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flashdance on Nov 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Inst...

You wouldn't have a self contained lightning channel with every single merchant that has to be settled individually. I'm not sure what makes you think that, as my last post describes why the lightning network has "network" in the name.

I recommend you read the summary on lightning.network.

beefield on Nov 2, 2017 [–]

Ok. I am not sure if I still understand completely, but there is a possibility that that could solve the scalability issues technically.

The issue it does not solve, though, is the volatility.

flashdance on Nov 2, 2017 | [–]

Yeah the volatility is a huge problem right now, agreed! There's a lot of greed, too. It reminds me of 2013, but worse.

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