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Re:El Salvador to airdrop $30 in Bitcoin to up to 6M citizens by rocqua on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:56PM (#27636172)
True, and in fact lightning payments tend to take many hops if routed publically.

But every citizen would still need atleast one lightning channel. And opening those is expensive.

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Re:El Salvador to airdrop $30 in Bitcoin to up to 6M citizens by narrator on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:52PM (#27638625)
The lightning channel would go through a custodial wallet. Yes, people could self host their own wallets, but fees would be higher because they'd have to open a lightning channel.
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