Lightning network doesn’t involve trusted 3rd parties, and it is directly connected to the blockchain in a trustless 2nd layer network.
What are nodes and watchtowers? The way the whole layer works basically negates all the upsides of Bitcoin transactions, stripping much of the privacy aspect: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.12470
There are much, much better cryptocoins out there, and it’s a much more nuanced case there. Bitcoin with lightning transactions are basically a less safe, more power hungry and more complex way to be less safe than with a normal bank.
Hell, even the original developers are leaving the Lightning project because they don’t support whats going on.
I’m not very interested in cryptocurrency generally but I’m interested in how the tech works–in addition to the aforementioned issues with security if one party controls a significant amount of the lightning network, wouldn’t lightning also be inefficient if a large percentage of transactions are one-offs? It would generate a transaction on the blockchain to open the payment channel between two accounts and a second transaction to close the account, correct? So if the actual number of transactions is two or less it doesn’t offer any actual advantage?
What are nodes and watchtowers? The way the whole layer works basically negates all the upsides of Bitcoin transactions, stripping much of the privacy aspect: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.12470
There are much, much better cryptocoins out there, and it’s a much more nuanced case there. Bitcoin with lightning transactions are basically a less safe, more power hungry and more complex way to be less safe than with a normal bank.
Hell, even the original developers are leaving the Lightning project because they don’t support whats going on.
I’m not very interested in cryptocurrency generally but I’m interested in how the tech works–in addition to the aforementioned issues with security if one party controls a significant amount of the lightning network, wouldn’t lightning also be inefficient if a large percentage of transactions are one-offs? It would generate a transaction on the blockchain to open the payment channel between two accounts and a second transaction to close the account, correct? So if the actual number of transactions is two or less it doesn’t offer any actual advantage?