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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by shmatt on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @02:32PM (#32086887)
the fact you are using the lightning network means there is some thing writing down a transaction from wallet a to wallet b

smart contracts are a middle man, and not a great one from all the recent exploits executed on them

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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by noch on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @02:43PM (#32087033)
> the fact you are using the lightning network means there is some thing writing down a transaction from wallet a to wallet b

Correction: Lightning is a peer-to-peer payment network https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/pay...

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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by simonmales on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:44PM (#32089665)
If I were to send you satoshis via lightning. It wouldn't be recorded in the Bitcoin blockchain.
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