Hardware wallets have long been the gold standard for securing bitcoin, but they have remained largely disconnected from the fast-moving world of Lightning payments. A new update from Blockstream is trying to close that gap.

The company told Bitcoin Magazine that its Blockstream Jade hardware wallet is now the first hardware wallet able to interact with the Bitcoin Lightning Network, allowing users to send and receive Lightning payments while keeping funds secured in cold storage.

The feature arrives through version 5.2.0 of the Blockstream Green app. The update connects Lightning payments with the Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain developed by Blockstream, using atomic swaps that…

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