Square Crypto, the payment companyâs bitcoin-focused wing, is building a âLightning Development Kitâ for wallet and app developers to more easily build on the layer-2 solution.
Announced Tuesday, the new kit includes an API, language tools, demo apps and other features to help developers integrate support for Lightning payments into their own wallets. Existing bitcoin wallets will also be able to support Lightning through the new kit, rather than requiring companies to build a separate wallet.
The tools will help developers create better user experiences, a Medium post explained.
âFor bitcoin to become a widely used global currency â one that canât be stopped, tampered with or rigged in anyoneâs favor â improvements to bitcoinâs UX, security, privacy, and scaling are required,â the group said.
The post indicated the kit is still being built out and did not provide a timeline for release, but said âtodayâs Lightning infrastructure is incomplete without features like these.â