Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is starting to turn iGaming payouts into a native Bitcoin use case, as operators look to escape card fees, chargebacks, and slow settlement that no longer fit a real-time betting market. 

A new benchmark report from Voltage frames Lightning as the next major phase of Bitcoin’s evolution, shifting it from a passive store of value to the backbone of instant, global gambling withdrawals. 

The study opens with a 30-day pilot at a single iGaming operator that routed a slice of its customer base through the Bitcoin Lightning Network. In that window, the platform pushed 88.2 bitcoin through Lightning, processed 237,000 payments, and recorded a 99.94%…

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