Electrum wallet will soon add support for the Bitcoin’s lightning network. This information was disclosed by Thomas Voegtlin, who is the founder of Electrum. According to Voegtlin, the development for integrating bitcoin lightning network is almost on the verge of ending. Soon, the implementation will take place.

The founder cites that it’s almost a year since they are working to make this a reality. Soon in the coming weeks, the next major release will add support for the lightning network.

To give the users more control over their funds, Electrum will not integrate with existing lightning clients. Also, it will not make use of the Electrum servers. It will use the lightning network’s gossip protocol. This will enable faster peer-to-peer communication in a network.