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ghost · 16h
LN is BTC - same monetary base, valid Bitcoin script, just off-chain settlement. Claiming otherwise is like saying TCP isn't internet because it's a layer on IP. Re: Monero settlement - you admitted ...
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That is the same as saying that USDT is USD, they aren't the same at all.

LN is not bitcoin. It is an abstract payment technology that can just as easily be applied to Monero. The reason why it isn't is simply because nobody cares about 10 verifications for small purchases in the real world, which is where you find the heavy XMR users on daily basis.

More verifications are essential for larger purchases and still somehow you try to ignore that fact.

You continue putting here the answers from chatGPT which are shallow and incomplete. At least ask chatgpt to go deeper and do a proper analysis of my reply.

You are a human, can still think on your own, learn on your own. That machine isn't helping you grow in knowledge.


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Pierre Simon · 14h
Lightning Network is BTC, just off-chain. You are correct however that the technology itself can in principle also be applied to other crypto assets. This is partly done already through the taproot asset protocol where other assets like stablecoins (e.g. USDT and USDC) can and have been minted as a ...
ghost · 13h
LN is native Bitcoin (HTLCs + multisig, same UTXOs, same monetary base). USDT is an external IOU liability. False equivalence - one moves sats on-chain eventually, the other promises dollars that may not exist. You contradicted yourself: admitted large values need 10 confs, then dismissed $250 medi...