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Jeff Lesser
RADAR REDSHIFT — Trustless Cryptocurrency Payments — Reinvented.
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REDSHIFT is a powerful payments tool that makes it simple to send and accept Lightning payments using bitcoin or ether - no accounts needed providing a new way for people, businesses, and developers to do trustless transactions across tokens and blockchains.
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Jeff Lesser
Thanks everyone for checking RADAR REDSHIFT out! The Lightning Network is a promising layer 2 technology that makes blockchain payments fast, scalable, and affordable. We are big believers in the Lightning Network which is why we created ION, the Home of the Lightning Network where we have tools and resources for people to get started and an App Store for people to find useful software that leverages the Lightning Network for payments. One area we saw that could be improved on is the ability for an improved payments experience. Before REDSHIFT the Lightning Network only supported paying and receiving in Bitcoin. With REDSHIFT it's now possible to pay in ether as well, and we've built the service to be able to handle many other altcoins for payments as well. There’s nothing to set up, no channels to maintain, no accounts to create, and no time waiting for withdrawals. Now, anyone can simply pay any Lightning invoice using tokens from supported blockchains directly from their existing wallet. REDSHIFT is the easiest way to get started on the Lightning Network with altcoins. To make it easy for anyone to use REDSHIFT we have created an embeddable widget, an API, and a SDK. Non-developers can embed the customizable REDSHIFT Widget with just a few lines of code. And developers can use the API and SDK to build more complex and custom integrations. REDSHIFT can be used on Testnet or Mainnet at our website so feel free to try it out 😀 We will be adding more blockchains, assets, capabilities, and integrations very soon. We’re here to respond to any questions, feedback, and suggestions!