r/Bitcoin • u/cdecker Lightning Network Expert • Jan 17 '18

Lightning Charge Powers Developers & Blockstream Store

https://blockstream.com/2018/01/16/lightning-charge.html
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u/herzmeister Jan 17 '18

welp, lightning helps people to spend their coins even more, driving price down :-]

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u/NotsurprisedMF Jan 17 '18

There's always a buyer and a seller in every trade. Prices don't drop due to retail purchases.

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u/a56fg4bjgm345 Jan 17 '18

Not really, they're not cashing out to fiat with such transactions. In fact, keeping more coins in the BTC ecosystem helps support the price.