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Re:Bitcoin price hits $40k less than three weeks after shatt... by helen___keller on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:51PM (#25676344)
> 1) It has a delay

> 2) Transfer fees

My understanding is that the entire goal of the LN project was to alleviate these by taking individual transactions off-chain by setting up collateral upfront. Was it not successful?

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Re:Bitcoin price hits $40k less than three weeks after shatt... by alwillis on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:25AM (#25683036)
My understanding is that the entire goal of the LN project was to alleviate these by taking individual transactions off-chain by setting up collateral upfront. Was it not successful?

Check out this LN dashboard: https://1ml.com

It's been pretty successful but there are kinks that need to get worked out as others have mentioned in the thread.

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Re:Bitcoin price hits $40k less than three weeks after shatt... by proverbialbunny on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:04PM (#25677444)
https://news.bitcoin.com/lightning-network-exploits-continue...
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