• PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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    23 hours ago

    the lightning network still uses the blockchain, just less. it’s acts like an immutable public bar tab you can’t default on. once you have spent enough with another person that it is worth them conducting the transaction on chain then it does it. usually when fees are low too.

    That is an extremely simplified explanation of how it works though, it is more complex than that.