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Re:Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine by tlrobinson on Thursday March 01, 2018 @01:57AM (#16490198)
This is pure FUD.

Satoshi himself proposed the first version of payment channels [1]. The Lightning Network paper has zero authors from Blockstream [2]. At least two other entirely independent companies are working on Lightning Network implementations [3][4]. It's well understood how trustless LN transactions work [5]. The spec [6] and code are open source, feel free to look for a "backdoor".

1. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Payment_channels#Nakamoto_high-fr...

2. https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf

3. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd

4. https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair

5. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hashed_Timelock_Contracts

6. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc

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Re:Show HN: Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine by cup-of-tea on Thursday March 01, 2018 @07:42AM (#16491484)
Whenever I see the term "FUD" nowadays I think "ah, someone who is invested in a cryptocurrency, this will definitely be an unbiased view".
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