Athena Bitcoin To Integrate Lightning Network to Its ATMs Starting with El Salvador
Athena Bitcoin, an operator of over 2100 Bitcoin ATM's in 6 countries, will start offering services utilizing the Lightning Network, starting with 200 ATMs of the Chivo project in El Salvador.
- "We're planning to have 100 Chivo-branded ATMs operating with the Lightning Network by December 23, starting with the one's in San Salvador," announced Athena Bitcoin CEO Matias Goldenhorn at the Adopting Bitcoin 2023 conference.
"It will take 2-3 more months to complete the roll out in the rest of Chivo and Athena ATMs," he added.
- "Athena Bitcoin ATMs in the rest of Latin America and the United States will receive the feature in 2024, one Bitcoin ATM at the time."
I just tried out a Lightning-enabled Bitcoin ATM from Athena at the @AdoptingBTC vendor area.
— Peter Todd/mempoolfullrbf=1 (@peterktodd) November 7, 2023
Good timing... https://t.co/pC4qIBSlLz
