Tether（USDT）即將到達比特幣（BTC）和閃電網絡

2025年1月30日，在薩爾瓦多的首屆Planb論壇上，與繫繩首席執行官Paolo Ardoino聊天和Lightning Labs的首席執行官

Tether announced today that it will be bringing USDT to Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.

Tether今天宣布將把USDT帶到比特幣和閃電網絡。

The move follows Tether’s emphasis on aiming to support the Bitcoin ecosystem; as Tether CEO Paolo put it, “Tether is committed to driving innovation in the Bitcoin ecosystem.”

此舉遵循系泰特（Tether）的重視支持比特幣生態系統。正如Tether首席執行官保羅（Paolo）所說，“系特特致力於在比特幣生態系統中推動創新。”

Tether's integration with Bitcoin will be both on-chain and on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to take advantage of its instant, low-cost transactions.

Tether與比特幣的集成將是鍊和比特幣的閃電網絡，以利用其即時，低成本的交易。

The integration on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network will be via the Taproot Assets protocol developed by Lightning Labs, which was made possible by Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade. Through this protocol, Tether can issue USDT over the Lightning Network and allow Bitcoin software and services to integrate and interact more seamlessly with USDT.

比特幣閃電網絡上的集成將通過閃電實驗室開發的Taproot Assets協議，該協議是由Bitcoin的Taproot升級使其成為可能的。通過此協議，Tether可以通過Lightning網絡發布USDT，並允許比特幣軟件和服務與USDT更加無縫地集成和交互。

It will still take some time before there is a critical mass of Bitcoin software and services that adopt this change, as they will need to support the underlying Taproot Assets protocol either through the use of Lightning Labs LND software or other Lightning Network clients and Software Development Kits (SDKs) that support it.

需要一段時間才需要大量的比特幣軟件和服務來採用這種更改，因為它們需要通過使用Lightning Labs LND軟件或其他Lightning網絡客戶和軟件開發來支持基礎的Taproot資產協議支持它的套件（SDK）。

Nevertheless, as part of Tether’s next steps for this integration, Bitfinex will be issuing and making USDT available. Tether and Lightning Labs say they will continue working together to ensure a seamless path to adoption and support for users and developers.

儘管如此，作為Tether此集成下一步步驟的一部分，Bitfinex將發行並使USDT可用。 Tether和Lightning Labs表示，他們將繼續共同努力，以確保無縫採用和為用戶和開發人員提供支持。

Back in April 2022, less than a year after the activation of Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade, Lightning Labs announced that it had developed a protocol on the Lightning network—Taproot Assets—that would allow for the issuance and transfer of assets such as USDT over the Lightning network.

早在2022年4月，即在激活比特幣的Taproot升級不到一年之後，Lightning Labs宣布，它已經在閃電網絡（Taproot Assets）上開發了一項協議，該協議將允許在閃電上發行和轉讓USDT等資產（例如USDT）網絡。

The protocol allows for both fungible (e.g., stablecoins) and non-fungible assets (e.g., NFTs and collectibles) to be issued and transferred without disrupting the normal functioning of Bitcoin on-chain or lighting channels—as intermediary nodes do not need to upgrade or opt-in, only what are known as "Edge Nodes" are aware of Taproot Assets and handle them accordingly. Nevertheless, the protocol allows these Taproot Assets to be transferred on-chain or via the Lightning Network.

該協議允許發行和傳輸可及格（例如，穩定劑）和無框架資產（例如，NFT和收藏品），而不會破壞比特幣在鏈上或照明渠道的正常功能（如中間節點）或選擇加入，只有所謂的“邊緣節點”才意識到Taproot資產並相應地處理。儘管如此，該協議允許這些Taproot資產在鏈上或通過閃電網絡傳輸。

Since Lightning Labs’ Taproot Assets protocol announcement, with the help of the broader Lightning developer community, they have been improving, testing, and integrating this protocol into their suite of products and developer toolchains, with over 177,000 taproot assets minted on-chain so far.

由於閃電實驗室的Taproot資產協議公告，借助更廣泛的閃電開發人員社區，他們一直在改進，測試和將此協議整合到其產品和開發人員工具鏈中，到目前為止，迄今為止，超過177,000多個Taproot資產鑄造了鏈接的鏈接。 。

This protocol’s introduction resurfaced community discussions around opening up a pandora's box of further tokenization and similar token frenzies and scams in the broader crypto space into the Bitcoin ecosystem and the consequences for Bitcoin's unique value proposition, ethos, principles, and user experience.

