About

Liquidity Network is a non-custodial, blockchain settlement system supporting off-chain payments (e.g. Ether/ERC20) and also the Liquidity Exchange, a non-custodial off-chain exchange.

History

Despite their potential, existing blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum can only process ten’s of transactions per second - comparable mainstream payment systems process over thousand transactions per second. Off-chain payment channels have been proposed to substantially increase the blockchain’s transaction processing capabilities.

Typical off-chain channels, however, face several limitations: they are economically broken due to substantial rigid deposits, expensive channel establishment, no off-chain payment channel rebalancing, complex routing structures, etc. The Liquidity Network supports millions of users securely, reducing transaction costs significantly and enabling the mainstream adoption of the blockchain. Liquidity is trustless, does not require rigid funds to be locked up, supports off-chain rebalancing, easy routing, and free channel establishment.

The Liquidity Exchange is a non-custodial off-chain exchange. It is designed to not hold any funds (non-custodial) while performing atomic swaps off-chain. As such the exchange is resistant to blockchain congestion and excessive transaction fees. Scalable to centralized exchange throughput and beyond.