On Friday, Dec. 14, Bitcoin Cash developer Mark Lundeberg announced his new project Openswap, a fork of the Electron Cash client that features atomic swap functionality. Lundeberg’s been working on the Openswap software for months and the tool can perform swaps between bitcoin cash (BCH) and BTC in a trustless fashion.
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“The initial release features BCH and BTC, by integrating elements from the BTC Electrum into BCH Electron Cash — Other Bitcoin compatible coins can be added later such as litecoin, dash, doge, and others,” the developer detailed.
Lundeberg continued by stating:
I welcome developers from these and other communities to help build the next generation software.
“The software is designed to follow the model of a decentralized exchange, in the sense that it could be used by any capable liquidity provider to provide exchange services,” Lundeberg stated.
The Electron Cash developer Jonald Fyookball explained during the announcement that he thought the Openswap fork was “excellent” news. “This could be big news for Bitcoin Cash if people start using a BCH DEX,” Fyookball detailed on the Reddit forum r/btc. Lundeberg explained the Openswap protocol could be utilized in other multi-currency wallets but he chose Electron Cash because he’s more familiar with the software’s framework. The initial release will be published soon, Lundeberg concluded, but he wants testers and developers experimenting with Openswap first. The project’s creator has also created a Telegram channel for people who want to provide feedback and contribute to testing.
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