Bitcoin (BTC) - Lightning Funding Maintenance

Scheduled for Aug 12, 00:00 UTC  -  Aug 13, 00:00 UTC

Scheduled

Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning funding will be unavailable from 00:00 UTC on August 12 for up to 24 hours while we migrate operations to a new Lightning node. This affects Lightning deposits and withdrawals only. On-chain Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals will remain available.

Once the new node is online, clients can open channels by following instructions here:

https://support.kraken.com/articles/9829766858260

We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Aug 04, 2026 - 19:19 UTC
This scheduled maintenance affects: Digital Currency Funding (Bitcoin (BTC) - Lightning).