[mhluongo]

At first I thought there's no way, but it does look like the team has some bitcoin connections (eg former Buttercoin).

I assume the white paper is another riff on "lightning" (eg Blockchain's "Thunder")

[NobleSir]

Afaik there is lightning, thunder, raiden, and now bolt. That said, bolt looks pretty useful on first skim, and I wouldn't be surprised if it gets implemented for monero (I know the authors are the zcash authors, but on first skim looks applicable to any coin)