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Re:The senatorial governance of Bitcoin: making (de)centrali... by DennisP on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:41AM (#21979794)
Lightning also requires funds recipients to monitor their channels continuously, to make sure they're not closed early with obsolete balances. At least you can pay someone to do that for you.
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Re:The senatorial governance of Bitcoin: making (de)centrali... by bduerst on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:50AM (#21993128)
Lightning is basically digital third-party checks.

There's a myriad of reasons people don't buy things with third-party checks.

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