該協議的簡介重新浮出水面的社區討論，圍繞開放一個潘多拉的進一步令牌化，以及在更廣泛的加密貨幣領域中的類似的象徵性瘋狂和騙局，以進入比特幣生態系統，以及比特幣對比特幣獨特價值主張，精神，原理和用戶體驗的後果。

Following the announcement of Bitcoin as a legal tender in El Salvador in June 2021, it also highlighted a growing need for access to stablecoins, which, in response, Lightning Labs decided to create the Taproots Assets protocol a year later. This trend of growing interest in stablecoins across emerging markets has been on a steady incline, with reasons ranging from tighter controls on US Dollar access from governments implementing currency controls to satiating the present demand for accessing US Dollars given its role as the backbone of traditional financial rails.

在2021年6月在薩爾瓦多宣布比特幣作為法定招標之後，它也強調了越來越多的訪問stablecoins的需求，作為回應，閃電實驗室決定在一年後創建Taproots Assets協議。這種對整個新興市場的穩定幣興趣日益增長的趨勢一直處於穩定的傾向，其原因包括對實施貨幣管制的政府對美元訪問的額外控制權到滿足目前對美元的需求，因為它是傳統金融的骨幹的作用鐵軌。

Tether, the world’s largest issuer of stablecoins, who recorded a profit of over $13 billion in Q4, 2024 (making them likely the most profitable company per employee), has over the years continued to invest significantly in the Bitcoin ecosystem, from through various initiatives and investments.

全球最大的Stablecoins發行人Tether，他在2024年第四季度的利潤超過130億美元（使其成為每名員工最有利可圖的公司），多年來一直在通過各種計劃中對比特幣生態系統進行大量投資和投資。

By bringing USDT to Bitcoin, Tether will introduce its 350 million global users to the most liquid, cheap, and instant global monetary network—Bitcoin. Similarly, it provides its stablecoin users in emerging markets with access to Bitcoin, given the interoperability permitted by the Lightning Network.

通過將USDT帶到比特幣，Tether將向其3.5億全球用戶介紹最液體，廉價和即時的全球貨幣網絡Bitcoin。同樣，考慮到閃電網絡允許的互操作性，它為新興市場中的Stablecoin用戶提供了對比特幣的訪問。

With the ability to leverage Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, USDT will gain from the interoperability across the Bitcoin ecosystem and provide cheap instant payments in regions such as Africa and LATAM, where the demand for USD-based stablecoins is exceedingly high.

有了利用比特幣的閃電網絡的能力，USDT將從比特幣生態系統的互操作性中獲得，並在非洲和LATAM等地區提供廉價的即時付款，在非洲和LATAM，對基於USD的Stablecoins的需求極高。

While stablecoins have mostly been on chains such as Ethereum and Tron, these networks are often slow, expensive, and come with various trade-offs; stablecoins on Bitcoin will benefit from its decentralized and robust network—and in principle, stablecoins on Lightning offer final settlement, instant low-cost payments, and scalability without compromising Bitcoin’s decentralization.

儘管Stablecoins主要屬於以太坊和Tron等連鎖店，但這些網絡通常很慢，昂貴，並且需要各種權衡。比特幣上的Stablecoins將從其分散和強大的網絡中受益，並且原則上，閃電的穩定者提供最終解決，即時的低成本付款和可伸縮性，而不會損害比特幣的分散性。

With USDT volume reaching $10 trillion in 2024, roughly 60% of Visa’s annual volume, this integration would bring a significant portion of these volumes to the Bitcoin ecosystem and Tether's millions of users worldwide.

2024年，由於USDT的數量達到了10萬億美元，佔Visa年度的大約60％，這種整合將為比特幣生態系統和Tether在全球範圍內的數百萬用戶帶來大部分此類卷。

Relatedly, having USDT on Bitcoin does come with the potential of increased fees that Bitcoin Miners, Lightning Network routing nodes, and other service providers could accrue from all this activity.

相關的是，在比特幣上使用USDT確實具有增加比特幣礦工，閃電網絡路由節點和其他服務提供商可能從所有這些活動中獲得的費用的潛力。

Bitcoin wallets and payment companies such as Bitnob and Jan3’s Aqua wallet servicing users have integrated USDT, given the spike in stablecoin adoption (particularly USDT), where,

比特幣錢包和付款公司（例如比特諾布和Jan3的Aqua Wallet Servicing用戶）已經整合了USDT，鑑於採用Stablecoin（尤其是USDT），