Kilian Rausch, Founder and CEO of Volts, a non-custodial platform that bridges atomic swaps and payments between Bitcoin’s on-chain and its scalability layer, is excited about Ark and the Lightning Network. They argue that combining these networks could make Bitcoin “more efficient” by reducing congestion on the main chain, improving global liquidity, and enabling uses such as bulk payments in e-commerce and remittances, all while preserving user sovereignty.

