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Justin (shocknet) · 15w
A user of one LSP can pay a user of another LSP trustlessly. Two users of disparate Ark's have to go through trusted middlemen. Trust aside, the cost of Lightning swaps to these centralized provider...
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The ASP has to bridge the transaction, but it’s little different than what an LSP does. If your LSP doesn’t want to fulfill your payment, all you can do is close your channel. They are required in your oath either way.

Ark transactions can be channels in the same way and can be paid with the same dynamic of having to go through the ASP, but still acting as a normal Lightning payment.
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Justin (shocknet) · 15w
The bridge is trusted. Users of the same Ark can pay each other similarly to Lightning, but to get into the Ark in the first place (either via Lightning or yet another Ark that has to use Lightning) the ASP is the spender on the inbound swap and can collude with itself. A chain payment to the Ark...