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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by simiones on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:10AM (#28454785)
That's a promise that Lightning makes and that you can check in their code today, but it is not a fundamental guarantee the way that the bitcoin blockchain offers guarantees.
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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by thebean11 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:21AM (#28457420)
Sure, if you changed the code of lightning then it would work differently. If you changed the code of the L1 chain it could work differently too. How are those guarantees different?

Calling it a promise makes it sound like there's counterparty risk and you're relying on them not changing the code. Changing the lightning code would have no effect on your funds locked into lightning using the old code.

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