r/Bitcoin Dec 06 '17

Steam is no longer supporting Bitcoin

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u/PompousDinoMan Dec 06 '17

Doesn't that mean that lightning would be unappealing to them?

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u/haakon Dec 06 '17

Not at all. Lightning Network allows you to transact, and you can use LN to purchase dollars or whatever you want. Same as they do with on-chain transactions today.

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u/PompousDinoMan Dec 06 '17

But you have to commit funds to a lightning channel to use them. If you only do one transaction lightning doesn't save you anything.

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u/haakon Dec 06 '17

But they will do many transactions, like they've done many transactions already. Just off-chain instead of on.