<p>Roasbeef just announced the first Lightning transaction on Bitcoin mainnet today: 
<a href="https://twitter.com/lightning/status/938453165967515648" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/lightning/status/938453165967515648</a></p>

<p>It was using a multihop payment via all three major implementations (lnd, eclaire, c-lightning).</p>

<p>The Lightning Integration tests are now at 75/75 working: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Pi231.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Pi231.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The three teams are now working on a beta release each. I'd expect this to be released in the next months.</p>

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<p>I have been reading a lot about this Lightning Network and what it does.
But what I still don't know is if this Lightning Network is already being used for Bitcoin or when Bitcoin will start to use it ?</p>

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What is the timeline for Lightning Network's availability?
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# What is the timeline for Lightning Network's availability?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-06)

I have been reading a lot about this Lightning Network and what it does.
But what I still don't know is if this Lightning Network is already being used for Bitcoin or when Bitcoin will start to use it ?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-06. Score: 5

Roasbeef just announced the first Lightning transaction on Bitcoin mainnet today:
<https://twitter.com/lightning/status/938453165967515648>

It was using a multihop payment via all three major implementations (lnd, eclaire, c-lightning).

The Lightning Integration tests are now at 75/75 working: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Pi231.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Pi231.jpg)

The three teams are now working on a beta release each. I'd expect this to be released in the next months.


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