now.